YIMBY News for 11/26

[Eric Budd]

Bainbridge Island Struggles to Update Growth Plan, Months Behind State Deadline

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 48.27. affordable, affordable housing, comprehensive plan, condo, density, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, housing stock, income, planning commission, project, rent, single-family, urban, zone, zoning

Most cities and towns around Puget Sound have long since put the work of updating their long-term housing growth plans behind them, spurred on by a state-imposed deadline that came at the end of last year. Some local governments, including Seattle, have struggled with that timeline, but are poised to make it across the finish line by the end of 2025. And then there are outliers like Bainbridge Island, the popular tourist destination on the other end of a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle. Not only has the Bainbridge Island City Council not yet started to review a draft of the city’s updated Co

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Next City’s 2025 Gift Guide: The Best Gifts for Urbanists, City Planners & Community Advocates

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.66. affordable, development, gentrification, homeowner, house, housing, project, urban

The holiday season is here, and so is our annual guide to the best gifts for urbanists, city planners and community advocates. Whether you’re shopping for someone pushing for safer streets, expanding access to housing, advancing racial and economic justice, or strengthening neighborhood-led development, we’ve curated thoughtful picks that support their work – and their imagination. As always, our list highlights small, worker-owned, BIPOC-owned and mission-driven makers whose products reflect the values of equitable, just and resilient cities. No affiliate links. No paid placements. Just gifts

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Colorado unveils effort to help affordable housing developers navigate mountain of paperwork for tax credits, financing

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.36. affordable, affordable housing, construction, housing, income, project, rent

[image: The Unaffiliated — All politics, no agenda.] ------------------------------ Colorado unveiled an initiative Tuesday aimed at helping developers clear one of the biggest hurdles to building affordable housing in the state: paperwork. The Housing Hub Colorado is a one-stop website where developers can find information on different housing tax credits and financing options available to them and how to apply for those incentives and programs. It also features a form builders can use to update state and local agencies on their budgets, which are a critical part of the tax credit and financi

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Colorado launches initiative to speed up affordable housing projects

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.34. affordable, affordable housing, development, housing, income, project, rent, renter

State leaders this week announced the launch of a new program aimed at easing Colorado’s worsening affordable housing shortage. The initiative marks a step toward a statewide common application for affordable housing development — an issue that both Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have historically been very vocal about. “There is no greater need in Denver and Colorado than affordable housing, and no greater obstacle to our success than time,” Johnston said in a statement. The program, called Housing Hub Colorado, is designed to streamline the currently fragmented application s

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