YIMBY News for 11/11

[Eric Budd]

Smarter Tax Breaks for Homeowners, Young and Old

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 35.70. affordable, affordable housing, condo, construction, homeowner, house, housing, housing stock, income, rent, renter, single-family, supply

Even though residential property prices have recently simmered down in many states, politicians all over the country are falling over themselves to cut or curb property taxes. Many states already have laws on the books to limit tax or assessment increases to the inflation rate, but there are plenty of others where sticker shock hits homeowners every time they see their tax bills. And they are giving politicians an earful. Meanwhile, half of surveyed mayors call housing affordability their biggest challenge. The issue, magnified by ever-rising property tax bills, is particularly acute for would

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Cascadia Forges Ahead on High-Speed Rail Despite Headwinds

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.86. affordable, construction, development, downtown, housing, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

On October 29, leaders from across the Pacific Northwest reaffirmed their commitment to building high-speed rail linking the three largest metropolitan areas of the region at the annual Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference. Speakers shared ideas for advancing the project and overcoming headwinds created by the Trump administration, which has slashed transit grants and slapped tariffs on trade imports from Canada. These moves have created obstacles for funding the massive undertaking and finding a path to cross-border collaboration with the Canadian province of British Columbia, which would

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Will adding more lanes fix I-270 congestion? CDOT’s favored fix will test its new mission, opponents say.

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.95. downtown, house, multimodal, project, public hearing, rent, transportation, urban

The Colorado Department of Transportation will recommend a two-lane widening of Interstate 270 as the showpiece of its long-planned rebuild of the critical connector from north Denver through Adams County, prompting a bitter backlash from neighborhood and environmental groups demanding that the agency begin fulfilling mandates to cut pollution and promote transit. Freight trucks from burgeoning warehouse shippers and small business haulers make up nearly 1 in 5 of the 100,000 daily vehicle trips on I-270 during some hours. Cars and trucks bogged down in two lanes self-detour onto I-25, Interst

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Evans Trounces Republican Seattle City Attorney, Shares Plans for Transition

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.92. house, housing, project, rent, renter, urban, zone

In the November election, former federal prosecutor Erika Evans decisively beat her opponent, one-term Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison. Evans racked up a 31-point lead by the end of the day Friday, with roughly 50,000 ballots left to count. Nearly two-thirds of Seattle voters sided with Evans. Evans will be the first person of color to hold the office of Seattle City Attorney. While the Seattle City Attorney’s Office serves both criminal and civil functions, the city attorney only handles low-level misdemeanor cases. More serious felony cases are handled by the King County Prosecuting Attorn

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Housing remains top concern among El Paso and Teller County residents according to Our Spacious Skies Survey

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.70. affordable, affordable housing, growth, housing, income

Housing and growth remain top concerns among residents in the Pikes Peak region. That’s according to the results from a recent survey of El Paso and Teller County residents. Nearly 4,000 people participated in the “Our Spacious Skies” survey administered in part by the Pikes Peak Community Foundation. “It was important to us that we made sure and reached everybody we could,” said Pikes Peak Community Foundation CEO Margaret Dolan. “And that group of people aligns with the census for our two county region, and by that I mean age groups, ethnicity, geographic representation, and so on and so for

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