YIMBY News for 4/7

[Eric Budd]

The Everyday Housing We Manage to Ignore

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 40.28. apartment, construction, density, development, housing, housing crisis, income, project, public space, rent, single-family, supply, urban, walk, zoning

Journalists and scholars are writing about housing endlessly these days — the shortage of livable units the country faces, the elitism of single-family zoning, the hurdles young people confront in buying a first home. But there is one form of housing that rarely gets mentioned: the humble garden apartment. If you live anywhere near a large city, these apartments are all around you. You just don’t notice them, let alone admire them. They are the Rodney Dangerfield of American residential life. Even “missing middle” advocates have very little to say about them. This is despite the fact that thes

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Lawsuit, angst as down-valley communities struggle to house workers for $1B hotel project in Mountain Village

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.16. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, house, housing, occupancy, project, rent, zone, zoning

[image: The Outsider logo] ------------------------------ The town of Ridgway is suing a hotel owner who inked a deal to house construction crews working on a $1 billion hotel in Mountain Village, arguing the hotel is on land zoned for temporary stays. The lawsuit filed March 27 in Ouray County District Court against the owners of the 52-unit MTN Lodge reveals the nuanced challenges facing worker housing in resort towns where hotels are routinely converted to long-term housing as vacationers take over short-term rental homes. The owners of the MTN Lodge, who acquired the hotel and built a rest

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How To Push A Livable Streets Project Forward — Even in the Era of Federal Clawbacks

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.42. development, growth, housing, multimodal, project, rent, transportation, walk

Even before the Trump administration and the current Congress began rescinding federal grants left and right, it was hard to get major sustainable transportation projects across the finish line in America. That’s why one livable streets legend is stepping up to help push those efforts forward — including a few that lost funding since his own time in Washington. On this episode of The Brake, we’re joined by Christopher Coes — the third-ranking member of USDOT under President Biden and superstar alum of Transportation for America, Smart Growth America, and the Brookings Institution — to talk abo

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U District's Ave Going Carfree for Three Saturdays in May, June

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.36. bike lane, construction, mobility, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban

[image: U District's Ave Going Carfree for Three Saturdays in May, June] U District neighborhood boosters are trying something new this spring, when it comes to a longtime push to convert The Ave into a pedestrian-oriented urban oasis. On three Saturdays across May and June, one of the street's most central blocks will be turned over to street patios and strolling space, with vehicle traffic diverted elsewhere. This pilot program will test out how University Way (popularly known as The Ave) would function if it were fully pedestrianized, targeted between NE 42nd Street and NE 43rd Street just

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