YIMBY News for 11/18

[Eric Budd]

Are rent prices in Denver actually falling? Here’s a look behind the industry data.

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.22. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, downtown, growth, housing, occupancy, parking, project, real estate, rent, renter, urban

When Lauren Harris started apartment hunting in June, there were so many special deals that she needed a spreadsheet to keep track of them. She wound up with an incredible bargain on a new place in North Capitol Hill: three months of free rent. There’s more. The two-bedroom unit has its own washer and dryer and a second bathroom, unlike her old place, which was very noisy and very dated but the best-priced option when she was searching back in 2024. The new place is in a modern, 200-plus unit complex, with a gym, a rooftop lounge and a spa for residents and their pets. It’s quiet and feels saf

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Escalating Costs Could Push Sound Transit to Reconsider Two Infill Stations

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 36.73. construction, downtown, housing, infill, mobility, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, walk

As the Sound Transit board starts to seriously grapple with the agency’s long-term budget deficit, eye-popping cost estimates to build two new light rail stations along existing segments of the 1 Line are likely to raise questions about whether those projects still make sense. The two stations, at Graham Street in Seattle’s Rainier Valley and near Boeing Access Road in Tukwila, have been eyed for construction for more than 25 years, filling in some of the most sizable gaps in the expanding light rail network. But Sound Transit initially skipped over both to reduce costs and ensure its first li

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A $15 Billion Data Center Prompts a Small Town Reckoning Near Lake Michigan

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.13. construction, development, downtown, house, project, rent, supply, transportation, urban

A light post banner articulates the new reality facing many Great Lakes residents, caught in the nexus of water, energy, and development. (Photo © Christian Thorsberg / Circle of Blue) *This story was originally published by Circle of Blue. The Great Lakes: Unprotected series documents how the surge in energy supply and demand, and novel rule-making, staff cuts, and dramatic shifts in federal funding priorities are systematically unraveling a 60-year-old program of safeguards for the region’s rivers, lakes, wetlands, habitat, and drinking water.* With accumulating force and accelerating speed,

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Saguache County was midway through a transportation needs assessment when it lost funding. Now what?

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.06. development, downtown, house, housing, income, mobility, project, rent, transportation, walk

The responses to the survey were anonymous but they told a vivid story: Getting around Saguache County is a hassle for many. It covers 3,200 square miles but has only around 6,500 residents. It lies in the northern corner of the San Luis Valley, with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east and the San Juans to the west. Tourists flock there because it has Joyful Journey Hot Springs, Penitente Canyon, a Dark Sky reserve and part of Great Sand Dunes National Park. The majority of travelers come down U.S. 285, which drops in from the north before making a gentle swing west at the town of Sagua

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Public bathrooms and housing diversity; City Council gets a peek at Downtown Colorado Springs Master plan

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.08. affordable, affordable housing, development, downtown, height limit, housing, mobility, rent, urban, walk, zone

Colorado Springs City Council now has a preview of Downtown Partnership’s Master Plan for the downtown corridor. Several themes emerged, according to a recent presentation to council. Small business support, walkability and mobility, arts and culture, safety and cleanliness along with housing issues top the list as priorities. The process started earlier this year with community engagement. “We had 16 focus groups organized into a lot of very specific topic areas and represented by different groups who work in those spaces,” said Mark De La Torre, Director of Denver Area Operations, MIG, Inc.,

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Is Gen Z “utterly screwed”?

Vox - Politics

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.05. cost of housing, development, house, housing, housing cost, income, rent

[image: College students sit in cap and gown at graduation] MIT graduates line up to receive their degrees at the 2025 Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 2025. | Boston Globe/Getty Images Key takeaways • By many metrics, Gen Z is doing better economically than previous generations at the same age. • Zoomers are especially vulnerable to displacement from AI. • Gen Z’s economic pessimism may partly reflect its high rates of social media use and loneliness. Gen Z was born too late. By the 2020s, the boomers had already bought up all the houses, while the millennials had commandeered the good career

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North Broadway complex purchase recommendation preserves Iris Fields

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.41. affordable, affordable housing, house, housing, housing stock, parking, parking lot, rent

Boulder County staff members are recommending a North Broadway campus purchase proposal that was developed in conjunction with the community with a goal of preserving Iris Fields. The county’s announcement earlier this year of the sale sparked concerns about the future of the baseball fields, which have served as the home base for North Boulder Little League for close to 70 years. North Boulder Little League worked with a senior housing developer to craft the recommended $26 million purchase offer for the 17.5-acre property, located at 1333 Iris Ave. at the northeast corner of Iris and Broadwa

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