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It's time to end the housing crisis. We say Yes In My Backyard to inclusive, sustainable, and affordable housing in Hawaii | A @yimbyaction chapter hawaiiyimby.com Honolulu, HI Joined September 2022-
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Someone bought the house on the left for $400K in 2018. They replaced it with the building on the right, which has 18 homes. That building was recently sold for $255K/home. Allowing more density -- more homes on every lot -- lowers the cost of each new home.
America has an aversion to smallness. Everything is too big. The cars. The houses. The roads. The minimum lot sizes. The spaces between the buildings. The restaurants. Even the meals at the restaurants. Everything is luxury-size but nobody can afford it. Strategically…
CHECK OUT THE "SF OF LIVING SPACE PER PERSON" "When you only allow one house per lot, the logical market response is to build as large a house as possible. We only allow McMansions to be built, and wonder why builders build so many of them." From @AARP via @EricKronberg
It’s funny when people position themselves as “against gentrification” and then defend single family zoning—the most expensive form of housing.
But many cities have successfully Inclusionary Zoned themselves into stratospheric unaffordability, in return for a pitiful few affordable homes for the lucky ones.
But many cities have successfully Inclusionary Zoned themselves into stratospheric unaffordability, in return for a pitiful few affordable homes for the lucky ones.
It’s illegal to build smaller, less-expensive for-sale starter homes in the overwhelming majority of American cities thanks to single family zoning with large minimum lot sizes and large yard requirements. We’d be happy with 1,200sf houses with small yards; but they don’t exist!
It’s illegal to build smaller, less-expensive for-sale starter homes in the overwhelming majority of American cities thanks to single family zoning with large minimum lot sizes and large yard requirements. We’d be happy with 1,200sf houses with small yards; but they don’t exist!
“The problem with parking requirements is that in some cases the required parking is so expensive that the developer never even thinks about proposing a development.” @DonaldShoup laist.com/news/housing-h…
In case you needed a reminder today that YIMBY advocacy is KEY to creating a future of abundant, affordable housing... here you go 👇 Keep demanding action from your elected officials, and encouraging your neighbors to do the same. That's how we win 💪 vox.com/policy/2413626…
The other reason IZ persists is that elected democrats in wealthy enclaves know that imposing high affordability requirements on new multifamily housing kills most development, which allows them to indulge parochial NIMBYism while posing as friends of the poor.
Inclusionary Zoning exists in large part because well-meaning planners want to use the policy tools available to them (building approvals) to create subsidized housing for poor people. Unfortunately, this policy worsens overall housing affordability. We should stop doing it!
Inclusionary Zoning exists in large part because well-meaning planners want to use the policy tools available to them (building approvals) to create subsidized housing for poor people. Unfortunately, this policy worsens overall housing affordability. We should stop doing it!
This is why attaching an "affordability mandate" to SB 3202 would have been a bad idea. Subsidized affordable housing is good, but the research is crystal clear that unfunded mandates are harmful and counterproductive.
This is why attaching an "affordability mandate" to SB 3202 would have been a bad idea. Subsidized affordable housing is good, but the research is crystal clear that unfunded mandates are harmful and counterproductive.
Hey why isn’t the magic-landlord-rent-hiking-algorithm working in Minneapolis, Austin and Houston?
What if every major macro problem we are facing is that we don’t have enough homes? Can it be that simple?
One thing not talked about a lot when it comes to affordable housing is how needing to add parking due to local laws and our cities being so car centric can add 10-15% to the cost of building. Way more if it’s underground parking.
The last two weeks were a very busy time for us at the Legislature. The Senate and House Housing Committees were hard at work on ironing out all the details in the final drafts for our bills. I'm proud to say that we came to agreement on eight bills, the most in years.
The dream team 🙌
Housing in Hawaiʻi is trending! x.com/i/trending/178…
Deep respect & admiration for the pro-housing coalition & leaders who made these landmark reforms happen. WNN member @hawaiisfuture @hiyimby @AARPHawaii @HawaiiHabitat @grassroothawaii @HIAppleseed @hawaiiancouncil @LukeEvslin @stanleypchang @brianschatz & many more!
Deep respect & admiration for the pro-housing coalition & leaders who made these landmark reforms happen. WNN member @hawaiisfuture @hiyimby @AARPHawaii @HawaiiHabitat @grassroothawaii @HIAppleseed @hawaiiancouncil @LukeEvslin @stanleypchang @brianschatz & many more!
Hawai‘i's state legislature just legalized 2 ADUs on residential lots. This is our state's most significant housing reform since 1981. Thanks to the legislators, organizations, and individuals who took time to support the bill. 🏘️🏘️🏘️
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Someone bought the house on the left for $400K in 2018. They replaced it with the building on the right, which has 18 homes. That building was recently sold for $255K/home. Allowing more density -- more homes on every lot -- lowers the cost of each new home.
America has an aversion to smallness. Everything is too big. The cars. The houses. The roads. The minimum lot sizes. The spaces between the buildings. The restaurants. Even the meals at the restaurants. Everything is luxury-size but nobody can afford it. Strategically…
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“Mandatory parking minimums render the traditional development pattern that we know is time tested, that we know is productive… de facto illegal… We desperately need to free Minnesota communities from this burden.” - @dpherriges, @Parking_Reform
CHECK OUT THE "SF OF LIVING SPACE PER PERSON" "When you only allow one house per lot, the logical market response is to build as large a house as possible. We only allow McMansions to be built, and wonder why builders build so many of them." From @AARP via @EricKronberg
It’s funny when people position themselves as “against gentrification” and then defend single family zoning—the most expensive form of housing.
But many cities have successfully Inclusionary Zoned themselves into stratospheric unaffordability, in return for a pitiful few affordable homes for the lucky ones.
Inclusionary zoning/affordability mandates do not work and make it more difficult to solve the housing crisis. If we want deed restricted affordable housing, we need to make the case to taxpayers to raise the funds. No city has Inclusionary Zoned itself to affordability.
It’s illegal to build smaller, less-expensive for-sale starter homes in the overwhelming majority of American cities thanks to single family zoning with large minimum lot sizes and large yard requirements. We’d be happy with 1,200sf houses with small yards; but they don’t exist!
"Boomers had it so much easier, they could buy a house on 1 income" They also got about half the house...
The patience to respond to clearly wrong ideas slowly and with as much generosity as possible is a wonderful trait
Patrick Condon's housing model is wrong. But it's wrong in some pretty interesting & pseudo-Georgist ways. So let's go through them. 🧵
“The problem with parking requirements is that in some cases the required parking is so expensive that the developer never even thinks about proposing a development.” @DonaldShoup laist.com/news/housing-h…
Why even bother doing income verification for 80%+ AMI units? Just require rents that are affordable in that range and keep them stabilized. The current process just wastes everyone's time—tenants, landlords, cities, etc. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mis…
"Is Biden a YIMBY advocate for increasing housing supply? Whether or not he calls himself one, his work and rhetoric on the issue suggest he is." 🔥 op-ed from @NeverSassyLaura on why it's time for @POTUS to take action on solving the housing shortage. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
In case you needed a reminder today that YIMBY advocacy is KEY to creating a future of abundant, affordable housing... here you go 👇 Keep demanding action from your elected officials, and encouraging your neighbors to do the same. That's how we win 💪 vox.com/policy/2413626…
The other reason IZ persists is that elected democrats in wealthy enclaves know that imposing high affordability requirements on new multifamily housing kills most development, which allows them to indulge parochial NIMBYism while posing as friends of the poor.
Inclusionary Zoning exists in large part because well-meaning planners want to use the policy tools available to them (building approvals) to create subsidized housing for poor people. Unfortunately, this policy worsens overall housing affordability. We should stop doing it!
Inclusionary zoning/affordability mandates do not work and make it more difficult to solve the housing crisis. If we want deed restricted affordable housing, we need to make the case to taxpayers to raise the funds. No city has Inclusionary Zoned itself to affordability.
Again and again, frivolous environmental reviews and lawsuits are preventing us from building the homes people need. This abuse of environmental laws harms the very things these laws were enacted to protect — our communities and our environment. mercurynews.com/2024/04/14/bui…
@ShaneDPhillips im afraid to show a left-NIMBY this chart because i actually think this will encourage them to push for more IZ
@alebikexson Corporate landlords & RealPage simply decided not to make money in those cities, you see