YIMBY News for 10/24

[Eric Budd]

Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 34.56. affordable, bus rapid transit, bus route, bus stop, construction, parking, project, rent, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk

Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a “Better Bus Lanes” campaign Wednesday, demanding expanded and improved bus lanes on the city’s busiest transit routes. The press event took place at the site of a recent victory by bus advocates — a new bus lane for Route 2 on Union Street, which was nearly torn out right before it was set to open, until the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) backpedaled due to public outcry. “Just three weeks ago, the public learned that Seattle Department of Transportation was proposing to remove a block

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Aging with nowhere to go: Increasing number of people age 65 and older are becoming homeless in Colorado

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.67. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, development, growth, house, housing, housing and urban development, hud, income, project, rent, urban

[image: A woman wearing blue jeans and a white top sits on the steps of a tiny house in a complex for homeless people transitioning to permanent housing] Pamela Marin never imagined losing her home. But after her husband passed away in June 2020, everything seemed to spiral out of control. Marin, 70, said her doctors diagnosed her with “severe grief” after her husband’s death. Her children began worrying about her health. Then, Marin fell for a romance scam and ended up giving almost all of the $60,000 her husband left her to someone who claimed to be working in the oil and gas industry. With

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Wesley Townhomes affordable housing development nears opening in Longmont

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.86. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, house, housing, parking, parking lot, project, rent

Just over a year after construction began on the project, 11 affordable housing units are ready to start changing lives in Longmont. [image: Inn Between Executive Director Tim Rakow speaks to donors, guests, staff and others during an open house for the recently completed affordable Wesley Townhomes development in Longmont on Thursday. The 11-unit complex features one and two story townhomes, a community room, electric vehicle charging stations and a playground. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)]Inn Between Executive Director Tim Rakow speaks to donors, guests, staff and others during an open

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Boulder council OKs fee on properties to fund transporation infrastructure

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.70. affordable, affordable housing, housing, mobility, project, public hearing, rent, renter, single-family, transportation

Yes, the third time’s the charm for Boulder’s transportation management fee. The Boulder City Council voted 6-3 in its Thursday meeting to approve a fee on most privately owned properties that could bring in about $6.2 million to go toward lingering transportation infrastructure projects. Voting in favor were councilmembers Ryan Schuchard, Matt Benjamin, Tina Marquis, Nicole Speer, Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Folkerts and Mayor Aaron Brockett. Councilmembers Mark Wallach, Taishya Adams and Tara Winer voted against. A motion that would have effectively pushed the ordinance to next year narrowly failed

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