YIMBY News for 4/18

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The Weekly Wrap: A Good Week for NYC Affordable Housing

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 39.27. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, housing, income, preservation, project, transportation, urban, walk

[image: The Weekly Wrap] Construction workers walk past an affordable housing development in Willets Point, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in the Queens neighborhood of New York. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura / AP) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe. ------------------------------ A Good Week for NYC Affordable Housing A host of new policies an

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What’s Working: A Colorado bill could help creatives retain more control of their work

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.98. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, downtown, house, housing, housing cost, project, rent, renter, supply, walk, zone

------------------------------ Denver-based artist Sarah Darlene has a lot on her plate. She’s a professional artist of about 15 years, teaches classes at the Denver Art Museum and works as a grant writer for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. And those are just her day jobs. She also sits on the board of two nonprofits, and has a new program and meditation app in the works, all part of her mission to bridge arts and wellness. “That dynamic is just part of the grind, and quite honestly, I love every second of it,” Darlene told The Colorado Sun in a text message. “It’s part of being a p

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‘Close this chapter:’ The future of Denver Pavilions is taking shape

Denverite

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.72. construction, development, downtown, housing, parking, parking lot, project, real estate, urban

The parking lots by the Denver Pavilions could become a public plaza that anchors renewed retail and over 1,000 units of housing. That’s the vision proposed for the struggling mall by a panel of experts on Friday, anyway. The study on the future of the Denver Pavilions was funded by the Denver Downtown Development Authority, a voter-approved quasi-governmental entity that spends tax dollars on downtown projects. DDDA’s largest investment to date has been the purchase of the Pavilions for $45 million in December. The initial price was quoted at $37 million, but an extra $8 million was paid for

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Florida Town Gives New Residents Free Golf Carts to Replace Their Cars

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.78. house, housing, income, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk, zone

A Florida community has a novel strategy to reduce how much its residents drive: buying them a golf cart instead. The planned community of Babcock Ranch recently reported its best sales month ever after it offered a free golf cart with the purchase of any new home, besting its previous one-month record by nearly 25 percent. And many of these caddy wagons aren’t zipping around the links — they’re replacing car trips. Long before the golf cart promotion, Babock Ranch set out to create a haven for the “joy of golf cart living,” using Vision Zero tools like low speed limits, dedicated non-automoti

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Waymo Means Way Mo’ Cars, According To Uber Docs

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.11. affordable, house, project, rent, supply, transportation, urban

Uber says that it is not worried about Waymo cutting into its business because the self-driving taxi startup is driving a massive expansion in all app taxi use, not just driverless. During Uber’s last quarterly earnings call, the company told shareholders that the company is still positioned to dominate the market even though Waymo has become the household name of autonomous taxis in the U.S. The tech-giant’s presentation to shareholders was revealing, however, for those who are looking to understand *how *a company like Waymo would affect New York City. “Our network benefits from every increm

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