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Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/aramark-yosemite-employee-housing-21307621.php

🌪️ The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
https://theconversation.com/the-housing-crisis-is-forcing-americans-to-choose-between-affordability-and-safety-266136
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The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
Priced out of ‘safe,’ more and more Americans are moving to flood plains and fire zones.

That's neat.
#Madison #Housing #YIGBY

Immigrant families protest inside Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota (Berenice Garcia/Associated Press)
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/immigration-facility-protest-texas-liam-conejo-ramos/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p17#a260125p17

The SDA Housing Podcast
A leading voice in the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) sector, delivering in-depth discussions, expert insights, and the latest updates related to housing solutions for people with disabilities...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/sda-…

On housing for students at Ontario universities.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ontario-university-housing-survey/article_569933c2-2e92-4732-b7f0-4fc0ddde9e1f.html

Students at these two Ontario universities have lower rents, better commutes and more financial help from Mom and Dad
A report by research firm Studenthaus found national average rent for students this past fall was $1,146, with 66% of renters receiving family help.

Sources: the US Senate's crypto market structure bill is likely to be delayed by several weeks as key lawmakers shift focus to potential housing legislation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/…

New York City housing advocate
Patrick Markee’s new book,
"Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age,"
looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability.
Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States,
“has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,”
explains Markee.
“There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels…

Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in “New Gilded Age”
New York City housing advocate Patrick Markee’s new book, Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age, looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability. Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States, “has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,” explains Markee. “There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels of homelessness that we have, and that’s b…

"Declining property values and home prices are understood as a sign of impending doom, rather than a cause for celebration, and so the system aims to keep prices on an upward slope."
Housing can't be a good investment and affordable
https://jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamd

Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?

Just as during his first term, El Cheato is stealing money for military housing to use for his pet projects.
During the first term that pet project was "the wall".
Now it is to give "bonuses" to active military personnel.
In both cases this means reduced, or no, housing for military families - which is what Congress intended when that taxpayer money was appropriated.
"Trump’s $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ repurposed from military housing aid"…

Probable cause affidavit details timeline of stolen ambulance crash at Meridian building housing DHS (KTFT)
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/police-boise-woman-arrested-stolen-ambulance-crash-meridian-dhs-office-building/277-3ac560e7-a05a-4815-96a2-63bf1f7c2d5c
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p126#a260224p126

RE: #AffordableHousing problem, he has also presented policy suggestions to government. Not sure they listened but they should have.
Let's increase his follower count so more of us are educated on this important issue. Smash that follow button and boost him to your followers.
#MastodonCanada #EconomicPolicy

Please explain to me why people believe the "market" will solve the housing crisis, if only we removed barriers like zoning. The market certainly doesn't seem to do so well at maintaining existing properties at affordable prices.
‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis

Please explain to me why people believe the "market" will solve the housing crisis, if only we removed barriers like zoning. The market certainly doesn't seem to do so well at maintaining existing properties at affordable prices.
‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis

Democratic president should use ICE money for:
- guaranteed jobs program
- workers to build housing
- Healthcare worker
take the money and redirect it.
#uspol

Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus - Defense One
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/12/trump-rebrands-congressionally-approved-troop-housing-subsidy-warrior-dividend-bonus/410250/

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto.
#housing

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto
by Anna Pagani, Hans Volmary, Daniel Fitzpatrick* Providing housing for all is central to building any future. Yet, the system put in place to deliver housing globally has been relentlessly driven …

"'We do respect and appreciate the temporary activation but it’s time to start moving forward on the original purpose for this site,' Mahmood said, referring to affordable housing."
Ok good start, now do Parcel K in Hayes Valley. Or is this Mahmood's stance only in poor parts of his district?

S.F. moves to accelerate stalled housing at Tenderloin food hall site
San Francisco officials have changed course and committed to seek developers for the La Cocina site within the next two years.

"A National Audit Office investigation revealed in October last year that a staggering 98% of external insulation fitted under the previous government’s home-improvement schemes was installed so ineptly that it will have to be repaired or replaced."
Surprise, surprise.
Britain's building industry is unbelievably shoddy.

"Continuum of Care"
is the federal government’s flagship program to support state and local governments and non-profits in funding housing and other services for individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
The program is built on the principle that getting unhoused people housed can get them on a path to address other challenges.
But in the past months, the Trump administration has tried to issue sweeping policy shifts to the program,
some of which…

My draft response to Mayor of London consultation on housing michaeledwards.org.uk

Can't believe anything these criminals say.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wacky-number-economists-cry-foul-190154737.html

Trump is on his way to Davos, where his quest to own Greenland could overshadow his other goals (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-davos-housing-greenland-gaza-a2f3f4c18ba321c8025a3e208fc0ddf6
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p106#a260121p106

There's a tool that analyses your 2025 hackernews comments through a LLM and give you a summary
Who am I:
The Fediverse Urbanist
A supply-and-demand fundamentalist who divides their time equally between defending housing density and explaining why your social media platform is a centralized prison for bots. You have successfully mapped the entire journey from a car-dependent suburb to a Mastodon instance using only RSS feeds and a burning hatred for high-tariff border …

Work, Housing and Health: Northampton Behind the Numbers https://edintone.com/work-housing-health/ In 1924, the boot and shoe industry dominated Northampton’s workforce. The Boot and Shoe O

Work, Housing and Health: Northampton Behind the Numbers - Miscellanea Edintone
In 1924, the boot and shoe industry dominated Northampton’s workforce. The Boot and Shoe Operatives Trade Union had 13,104 members; officials estimated that only 5% of adult workers were outside the union.

Luckily, the "Family Zoning Plan" offers opportunities for creative real estate agents and developers to meet this need. Look at what happened to the 7 unit building at Jackson and Presidio.
More millionaires than mansions: AI-fueled demand meets ‘egregious shortage’ of inventory
https://sfstanda…

More millionaires than mansions: AI-fueled demand meets ‘egregious shortage’ of inventory
No winter break in the housing market as IPO anticipation drives buyers into a frenzy. 

Russia strikes ENERGY AND HOUSING: 1,700 DRONES and 69 MISSILES in one week #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/russia-strikes-energy-and-housing.html

Top Articles of 2025: The Rental Housing Market Holds Strong
"The U.S. rental housing market remained strong and stable in 2025, with narrowing supply‑demand gaps, rising investment activity, and rent growth in line with pre‑pandemic levels."

Top Articles of 2025: The Rental Housing Market Holds Strong
The U.S. rental housing market remained strong and stable in 2025, spreading through the multifamily and single-family rentals sectors. Here’s a look at this year's top articles from Arbor Realty Trust, in case you missed them.

UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns #UnitedKingdom

UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns
Millions of UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and soaring energy costs and current housing and climate policies are failing to keep up, according to new research by The University of Manchester.

RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115922230592810749
If you think building public bathrooms is communism, wait till you hear that actual communism means decommodifying everything, housing, healthcare, education, the whole deal. What you’re describing …

Federal judge temporarily blocks HUD permanent housing cuts for homeless (Cassandra Dumay/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/judge-blocks-hud-permanent-housing-cuts-00700477
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p73#a251219p73

Remind Angus, it's the Pokémon landlords
Not the mums and dads, not the owner occupiers
#CGT #WellDoneAngus #housing

Seriously, knowing the dire predicament we are in, we should be busy learning and re-learning how to produce food, clothing and housing on a planet transitioning into a radically different climate. We desperately need a plan how to scale back on technology use, in tandem with the natural decline in resource and energy availability.
https://

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto
by Anna Pagani, Hans Volmary, Daniel Fitzpatrick* Providing housing for all is central to building any future. Yet, the system put in place to deliver housing globally has been relentlessly driven by growth imperatives. The consequences are far reaching: unhealthy, unsafe, overcrowded, over- or underheated, and inadequate housing, which is paralleled by the soaring greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss tied to the…

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto
by Anna Pagani, Hans Volmary, Daniel Fitzpatrick* Providing housing for all is central to building any future. Yet, the system put in place to deliver housing globally has been relentlessly driven …

"Hey Doug... we bought a bunch of those Stag and Doe tickets so you gotta put a stop on forcing us to build affordable housing..." - Developers who totally didn't buy Ford.
#onpoli #AffordableHousing
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/ford-government-pause-affordable-housing-rules-new-toronto-buildings-11733993

Alt Text:
“Sarah J. Jackson
@sjjphd.bsky.social
“Someone has sure already made this
observation but the fact they can
convert all those empty warehouses into
prison camps means they could have
converted them into housing,
community centers, job training centers
or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It's
always a matter of will not resources.”

Victator (@vicfroh@mastodon.social)
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"Green spaces should be the norm for all new housing developments in England, guidelines say"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses

White House Offers New Details on Its Push to Ban Housing Investors (Rebecca Picciotto/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-offers-new-details-on-its-push-to-ban-housing-investors-97fb1829?st=FymPTN&reflink=article_imessage_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p114#a260219p114

Soldiers at US-Mexico border lived with ‘leaking raw sewage’
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier-housing-southern-border-mission/

Freitag: Cyberangriffe auf US-Radiosender, TSMC-Vorwürfe an neuen Intel-Manager
Fake-Radiomeldungen durch Cyberangreifer Verdacht auf TSMC-Geheimnisverrat Energiemix mehrheitlich erneuerbar Österreichs Server Housing X-Feed änderbar

yo la tengo at bowery ballroom, hanukkah night 1.
opening act: @…
comedian: jon glaser
mix CDR by daniel clowes
post show DJ: ira o
benefitting housing justice for all
#nyc

The real reason people move to red states
The “U-Haul index” does not prove a point -- or at least the point the WaPo Editorial Board makes.
Yes, people are moving from more expensive to less expensive areas,
but why are those areas more expensive?
Many factors play into the calculation, but one is obvious and significant:
Real estate is more expensive where people want to live.
Tax rates by themselves don’t make real estate expensive;
ultimate…

The real reason people move to red states
Housing, money and the cure to loneliness, in readers’ eyes.

"The governor’s proposed 2026–27 budget includes no funding for existing affordable housing. Federal housing programs face deep uncertainty. Locally, San Francisco is staring down a structural deficit... In this context, proposals to eliminate transfer taxes and weaken development impact fees...are deliberate choices that would lock in housing scarcity for years to come."

You Can’t Build Abundance by Defunding Housing
Why cutting housing revenue in a moment of scarcity guarantees failure

Both Amazon & Microsoft cooperatively push for 5 policy changes to address housing crisis in WA state.
▶️ WA must make it easier to build our way out of housing crisis | The Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-mu…

Rare good news for now, but don't trust the Planning Inspectorate to uphold the rejection.
Scheme to build 2,150 homes in Greater Manchester countryside REJECTED - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/scheme-build…

Scheme to build 2,150 homes in Greater Manchester countryside REJECTED
The controversial housing plan has been a point of contention ever since it was first touted almost a decade ago

Well that’s not good. Was taking advantage of the mild weather to use the 3” chipper/shredder on a bunch of downed branches on the hill in the back yard.
Not ten minutes in and a 2.5” branch jammed it. I had to disassemble half the housing to clear it. Then it still wouldn’t start, upon which time I noticed that the jam must have pushed the moving blade into the housing with force enough to shear off a piece of the housing.
Obviously not safe to continue. Warranty support initia…

Democrat Khanna refloats bill to block investors from buying up homes after Trump proposal
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/18/trump-khanna-housing-investor-ban.html

Australia's renewable energy boom is coming—and it could solve a surprising problem.
Over the next decade, we'll build more clean energy infrastructure than the past 30 years combined. But where will thousands of construction workers live in regional towns already facing housing shortages?
A new RE-Alliance report shows worker accommodation can become lasting community assets: refurbished aged-care homes, workforce villages transformed into suburbs.

SwitchedOn podcast: Renewable construction boom can help fix regional housing crisis
RE-Alliance’s national director, Andrew Bray, discusses how the energy transition can deliver important consumer benefits, particularly in housing.

More evil from the Israeli regime.
Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/israel-es…

Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Ultramagnetic MC’s:
🎵 Kool Keith Housing Things
#UltramagneticMCs
https://ultimatesoundz.bandcamp.com/track/kool-keith-housing-things
https://open.spotify.com/track/5I7GbWmphoJfZi6VnzUyGZ

This is why I don't fully trust 48hills, even though they're on "my side" in being pro-labor and anti-billionaire. Tim Redmond thinks it's a good thing that a 100% affordable housing development was forced to lop a floor off to preserve views 😫
"The staff reached out to the neighbors,[...]took feedback, and as a result made some changes that lowered the height of the new buildings. That, in a reasonable world, is how this should work" No it's not!!…

Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue - 48 hills
Nonprofit housers are good neighbors. Speculators are not. But Wiener's law treats both the same way

After some time in preparation, and following an initial attempt to prioritise the allocation of network capacity, the Dutch NRA has now taken a (and this time: own) decision.
Priority for 'congestion softeners', safety, healthcare, housing etc.
https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stc<…

Home Builders Turn to White House for Help on Inventory Glut - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/home-builders-turn-to-white-house-for-help-on-inventory-glut-7e41e708?st=MYUJhb&refli…

How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles (Jennifer Swann/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/is-craigslist-the-last-real-place-on-the-internet/…

Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?
Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”

Nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
America faces a serious housing shortage, one that Moody’s estimates would take more than 2 million new homes to resolve.

But over at Goldman Sachs, analysts put the number at
3 million.
Zillow’s estimate tops 4 million,
while Brookings projects 5 million,
and McKinsey says 8 million.
Meanwhile, congressional Republicans insist the shortfall is closer to 20 million.

Then there are the …

Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nation’s housing needs.

Support Indigenous Land Defender Marcos Aguilar’s Family
(original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSFUcy_jKU7 by zapatistasolidaritynetwork)
On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his anc

Zapatista Solidarity Network! on Instagram: "📢‼️URGENT On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his ancestral territory in San Lorenzo de Azqueltán, Jalisco, Mexico. He leaves behind five young children — including two babies — and elderly parents who depended on him. Marcos was a devoted father, a loving son, and a guardian of Mother Earth. He refused to abandon his community despite threats and violence. This was a planned political attack from those trying to steal Indigenous ancestral territory. ✨ That’s why we are asking for your solidarity: @semillas_collective is collecting donations that will go directly to Marcos’s family and Indigenous community to support: • His children’s wellbeing (food, housing, education) • Care for his parents • Community protection against further attacks • Legal justice for his assassination 🔗Link in our bio to the fundraiser and the communiqué from the Autonomous Indigenous Community or San Lorenzo de Azqueltán (adherents of the National Indigenous Congress [CNI]) 📣Please donate if you are able. If you cannot, share and help us break the silence. Marcos lives in the land, in his children, and in our struggle. Marcos vive — la lucha sigue. ✊🏽💚🌱 #JusticeForMarcos #Semillas #IndigenousSolidarity #Azqueltán #LandBack #ProtectLandDefenders #NoMoreImpunity #MarcosVive #LaLuchaSigue"
99 likes, 0 comments - zapatistasolidaritynetwork on December 10, 2025: "📢‼️URGENT On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his ancestral territory in San Lorenzo de Azqueltán, Jalisco, Mexico. He leaves behind five young children — including two babies — and elderly parents who depended on him. Marcos was a devoted father, a loving son, and a guardian of Mother Earth. He refused to abandon his community despite threats a…

Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs,
but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs,
Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
https://bsky.…

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs, but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that. If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.

Good evening!
Starlings over Utrecht, at dusk.

San Franciscans! Here's a petition you can sign asking Mayor Lurie and the board of supervisors to fund social housing. You might have seen the flyers around the city.
We voted to fund it with 2020's Prop I, but for obscure reasons of state law, the use of the revenue wasn't legally binding, only intended. And then-Mayor Breed refused to do it. But we can fund it now!

Fund San Francisco's Social Housing Program with Prop I Property Transfer Tax Revenue, as Promised!
In 2020, San Francisco voters passed Prop I which levied a transfer tax on properties worth over $10 million dollars. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution assuring voters it was their intention to spend the revenue from the new tax on a Social Housing Program. Social Housing is housing that is municipally-owned (or non-profit owned), permanently affordable, and available to a wider mix income than traditional public housing. Mayor Breed overruled the Board of Supervisors a…

How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles (Jennifer Swann/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/is-craigslist-the-last-real-place-on-the-internet/…

Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?
Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”

https://bsky.app/profile/deanpreston.bsky.social/post/3m74ns5vf322m

Dean Preston (@deanpreston.bsky.social)
For those who are interested in housing production, as distinct from the political posturing about housing production, highly recommend this new piece by Fernando Martí. Please share far and wide. https://medium.com/@el.compay.nando/upzoning-fantasies-84cb748ae3d2

Bronx building Mamdani used to showcase new housing commish's talents has 200 violations -- after favored nonprofit ran it into the ground (Rich Calder/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/bronx-building-mamdani-highlighted-to-showcase-nycs-new-housing-commissioners-talents-has-nearly-200-violations/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p67#a260111p67

Good Morning #Canada
A few weeks ago our local #CBCradio host was interviewing an debt counselor, likely due to the arrival of Christmas credit card bills. The segment reinforced the data that Canadians carry high levels of debt, unfortunately among the highest percentage of income worldwide. Mortgage debt, according to ##StatsCan, is flat to slightly declining, likely because new home purchases by younger Canadians is down, but car loans, personal lines of credit, and credit card debt are all up in 2025.
Our government continues to try and respond by offering tax credits and supplemental payments which invariably get sucked up by corporations. They have to change the game - build public housing or invest in leasehold or cooperative homes, build public options for utilities, internet, food or other necessities. Invest heavily in public transit and subsidize it so that it's low cost or free. Remove corporate profits from necessities.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Finance
https://globalnews.ca/news/11544814/canadians-debts-rise-survey/

2019 time capsule: “The successful implementation of a public bank could be a windfall for affordable housing advocates.” By @…. Now, finally, it’s headed for a ballot near you!

A public bank could make affordable housing more affordable
How would a public bank fund affordable housing?

If I were voting today in D4 I'd rank Jeremy Greco first because he's the only pro–Sunset Dunes candidate and seems cool generally; he's a longtime co-op worker at Other Avenues and wants to make it easier to start co-ops.
I'd rank Natalie Gee second. It sucks she wants to turn the park back into a highway, but so do all the non-Jeremy candidates, and she's the only one I trust to tax the rich to build affordable housing.

Meet the District 4 Candidates: What is your No. 1 issue?
Some say the Sunset needs to be more affordable. Some say it needs more police. They all want to be District 4’s next supervisor.

https://bsky.app/profile/deanpreston.bsky.social/post/3m74ns5vf322m

Dean Preston (@deanpreston.bsky.social)
For those who are interested in housing production, as distinct from the political posturing about housing production, highly recommend this new piece by Fernando Martí. Please share far and wide. https://medium.com/@el.compay.nando/upzoning-fantasies-84cb748ae3d2

The "People Over Billionaires" March Tours San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood
Activists assembled in Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco's billionaire epicenter, on November 15
for a rally and march to demand,
"housing, healthcare, and food for all," from the ultra-wealthy.
During the rally,
Socialists and Communists set up literature tables,
and people distributed kits containing a whistle and ICE reporting instructions.

People Over Billionaires Rally and March in San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood : Indybay
Frogs, an octopus, a squid, a school of orcas and activists bring their "People Over Billionaires" demands to the ultra wealthy in colorful march and rally

Buhay Australia
Listen to information that will help improve health, housing, employment, visas and citizenship, Australian laws and more...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/buhay-australia/

Zohran Mamdani stands by 'housing justice' appointee Cea Weaver -- as Trump admin warns he 'should be on notice' (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/us-news/zohran-mamdani-stands-by-housing-justice-appointee-cea-weaver/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p115#a260106p115

Newly sworn-in Virginia Governor #Abigail #Spanberger signed
10 executive orders in her first official act at the Virginia State Capitol.
Three of the orders target
✅reducing cost-of-living expenses for Virginia families,
✅bringing down healthcare costs
✅and making it easier to build more…

Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.

“The case for upzoning is relatively solid but deeply underwhelming as a standalone position. The upshot is that everyone is at least partly right: Upzoning can address the shortfall in supply. But it won’t come close to solving the housing crisis alone. Re-enter: public housing.”
https://

The Solution to the Affordable Housing Problem That No One Wants to Discuss
There are new ideas for fixing this. And one very old one.

20 states sue Trump over cuts to HUD housing program for homelessness | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/20-states-sue-trump-over-cuts-to-hud-housing-program-for-homelessness/

"Open land represents the future in its purest form — after all, every place was no place at some point." 😑 This is such a distilled expression of settler-colonial mindset. No, we do not need "new" cities, we need to fix up the ones we've got.
https://www.

Maybe America Needs Some New Cities
It sounds a bit kooky to promise a whole city from scratch. But it has been done before — and might just help solve the housing crisis.

When the government offers to provide rebates or tax credits to low income Canadians, as recently announced by our Federal Government, most welcome the extra cash. But it doesn't address the key issue in affordable food, housing, or utilities. All of that extra government cash, provided by taxpayers BTW, gets sucked up by corporations that continue to rake in record profits. If you want to truly attack the #Affordability problem then implement laws that penalize excess profit taking by corporations. Take key necessities (food, transit, shelter, utilities, etc.) and create public options that are run as cooperatives and have controlled profit margins.
Marit Styles points out the difference between food prices at independent grocers versus the big chains. The policy position from @… on establishing a public grocery option makes sense, as long as we also protect the small independent vendors in our communities.
#CorporateProfiteers
https://youtu.be/Hj-ncCLSaZY

"Both candidates agreed that Market Street should be reopened to cars (a few people booed, then some cheered). They also both agreed that new housing developments should include more parking."
No problem for the "urbanists" at SF YIMBY, who just endorsed Sherrill.
https://

S.F. housing is hottest topic in first debate between District 2 supervisor candidates
Appointed supervisor Stephen Sherrill and neighborhood organizer Lori Brooke face off on housing, cars, and public safety

Tying housing costs to homelessness rates, researchers have identified inflection points:
🔸When rents in a community exceed about a third of the median income, homelessness escalates.
🔸“As the share of low-income households with severe rent burdens grows, so does their risk of homelessness,”
said Thomas Byrne of Boston College, an author of the study.
Gregg Colburn, a housing expert at the University of Washington, found that
Seattle and San Francisco, with so…

Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says.
The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents consider overly permissive.

Trump Moves to Ban Big Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes (Alyssa Lukpat/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/trump-moves-to-ban-investors-from-buying-single-family-homes-13e06f61
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p91#a260107p91

TIL about "iceberg homes", and wondered why we don't let all the wealthy people live in deep holes and build affordable public housing on top of them. It's a win-win people...
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/02/toronto-figuring-out-controversial-iceberg-homes/

Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who ran on an #affordability agenda,
pledged during the campaign to freeze rent on the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.
“We know we are fighting for a #rent #freeze…

Mamdani’s First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams’s Decisions
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.

With growing interest in social housing in SF, maybe it’s a good time to re-up this Q&A I hosted last month. In addition to lessons from Seattle, @… goes over SF efforts so far, so it’s a great way to get up to speed!

Municipal Social Housing: What can California learn from Seattle’s win? — California DSA
By now, San Francisco is famous not just for unaffordable rent, but also for its acrimonious debates about how to solve the problem. One well-funded contingent asserts it’s all about making it easier and cheaper to build privately owned homes, but as even the corporate media is now noting, we’ve don

20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding (Katherine Hapgood/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/25/states-trump-administration-hud-housing-cuts-00668178
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p88#a251125p88

Portland to remove 100 people from its tiny-house village because they have stayed in the transitional housing too long | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tiny-house-village-eviction-portland-b2896294.html

Progressive candidate Nida Allam has launched a primary challenge to a House Democrat from North Carolina,
seeking a redo of the 2022 contest that saw significant interference by the pro-Israel lobby and corporate interests.
Nida Allam announced her campaignon Thursday,
with backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and a slate of progressive groups on launch.
She’s running on a platform supporting issues like Medicare for All and affordable housing,
and has …

I'm shocked, shocked, that waiving the transfer tax on downtown office to residential conversions did not result in a single such conversion happening.
Well, not that shocked. (The real point of March 2024 Prop C was the sneaky provision letting the SFBOS reduce the transfer tax altogether without an election. Not to produce housing but to cut downtown landlords' taxes.)

The Oglala Sioux Tribe is seeking answers after
four enrolled members were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis.
Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out said in a statement on Facebook that the men,
who were homeless and living near the Little Earth housing complex in Minneapolis,
home to nearly 1,500 people,
many of whom are Native American.
The men were taken into custody without their names being recorded, the tribe …

ICE Detains and Holds Four Native Americans, Tribal Leader Says
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands action after ICE detains four members in Minneapolis. Tribal attorneys work to confirm identities and secure release.

oooof. this incumbent running for re-election to the SF Bike Coalition board is literally a landlord lawyer.
if you're a member, the voting details are here and there are 10 candidates for 8 seats. https://sfbike.org/news/meet-the-candidat…

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump's first cabinet meeting of 2026 (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-cabinet-economy-housing-energy-health-california-f4b4fb985300724a7e717863626e5506
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p131#a260129p131

Kind of a cool proposal in terms of squeezing density onto a slim site, but I wish it didn't have 10 parking spaces for 11 units. That much parking shouldn't be allowed so close to BART, inducing more driving trips on Guerrero which is already a traffic sewer.
https://missionlocal…

Mission BUZZ: Housing, a brewery and an owner who stands her ground on cannabis
Los Tigres del Norte received the keys of the city from Mayor Daniel Lurie. Lover's Lane is back for its fifth straight year.

The race for the next mayor of Los Angeles has become even more intense as
Council Member Nithya Raman officially launched her campaign on Saturday.
Her announcement came just hours before the city’s filing deadline.
Nithya Raman said Los Angeles needs a leader who will take full responsibility for the challenges the city faces.
Raman represents District 4, which stretches from parts of the San Fernando Valley to neighborhoods like Los Feliz, the Hollywood Hills, and…

Who Is Nithya Raman? Meet The Latest Candidate In Los Angeles Mayor’s Race
Nithya Raman has officially joined the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race just before the filing deadline. She brings experience in homelessness, housing, and community planning.

Trump's Plan to Cut Homelessness Programs Is Getting Pushback From Republicans (Raymond Fernšndez/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/housing/hud-homelessness-programs-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p116#a251125p116

I couldn't agree more with this essay from Quintin Mecke, director of CCHO, a group of community affordable housing non-profits. When SF "moderate" politicians underfund housing, it's not something they're forced to do. It's not fiscal responsibility. It's a political choice and a disastrous one.

The Fiction of Scarcity: Why San Francisco Must Choose Action Over Austerity in 2026
San Francisco Has the Wealth. It Lacks the Will.

I donated a bit to Gary McCoy's campaign for District 8 supervisor in SF.
I'm hesitant to support merely "progressive" candidates since so many veer rightward after getting elected, like D8's current supe Mandelman, and recently D7 supe Melgar to a lesser degree.
But I really like Gary's platform, emphasizing non-police public safety programs; traffic calming as part of public safety; and pro-housing with emphasis on public investment, not just upzone an…

Priorities | Get Involved Today — Gary McCoy for District 8 Supervisor
Discover Gary McCoy's priorities for affordable housing, economic growth, and community development in District 8. Learn how he plans to support residents and local businesses.

Trump says he wants government to buy $200B in mortgage bonds in a push to bring down mortgage rates (Josh Boak/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-housing-mortgage-rates-79294cf8eac1579b17430b4cd0708fcd
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p132#a260108p132

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a neighborhood that wasn’t designed around cars?
Well - in most of the country that’s actually illegal.
But in Tempe, AZ there’s a new development called Culdesac
that has managed to make it happen.
This community is designed around alternative transit first,
which means more land is freed up for housing, retail and open space
- and it seems to be working
As more modes of transportation become avail…

Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes (Yun Li/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/trump-housing-affordability.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p94#a260107p94

I’m helping put together a campaign for municipal #socialHousing here in San Francisco. If you’re already familiar with social housing, how would you define it? If you’re newer to the idea, what’s a question you have about social housing, or something you hope it can achieve?

Achievement unlocked: Got the SF Chronicle to publish an argument for social housing!
(it's the second in this batch of letters to the editor)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/licence-p…

"So imagine the Brownstone startup puts 50 pods in one big room. Once they rent pod #1, that person appears to have the right to the entire room. Renting pods #2 through #50 could violate Section 1950. If they do, they are double letting, and 'every tenant in the building, under the same landlord' could withhold rent for as long as the 'double letting' continues." 👀

Sleeping Pods in San Francisco: Are They Even Legal? — Dean Preston
The rise of sleeping pods as a housing solution in San Francisco raises questions about legality. California Civil Code Section 1950 prohibits double letting, but is the startup Brownstone breaking the law?