Thinktanking + talking points re housing, climate, democracy. Emojis =/=endorsements https://teapawt.org/t.co/9QtHwiE5kr
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Anna Fahey retweeted
Nice intro to manufactured housing and the HUD Code chassis relief in the bipartisan federal housing packages
Even after the law changes, HUD & the states will need to do a rulemaking & certification process
Then, local zoning bans on HUD Code will have to be preempted
Washington has hit on a promising idea for lowering housing costs: manufactured homes. The challenge is convincing Americans to accept them. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Anna Fahey retweeted
On Tuesday, I'm recording a podcast on Land Value Taxes with a think tank expert & a Spokane city council person (Spokane is considering an LVT). I've been reading up on the subject & getting extremely LVT-pilled.
Got questions?
Anna Fahey retweeted
New findings show that only 16 US states have most of their #housing within a half mile of #transit. Transit-oriented development can lower expenses, reduce congestion and pollution, and connect people to jobs. Explore Urban’s #data tool for insights. urbn.is/4uSBDql
ALT A graphic with the text "Tracking Transit-Oriented Housing Development" at the center. Below, there is an illustration of a cityscape featuring various buildings and a pink train in the foreground. The upper left corner has a logo with the letter "U".
Anna Fahey retweeted
Vacant small lots sprinkled throughout our city could be the answer to unlocking tens of thousands of new units of housing.
The Council’s new Advisory Group on Housing Affordability is working to turn these overlooked spaces into homes — and make a big impact on our city’s housing supply.
Anna Fahey retweeted
American ingenuity is unmatched.
The future belongs to clean energy. We have the tools, the talent, and the drive to build it.
Trump should get out of the way of progress and let American innovation do what it does best.
Anna Fahey retweeted
Mail-in voting is a big part of Cascadia’s democracy infrastructure. sightline.org/2026/05/28/how…
Anna Fahey retweeted
Americans Are Finally Using Public Transportation And All It Took Were Historic Gas Prices jalopnik.com/2178851/high-ga…
Anna Fahey retweeted
The power belongs with the voters, not political parties.
Alaskans know it.
And that's why Alaska has open primaries and ranked choice voting.
Anna Fahey retweeted
Got a big idea for the pro-housing movement? Apply to speak at YIMBYtown 2026 in Raleigh, NC! 🏘️
Share your wins, spark new conversations, and help shape the future of housing advocacy this November. 💫
Apps are open, so start yours today!
🔗 whova.com/call_for_speakers/…
Anna Fahey retweeted
San Diego is building apartments at twice the per-capita rate of other CA cities, and rents are cooling.
cbs8.com/article/news/local/…
Anna Fahey retweeted
➡️ @PeteButtigieg on how to make Congress more responsive to voters:
“If you could have multiple members per district, you would have a more proportional Congress. I think we should be looking at that kind of reform.”
Why @PeteButtigieg likes proportional representation: “The reason why kitchen table issues can’t get done… is because of these systemic issues.”
Anna Fahey retweeted
Housing density is our climate superpower.
Why? Because "apartments are overwhelmingly more electrically powered than standalone houses, they use less land and building materials, and their residents require less transportation energy to go about their daily lives."
Housing—and apartment buildings specifically—may be the United States’ biggest climate opportunity of the Trump era.
sightline.org/apartments-are…
Anna Fahey retweeted
Alaska’s #RankedChoiceVoting system doesn’t help members of one party or another—it elevates candidates with broad popular support.
sightline.org/2026/05/07/fro…
Anna Fahey retweeted
One year ago, the #WALeg Parking Reform and Modernization Act became law. Several cities are adopting reforms well before deadlines or removing costly mandates altogether. sightline.org/2026/05/07/was…
Anna Fahey retweeted
If we're serious about affordability, we should be serious about the Land Value Tax.
“In the Los Angeles area, for example, the average exit tax for homeowners 65 and older is $185,000, while the annual cost of insurance, maintenance and property taxes on a zombie home is only about $10,000, the data showed..” nytimes.com/2026/04/30/reale…
Anna Fahey retweeted
Today, a new congressional map for Florida was signed into law. It's yet another front in a gerrymandering war between red and blue states.
We could end gerrymandering for good with a national shift to proportional representation.
Learn more ⬇️
fairvote.org/florida-redistr…
Anna Fahey retweeted
Housing on top of grocery stores has to be one of the biggest no brainers for grocery store chains that already have huge amounts of underdeveloped land.
Safeway is partnering with a homebuilder to build nearly 4,000 homes on underused parking lots across five Bay Area sites — a direct result of state housing law, AB 2011.
sfgate.com/local/article/bay…
