Pittsburgh New Liberals 🌐 @PGHNewLiberals
Advocating for abundant housing, accessible transit, technological progress, and clean air & water in the Pittsburgh region Open, optimistic, pragmatic pghnewlibs.org Pittsburgh, PA Joined July 2020-
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“Allowing more housing around stations costs the public basically nothing. It actually makes money: New residents and businesses in higher-density buildings bring new tax dollars” ggwash.org/view/93467/low…
People are always “skeptical” of the economic benefit of improved pedestrian and bike infrastructure but study after study have proven business IMPROVES after you make it safer for walking and biking #safetripsinthestrip
The only way we’re ever getting true high speed rail between Boston and New York
We're headed back towards Act 47 and the Mayor's office has no plan. We'll all be paying for this in a few years. Also, why do we never hear directly from the Mayor on these issues? I feel like all I ever see is statements from his staff.
We're headed back towards Act 47 and the Mayor's office has no plan. We'll all be paying for this in a few years. Also, why do we never hear directly from the Mayor on these issues? I feel like all I ever see is statements from his staff. https://t.co/aNIGTqZ09K
New research on the fiscal impact of immigration: “An empirical quantification for the United States reveals an indirect fiscal benefit for one average low-skilled immigrant of roughly $750 annually.”
If you have 49 minutes to spare, my paper analyzing the closure of Indian Point is LIVE and free forever Due to the closure of Indian Point: *New Yorkers faced much higher electricity prices in 2022, which hurt lower-income people the most *Natural gas has continued to grow as…
Zero mention of restrictive zoning and aldermanic prerogative limiting the supply of housing
Zero mention of restrictive zoning and aldermanic prerogative limiting the supply of housing
The success of an 86-home pilot project in Old Town #Bellingham has leaders flirting with scrapping parking mandates citywide. By @Sightline's @Citizen_Cate: sightline.org/2024/05/01/bel…
Part of this decline happened because Pittsburgh, like most municipalities, was benefiting from a house buying boom brought on post-pandemic, but that has largely slowed due to rising interest rates.
Part of this decline happened because Pittsburgh, like most municipalities, was benefiting from a house buying boom brought on post-pandemic, but that has largely slowed due to rising interest rates.
The direct overlap of market rate housing and income-restricted Affordable housing continues to be underrated Just in NYC context, here are current median asking rents on available 1-bed apartments on Streeteasy for every NYC neighborhood priced under 130% AMI:
The direct overlap of market rate housing and income-restricted Affordable housing continues to be underrated Just in NYC context, here are current median asking rents on available 1-bed apartments on Streeteasy for every NYC neighborhood priced under 130% AMI: https://t.co/eNkxha86ub
I feel like some politicians in Pittsburgh should take note of this: slow population growth and rising rents are an effect of not building enough housing.
I feel like some politicians in Pittsburgh should take note of this: slow population growth and rising rents are an effect of not building enough housing.
Seattle's NW 39th St Apartments will replace 2 single family homes in Ballard w/ 22 units & a the unit mix includes (10) 2-bed units All units are triple-aspect providing abundant daylight Workshop ipb's infill project uses single stair egress to create small lot density
Gotta love when someone only presents the abstract because the full text is making a different point than they wanted to hear
Gotta love when someone only presents the abstract because the full text is making a different point than they wanted to hear https://t.co/rxAuo6lmpG
Legalize this in every city across the country RIGHT NOW.
Legalize this in every city across the country RIGHT NOW. https://t.co/CjTz5OnecA
I’m old enough to remember when this “gentrification building” was “only for the rich”. 10 years later and the rent is completely in line with what a 2 bed 2 bath in the Elmwood Village rents for. If you want affordable housing, build it 10 years ago, or build MR now and wait.
I’m old enough to remember when this “gentrification building” was “only for the rich”. 10 years later and the rent is completely in line with what a 2 bed 2 bath in the Elmwood Village rents for. If you want affordable housing, build it 10 years ago, or build MR now and wait. https://t.co/HA37VHN49q
Incredible. And with that, the meeting is continued to two weeks from now. Once again, housing delayed remains housing denied.
Whatever your politics, this should enrage you. The government has *once again* criminally charged an Ohio pastor for the heinous offense of...letting homeless folks sleep at his church in violation of zoning rules. Do you feel safer now?
Whatever your politics, this should enrage you. The government has *once again* criminally charged an Ohio pastor for the heinous offense of...letting homeless folks sleep at his church in violation of zoning rules. Do you feel safer now?
As we show in our first paper, people don't understand that housing markets work the same as markets for other goods. But those beliefs about housing are a lot less "stable" than their beliefs about other markets. They're not left-NIMBYs--as we wrote:
Real estate capitalists are not secretive about how their business works.
Real estate capitalists are not secretive about how their business works.
Was asked to put together a slides for talk on high FAR and why it makes point access blocks infeasible. Left: 6 stories, 45' deep floor plate. 16 BRs in 8 units. FAR = 1.86 Right: 6 stories, 85' deep floor plate. 21 BRs in 19 units. FAR = 3.5 (matching max - nearly double PAB)
New Liberals 🌐🇺.. @CNLiberalism
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Warren Rhea 🌐 @EverydayWarren
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Tobin Stone 🌐 @tobinjstone
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Dan Shaffer @Dan_Shaffer_17
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Adam Brandolph @PGHAdam
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M. Nolan Gray @mnolangray
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Bay Area New Liberals @YIMBYNeoliberal
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Jonathan Aldrich is K.. @JAldrichPL
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ak @ak47eating
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Ben Preis @benpreis
802 Followers 794 Following Landlords, urban networks, and wealth inequality. Research Fellow @DrexelLab. PhD from @MITDusp. Formerly @TuftsUniversity. he/him@Bram_R It's funny, there are developers clamoring to add to our economy and tax base but the Mayor seems entirely disinterested. Can't figure out why.
@PippengerHarlo Hi Harlo! It's a good question. The most direct answer is that we don't have direct casual studies on the question of [does filtering improve affordability?]. If you're curious why not, I can explain why that's an extremely difficult empirical question. In terms of the studies…
Thinking about the Parisian method of 'f-it shovels go brrrrrrrrr' method of city infrastructure design and implementation.
@WaltHaim I’m sorry city planners, you are not HIM, you are not a polymath psychopath, you can build a bike lane, it’s not going to send your city into a downward spiral
@WaltHaim Every chapter of the power broker I finish I just get angrier that this dude fucked up city planning for generations and now everyone’s afraid of becoming him
“Allowing more housing around stations costs the public basically nothing. It actually makes money: New residents and businesses in higher-density buildings bring new tax dollars” ggwash.org/view/93467/low…
Many such cases Them: "Show me the evidence that upzoning lowers rents." You: *shows a peer reviewed study that controls for macro factors to isolate the causal impact of upzoning* Them: "I don't care for manipulated studies, show me a real world upzoned city where rents are…
People are always “skeptical” of the economic benefit of improved pedestrian and bike infrastructure but study after study have proven business IMPROVES after you make it safer for walking and biking #safetripsinthestrip
The only way we’re ever getting true high speed rail between Boston and New York
We're headed back towards Act 47 and the Mayor's office has no plan. We'll all be paying for this in a few years. Also, why do we never hear directly from the Mayor on these issues? I feel like all I ever see is statements from his staff.
New: Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler says the city is seeing a “dramatic demonstration of expenses outpacing revenue,” predicting deficits and cutbacks. The mayor’s office says things are under control, no cuts planned. What’s going on? publicsource.org/pittsburgh-fin…
New research on the fiscal impact of immigration: “An empirical quantification for the United States reveals an indirect fiscal benefit for one average low-skilled immigrant of roughly $750 annually.”
If you have 49 minutes to spare, my paper analyzing the closure of Indian Point is LIVE and free forever Due to the closure of Indian Point: *New Yorkers faced much higher electricity prices in 2022, which hurt lower-income people the most *Natural gas has continued to grow as…
@chi_urbanist The ghost that raises house prices is at it again.
Zero mention of restrictive zoning and aldermanic prerogative limiting the supply of housing
"A historically bad time to buy." House-hunting millennials are facing high prices and steep competition. buff.ly/4dj0TgZ
The success of an 86-home pilot project in Old Town #Bellingham has leaders flirting with scrapping parking mandates citywide. By @Sightline's @Citizen_Cate: sightline.org/2024/05/01/bel…
Heisler on Wednesday said it would be “unrealistic” for the city to continue spending at its current pace without bringing in additional revenue. “Expenditures are outpacing revenues. Period,” she said. triblive.com/local/pittsbur…
Part of this decline happened because Pittsburgh, like most municipalities, was benefiting from a house buying boom brought on post-pandemic, but that has largely slowed due to rising interest rates.
Heisler on Wednesday said it would be “unrealistic” for the city to continue spending at its current pace without bringing in additional revenue. “Expenditures are outpacing revenues. Period,” she said. triblive.com/local/pittsbur…
The direct overlap of market rate housing and income-restricted Affordable housing continues to be underrated Just in NYC context, here are current median asking rents on available 1-bed apartments on Streeteasy for every NYC neighborhood priced under 130% AMI:
Dense new infill supply creates more vacancies, faster, for low-income urbanites than sprawl does on a per unit basis That means infill YIMBYism is super important! But remember it's *per unit*. At massive post-WWII scale, sprawl supply did indeed make Manhattan cheap in 1970
@PGHNewLiberals Also, critically, despite Pittsburgh's population losses, we still need more housing! Household size continues decline in Pittsburgh and across the country, so you actually need more homes to handle the same population.
If the population starts to decline because the housing shortage displaces people to other regions, you can't then turn around and use it as an excuse to build fewer homes
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