YIMBY News for 10/25

[Eric Budd]

Beleaguered Bainbridge Island Affordable Housing Project Hits Another Snag

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 46.83. affordable, affordable housing, comprehensive plan, development, growth, house, housing, income, planning commission, project, public hearing, rent, urban, zoning

The fate of a long-planned affordable housing project in Bainbridge Island steps from the state ferry terminal remains in limbo this month due an environmental appeal from opponents. That appeal caused the cancellation of a planned public hearing that was the next step in allowing the project to move forward. The building planned at 625 Winslow Way would add 92 units of workforce housing to Bainbridge’s front door. But it has met considerable opposition from Island residents in recent months who have pushed back on the idea of building subsidized housing in such a prominent location. The delay

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The Weekly Wrap: Detroit is Running Out of Rundown Homes To Rehab

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.55. house, housing, rent, supply, transportation, urban, zone

[image: The Weekly Wrap] (Photo by PDru2014 / CC BY 2.0) *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.* ------------------------------ Detroit Is Running Out of Abandoned Homes To Salvage Once filled with thousands of abandoned houses, Detroit’s Land Bank Authority is running out of abandoned homes to rehab, CEO Tammy Daniels writes in

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What’s Working: Colorado businesses share gloomy forecast — and a bit of optimism

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.72. apartment, condo, construction, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, income, project, rent, renter, single-family, zoning

------------------------------ *Tracy Ross* *Reporter* *Quick links*: Denver inflation rises to 3.1% | Colorado business renewals down | State’s unemployment claims up | More economic data | Fake texts, coolest thing made in Colorado Word clouds carry more weight for the people who study the insights of Colorado business execs than you might think — why else would they be in executive summaries? And the ones that came out of the inaugural Fall 2025 Executive Outlook Survey conducted by the Colorado Business Roundtable weren’t exactly brimming with words that inspire. The 50 executives polled f

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