YIMBY News for 6/5

[Eric Budd]

While We Race To Build More New Homes, We’re Losing Old Ones

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 49.08. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, housing, housing and urban development, housing crisis, housing stock, hud, income, market-rate, preservation, real estate, rent, supply, transportation, urban, zoning

[image: Backyard] Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pictured during a 2025 Senate Committee on Banking hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pair led the effort to win both parties' support for the housing legislation. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP) We are in the middle of the most significant push for new housing in a generation. State legislatures are racing to pass zoning reform, fast-track permitting, and incentives for new construction. Congress is moving bipartisan legislation to ease housing regulation and speed development. As someone who has work

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Can Philly Mass-Produce Its Way Out of a Housing Crisis?

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KEYWORD SCORE: 43.95. affordable, apartment, construction, development, house, housing, housing crisis, market-rate, project, rent, single-family, supply, transportation, urban

A modular home under construction in a factory in Middleburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo courtesy Apex Homes and the Modular Home Builders Association) *This story was produced in partnership with Technical.ly, a news organization that reports on local innovation economies in the United States, through the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative. * Across the U.S., mayors and city councils have been making bold promises to solve the urban housing crisis. In Philadelphia, Mayor Cherelle Parker is looking to modular building as an essential part of her plan. Parker’s ambitious $2 billion Housing Opportu

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Where Do States Rank on Access to Public Transit?

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.33. density, development, growth, housing, infill, rent, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, zoning

In Brief: A new report reveals where homes are most concentrated near transit service. Among states, California has the highest proportion of transit-adjacent homes and Mississippi has the lowest. Efforts to promote transit-oriented housing development are underway all over the country. In the U.S., nearly every working-age adult relies on a personal vehicle to get around. That’s partly a matter of personal preference in a culture built around driving. It’s also a function of how few alternatives most Americans have. According to a new analysis from the Urban Institute, only 10 percent of home

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Map: Homelessness Is Down Overall, but Not in Every State

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.89. affordable, affordable housing, development, house, housing, housing and urban development, housing cost, hud, rent, urban

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the findings of the 2025 point-in-time count of homeless residents in America’s cities last week. The year-over-year number went down for the first time since 2016, though HUD Secretary Scott Turner characterized the report as evidence that policies of the past have failed. "The data is clear that the status quo of ‘housing first’ has failed to meaningfully reduce homelessness, resulting in crisis levels of people living on the streets," Turner said. In announcing the report, awaited since December, HUD emphasized a 27 percent

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Where the Republican candidates in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District stand on the top issues

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.58. affordable, construction, house, housing, housing cost, income, project

Republican voters on June 30 will choose between nominating U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd for reelection to Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District or backing Ron Hanks, a former state lawmaker and Air Force veteran. It’s a rematch of sorts for the two candidates, but their first time facing off head-to-head. In 2024, Hurd defeated Hanks and four others in a crowded field for the Republican nomination after the incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert switched districts. The predominantly rural district covers most of Colorado’s Western Slope, stretching into Pueblo and southeastern Colorado. *Jeff Hurd*, 46, i

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Asia Center gets a reprieve, but redevelopment plans could still move ahead. What’s next?

Denverite

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.97. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bus rapid transit, construction, development, housing, mixed-use, project, transportation, walk, zone

A developer withdrew part of a controversial proposal to redevelop the Asia Center on Federal Boulevard. That has led some to celebrate — but there’s no sign that the controversial redevelopment is being canceled altogether. The shopping center at 1000 S. Federal Blvd. is home to a variety of Asian-centered businesses, with many operating for decades in the mall. Plans submitted in April showed it could be replaced by a four-story mixed-use housing complex, drawing a flood of concern that a community anchor would be lost. Nearly 19,000 people have signed onto a petition to “Save the Asia Cente

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Friday’s Headlines Are Getting Dim

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.28. housing, income, parking, parking lot, supply, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk

- Can more investment save Brightline? The first privately owned intercity rail company in the U.S. since the formation of Amtrak in the 1970s looked like it would be a huge success, but is now on the verge of going bankrupt. It’s not quite fast enough, a bit too expensive, and because it uses existing at-grade rail lines, kills a lot of people. (Fast Company) - Despite high gas prices, Americans were driving more than ever in April, according to new Federal Highway Administration statistics. (Wall Street Journal; paywall) - Electric vehicle owners save money on gas and maintenance, but they p

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Denver Housing Authority CEO ousted by its board following administrative leave

Denverite

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.19. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, housing, housing authority, income, project

The Denver Housing Authority fired CEO Joaquín Cintrón Vega last week after he was placed on administrative leave in mid-May. DHA is the quasi-governmental public housing agency in Denver, building and managing thousands of subsidized housing units across the city. The agency’s board is appointed by Denver’s mayor and approved by Denver City Council. Details of his separation were not immediately clear. A statement from DHA’s Board of Commissioners Chair Charles Gilford III said Cintrón Vega was placed on administrative leave two weeks ago for an unspecified reason, while working “toward a mut

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