YIMBY News for 6/26

[Eric Budd]

Are NYC’s Rent-Stabilized Buildings Really in Crisis?

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 50.48. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, growth, housing, housing stock, income, market-rate, preservation, project, real estate, rent, renter, urban, zone

[image: Backyard] A rally before the June 8 Rent Guidelines Board meeting in the Bronx. (Photo courtesy of Denis Ibarra / Tenant Bloc) *This story was published in collaboration with *Shelterforce*, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community development and housing justice.* The June 8 meeting of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) began with some 40 tenants in attendance, scattered amid dozens of empty chairs in the auditorium at Hostos Community College. By the time the first hour ended, the room had filled with advocates wea

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New Report Outlines Clear Case for Removing SR 99 Through South Park

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 36.20. construction, development, house, housing, mobility, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zone, zoning

[image: New Report Outlines Clear Case for Removing SR 99 Through South Park] The momentum behind the idea of removing a redundant stretch of state highway that divides one of Seattle's most diverse neighborhoods got a big boost this week. A new report produced by Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) looking at ways to transform State Route 99 through South Park outlines incredible upsides from scrubbing the highway off the map entirely, and very few negative impacts. OPCD's newly released Potential Futures report, produced in conjunction with the Reconnect South Park

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Learning in Public: Why San Jose Rebuilt Its Performance System

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.31. affordable, affordable housing, development, housing, project, rent

Across the country, residents are watching their local governments struggle to keep up with the pace and complexity of everyday problems. Trust in government is near historic lows — and that has to change. In San Jose, we rebuilt how we measure performance across city government and focused on five of our toughest challenges: homelessness, affordable housing, economic development, community safety and clean neighborhoods. And we’ve kept the public informed with dashboards tracking our progress. That public reporting matters, but that is not the headline. The bigger story is what we changed beh

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Report: What to Know From the First National Renters Survey

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.02. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, house, housing, income, rent, renter

The National Low Income Housing Coalition has for years released annual reports on the availability of affordable housing in all 50 states, illuminating the gaps between what low-income people can afford to pay for housing and what it costs to live in private and partially subsidized housing. This month the group released the results of its first-ever national renter survey, focused on renters’ experiences searching for and living in rental housing. The report was based on about 3,700 completed surveys from a random sample of households, with questions developed by NLIHC with ICF, which admini

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A $650 million Cash Grab: Prosperity Council members call for cutting . . . their taxes

City Observatory

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.81. development, growth, house, income, project, rent

*The Prosperity Council appointed by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just released its long awaited report. But rather than addressing the real factors that lead to long term prosperity, the business people that dominate the council have come up with a set of recommendations that do less to lay a foundation for our future Oregon’s economy than they do to help out big businesses and wealthy individuals. It’s a cash grab bonanza for a few—the total cost is likely about $650 million in lost revenue in the upcoming 2027–29 state biennial budget:* - *Estate Tax Cut: $400 million (benefiting the top five

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