YIMBY News for 10/21

[Eric Budd]

YIMBYs Hit a Milestone in California. What’s Next?

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 45.56. affordable, construction, cost of housing, development, homeowner, housing, land-use, market-rate, parking, project, rent, supply, transit-oriented, urban, yes in my backyard, yimby, zone, zoning

In Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 79, a bill that will allow higher housing densities near the state’s busiest transit stops. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Bay Area Democrat, had been pushing for the policy for close to eight years. The YIMBY movement is celebrating the win, and Wiener is reportedly eyeing a run for Congress. The YIMBYs are celebrating. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 79, a bill that promotes denser housing development near the state’s busiest transit stations. The bill was one of the year’s highest priorities for the state’s Yes In My Backyard mo

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Affordable Housing For Teachers Is on the Rise

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 39.58. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, density, development, growth, house, housing, housing cost, income, project, rent, urban, zoning

Bentonville Public Schools administrators visit the construction site of its teacher housing complex, scheduled to open in 2026. (Photo courtesy Bentonville Public Schools / The 74) *This story was produced by The 74, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on education in America.* When Nathan Phipps interviewed for a teaching job four years ago in Byers, Colorado, he didn’t know that his future superintendent would also be his landlord. A recent college graduate from Kansas, Phipps chose the district, which is about 45 miles east of Denver, because of an unusual job perk: housing

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We Need a New Education Blueprint for the Next Economy

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.48. affordable, affordable housing, development, growth, housing, income, mobility, project, rent, transportation, urban

(Photo by Spencer Davis / Unsplash) The U.S. is experiencing a once-in-a-generation economic shift. I see it every day in my work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Artificial intelligence, automation and climate innovation are reshaping industries at lightning speed. By 2030, it is expected that nearly 40% of core workplace skills will have shifted, and further research points to projected demand for workers in classically “blue collar” or non-college educated roles and an increased need for college graduates to have more practical work-experience, all underscoring the need to evolve how we prepare y

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Colorado voters: Child care funding measures could be coming to a ballot near you

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.91. affordable, affordable housing, development, housing, rent

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat . Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters This election season, eight Colorado communities will ask voters to consider new taxes that could be used to support child care efforts. The ballot measures, most in mountain resort areas, represent a record number of local pitches for money to bolster a notoriously low-margin sector and help working families who struggle to find child care or cover the cost of tuition. Five communities — Chaffee, Custer, Eagle, Gilpin, and Hinsdale counties — are asking voters to approve lodging tax increas

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