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The Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Policy Agenda: A Conversation with Lael Brainard, National Economic Advisor
#RealEstate #Housing #UrbanInstitute

👍 New bill would convert unused government buildings into affordable housing - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/04/new-bill-would-convert-unused-government-buildings-affordable-hou…

New bill would convert unused government buildings into affordable housing
Reps. Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., cosponsored legislation that would direct the Housing and Urban Development Secretary to help refashion certain federal, state and local government properties into affordable residential rental projects.

SF finally embraces removing parking spaces... but not to convert them to bike lanes or anything nice. Only to get around a court order and displace RV dwellers, Engardio admits.
Says one, "We have been trying to get housing through the Hot Team, but I’m still waiting. And my husband’s got to have a triple bypass next week and he’s going to have to come back to a sterile environment."

Angled, Restricted Parking Planned for Lower Great Highway
Improving public safety is the reason given by city officials who created the plan for angled parking to replace parallel along the Lower Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Kirkham Street, yet t…

Good Morning #Canada
Immigration policy is daily news but we should recognize that Canada is a big empty country. (Insert echo)
Sure 90% of us live within 100 miles of the U.S. border, and all levels of government currently suck at building housing. But we rank low in population density with each square kilometer having approximately 4 people.
Compared with:
Russia: 9/km²

Here are the best three #photos of my #wildlife encounter last year.
These Chamois were resting alsmost on the trail so that I literally ran into them as I was looking for them FAR higher up the mountain. I'd just be a very bad hunter 😀 Good that I wasn't looking for bears!
Anywa…

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SF finally embraces removing parking spaces... but not to convert them to bike lanes or anything nice. Only to get around a court order and displace RV dwellers, Engardio admits.
Says one, "We have been trying to get housing through the Hot Team, but I’m still waiting. And my husband’s got to have a triple bypass next week and he’s going to have to come back to a sterile environment."

Angled, Restricted Parking Planned for Lower Great Highway
Improving public safety is the reason given by city officials who created the plan for angled parking to replace parallel along the Lower Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Kirkham Street, yet t…

I think this is •really• good news:
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/02/28/environmental-groups-cities-find-compromise-at-the-capitol-to-end-2040-plan-lawsuit/
The Minneapolis 2040 plan…

Environmental groups, cities find compromise at the Capitol to end 2040 Plan lawsuit - Minnesota Reformer
Environmentalists and city governments say they’ve found a legislative compromise that would allow the city of Minneapolis to move forward with the city’s 2040 comprehensive plan, which spurred new housing development and stabilized rents  from 2020 to 2022 before it was blocked by environmental lawsuits last year. Legislation (HF2048/SF4183) led by two Minneapolis DFL lawmakers, […]

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Good Morning #Canada
Immigration policy is daily news but we should recognize that Canada is a big empty country. (Insert echo)
Sure 90% of us live within 100 miles of the U.S. border, and all levels of government currently suck at building housing. But we rank low in population density with each square kilometer having approximately 4 people.
Compared with:
Russia: 9/km²

Hi! This #selfie was from an early spring #hiking trip last year. I had to change my plans during the ascent as I didn't dare to cross a region where I didn't check avalanche conditions before.
The clouds were so thick that I also didn't feel comfortable about estimating the conditi…