YIMBY News for 5/26

[Eric Budd]

Denver sees improvement in homelessness, but a worrying trend for kids

Denverite

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.66. apartment, development, house, housing, housing and urban development, income, rent, urban

When city staff fanned out to count unhoused people on a single night in January, they found fewer people sleeping on the streets and in shelters. A total of 518 people were counted on the streets, while about 5,900 were in shelters around the city. It was the lowest count of unsheltered homelessness in Denver since 2017. Sheltered homelessness, which has risen mightily over the past decade, finally started dropping, too, as more people were housed. But the annual Point-in-Time Count also found more evidence for a troubling trend: the number of unhoused people under 18 has hit a 10-year high.

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Dan Strauss Restarts Downtown Tunnel Debate on Eve of ST3 Plan Update

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.36. affordable, construction, downtown, infill, project, rent, urban

[image: Dan Strauss Restarts Downtown Tunnel Debate on Eve of ST3 Plan Update] With the Sound Transit board days away from voting on a update to the Sound Transit 3 plan, a move that is poised to take completion dates for numerous major transit projects off the calendar, Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss has reignited a conversation about whether funding to build a second light rail tunnel in Downtown Seattle could be shifted elsewhere. The second downtown tunnel is a central part of the ST3 plan, planned to carry riders heading from Tacoma and the Rainier Valley through South Lake Union and o

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