YIMBY News for 12/11

[Eric Budd]

Next City’s Top Stories on Housing & Homelessness in 2025

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 50.09. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, downtown, fair housing, house, housing, housing and urban development, housing authority, housing crisis, housing discrimination, hud, income, project, rent, urban

[image: Backyard] (Illustration by Getty Images / Unsplash) This year destablized America’s housing landscape in ways few expected — and many feared. Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development slashed fair housing law enforcement and backed out of grant programs even as homelessness and housing unaffordability hit historic highs. Tariffs froze affordable developments, and advocates warned of a rising push toward criminalization and coerced encampments. Yet across the country, tenants, cities and organizers fought back: winning social housing in Seattle, seeing major gains in affordabl

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The Local Housing Crisis Coming Down From Washington

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 34.17. development, homeowner, house, housing, housing and urban development, housing crisis, hud, income, project, rent, urban, zoning

A few weeks ago, a woman called our foundation looking for help. She and her children were on the brink of homelessness. Fortunately, our nonprofit partners still had enough resources to support her. But under federal rules and funding levels now taking shape, they may not, and families like hers will have even fewer places to turn. Federal instability is pushing local institutions far beyond their intended role. Here in Cincinnati, for example, the public school system is preparing designated safe sleep areas for families living out of their cars. Nearly 1 in 3 Cincinnati homeowners are cost-

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Despite Sidewalk Funding Boost, Some Seattle Neighborhoods Still Feel Shortchanged

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.05. apartment, construction, growth, homeowner, income, parking, parking lot, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

Beacon Hill residents along 21st Avenue S have been waiting a long time for sidewalks. Situated about halfway between Seattle’s Beacon Hill and Mount Baker light rail stations, 21st Avenue is close to several schools and can become a major thoroughfare close to school pick-up and drop-off times. Given the roadway’s slope, the street often floods when stormwater accumulates from further up the hill, and many homeowners along 21st have taken measures to protect their homes from flooding, including building rock walls and adding asphalt berms. South of Bayview Street, sidewalks have been in place

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To Achieve Budget Justice, Cities Must Be Ready for the Mess

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.08. development, growth, housing, project, rent, segregate, urban

Celina Su, "Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities." (Photos courtesy Princeton University Press.) How might everyday city residents begin to demand transparent, equitable city budgets and fight austerity? In my book “Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities,” I examine real-life struggles for city budgets that give everyone, especially those from historically marginalized communities, resources and power to address their needs. Part of the book draws upon a decade of fieldwork on participatory budgeting —in which everyday residents, not just e

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