YIMBY News for 10/31

[Eric Budd]

‘Paying Rent to This Landlord Is Rewarding Neglect’: NYC Tenants Rally as Pinnacle Faces Bankruptcy

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.70. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, condo, development, house, housing, housing stock, income, preservation, real estate, rent, renter, urban

[image: Backyard] Renters rally in September outside of their multifamily housing building at 1296 Pacific St., owned by a Pinnacle Group-affiliated entity. (Photo by Roshan Abraham) *This story was co-published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community development and housing justice.* Jon Deliz has exhausted his personal days waiting for repair men who never showed up. The 45-year-old middle school teacher says he’s been dealing with decrepit conditions for years at his studio apartment in Crown Hei

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King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.53. affordable, affordable housing, downtown, house, housing, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

As King County officials work through the budget process, they are engaged in deciding the future of a restorative justice program diverting youth from the criminal legal system. In the 2026-2027 budget, King County Executive Shannon Braddock proposed a series of changes to one of the county’s pre-filing youth diversion programs, currently called Restorative Community Pathways (RCP). The changes are extensive enough that RCP would cease to exist in its current form, its replacement a county-led program as opposed to community-led. Signified by a name change to the King County Youth Diversion a

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Defending SB 35 in Benicia: Protecting Homes and the Democratic Process

YIMBY Law

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.25. affordable, development, homeowner, housing, housing crisis, project, public hearing, yimby, zoning

*This case is about ensuring that California’s housing laws work the way the legislature intended. When cities follow SB 35 and approve much-needed homes, those approvals should stand. Frivolous lawsuits like this one threaten to delay or derail housing that our communities urgently need.* Sonja Trauss, Executive Director of YIMBY Law ------------------------------ California’s housing laws are only as strong as our willingness to defend them. *That’s why YIMBY Law has joined an amicus brief in support of two properly approved housing projects in Benicia and why this case is about more than ju

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With SNAP Benefits Drying Up, Philly Organizations Are Pivoting To Meet Community Needs

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.19. growth, house, housing, income, project, rent, supply, urban

Volunteers at Crossroads Women’s Center. (Photo courtesy Crossroads Women’s Center) *This story was produced as part of Next City’s joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship with Resolve Philly’s Germantown Info Hub.* Linda James-Rivera says she’s seeing some of the highest levels of food insecurity in her Philadelphia communities since she founded the Northwest Mutual Aid Collective during the pandemic. “I just signed up five families in two days,” co-founder James-Rivera says of the group’s free delivery service, providing fresh produce and pantry essentials to seniors, disabled residents

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Telluride owner warns of delay to ski season if Mountain Village leaders raise price of water for snowmaking

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.88. development, downtown, house, real estate, rent, supply, transportation

[image: The Outsider logo] ------------------------------ As Chuck Horning navigated his first year as owner of the Telluride Ski and Golf resort back in 2005, the Southern California businessman inked a community statement he called “A 20-year Vision for Telluride: Sustainability.” In that statement, he promised economic development for the communities of Telluride and Mountain Village alongside protection of cultural and natural resources. Other resorts struggle with “overbuilding, commercialization and traffic congestion or lack economic vitality,” wrote Horning, who is now in his 80s. “We

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Op-Ed: Katie Wilson’s Civilian Safety Plan Would Unlock More Effective Police Department

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.80. parking, parking lot, rent, urban, walk

In the 1990s, I worked on one of the best and boldest implementations of Bill Bratton-style community policing bar none. After leading successful reforms as police chief in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, Bratton is considered “one of the leading architects of modern policing.” (For a brief explanation of why, see the note at the end on “Bratton’s Pivot from “Three R’s” to “Three P’s.”) In New Haven, Connecticut, a sergeant and a team of police officers were assigned to each neighborhood with the time, talent, and a mission to solve the highest priority crime problems in each one. It m

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