YIMBY News for 3/14

[Eric Budd]

What’s Working: Denver leads US for apartment concessions as landlords aim to fill oversupply

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 41.94. affordable, apartment, condo, construction, density, development, growth, house, housing, income, parking, project, rent, renter, single-family, supply, transportation, urban, walk, zone

------------------------------ *Tamara Chuang* *Business/Technology Reporter* ------------------------------ Akin Golden Triangle apartments, located near the Denver Art Museum, promote the neighborhood as a core amenity. The 97-unit complex opened in 2025. Developer Revesco Properties is behind the akin brand, with another property in Denver’s Tennyson neighborhood and one under construction in the city’s Bonnie Brae neighborhood. (Handout) *Quick links: Denver housing market stats | Sports betting tax records | Tariff refunds info | Tobacco job fair |* What would you do with an extra $2,175

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The Weekly Wrap: The Bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act Heads to the House

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 40.61. affordable, development, house, housing, income, project, rent, renter, single-family, supply, urban, zone, zoning

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pictured during a 2025 Senate Committee on Banking hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pair led the effort to win both parties' support for the housing legislation. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe.* ----------------------

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Washington Legislature Delivers Sound Transit a One-Two Punch in 2026

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.80. construction, development, downtown, house, income, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

[image: Washington Legislature Delivers Sound Transit a One-Two Punch in 2026] Sound Transit is leaving this year's 60-day state legislative session in Olympia with some bruises, looking worse for wear. Hoping to court lawmakers into unlocking additional tools that could help the regional transit agency deal with a projected $34.5 billion shortfall through 2046, it walked away with one major success, and one big rejection – along with a significant unexpected setback. This year is a pivotal one for Sound Transit expansion plans, as the agency updates its array of long-range planning documents,

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Sound Transit Reveals New Cost-Saving Measures for West Seattle Link

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.48. affordable, bus route, construction, development, house, project, rent, transit-oriented, urban

[image: Sound Transit Reveals New Cost-Saving Measures for West Seattle Link] Sound Transit revealed new cost savings on Thursday that are expected to lower the West Seattle Link Extension's budget to a range of $4.9 to $5.3 billion. That would inch Seattle's next light rail line near a level that the agency considers affordable. The low-end cost estimate is just $700 million over the current amount baked into Sound Transit's finance plan – $4.2 billion – and a far cry from the $6.2 to $6.5 billion estimate that the agency put forward last fall, a number that had already reflected some signifi

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