@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"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.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats (Glenn Thrush/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/bondi-military-housing-threats.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p150#a260310p150
@scott@carfree.citySF YIMBY has endorsed Alan Wong, whose whole campaign is about reopening the Great Highway, after previously endorsing Stephen Sherrill who's doing everything he can to block Marina Safeway housing. They are just a mod Dem club. Housing and urbanism are their marketing pitch, not their goal. #sfpol
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBronx 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
@cdarwin@c.imTo house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as "man camps".
This style of camp was popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields.
For example, as a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas is converted into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, Bloomberg reports its workers are living in gray housing units with access to a gym, a laundromat, g…
@paulbusch@mstdn.caTIL 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/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow 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/…
@scott@carfree.cityI read something touting a housing policy bill in Minnesota as “bipartisan” and thought: really? in the year of our Lord 2026? fascists liking your reform isn’t a selling point
@mattmaisonre@mastodon.worldTop 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."
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow 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/…
@cdarwin@c.imThe 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 …
@UP8@mastodon.social🏘️ Factory-built housing hasn't taken off in California yet, but this year might be different
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-14/factory-built-housing-hasnt-taken-off-in-californ…
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesEven after so many policy changes on housing, that this kind of shit can still happen is very discouraging.
From the article:
Members said they found Malhotra’s plan both inappropriate and undesirable — too tall for the street at six storeys, even while they acknowledged its height would be within regulations under a new law and therefore not subject to their approval.
@paulwermer@sfba.socialJust one more example demonstrating that the "market" and #MayorLurie's "Family Zoning Plan" will not solve even a small part of the affordable housing problem.
But it might make more mansions available.
SFMTA approves slashing 365 units from Mission housing project
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialJust one more example demonstrating that the "market" and #MayorLurie's "Family Zoning Plan" will not solve even a small part of the affordable housing problem.
But it might make more mansions available.
SFMTA approves slashing 365 units from Mission housing project
@scott@carfree.city"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."
@cdarwin@c.imNobody 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 …
@benb@osintua.euRussia 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
@curiouscat@fosstodon.orgGiven how horribly my society is behaving I have decided to give at least as much money as I spend on myself to charity each of the next 3 years.
I don't spend much, compared to my middle class USA peers (say $60,000 a year for housing, health insurance, food, car, technology...). Even that is up from what I used to spend and will go higher I think the next 3 years (as I reduce my long time frugality).
I think it is important for us to take action to protect the USA and the …
@servelan@newsie.socialPortland 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
@scott@carfree.cityHere’s a half-block stretch in the Avenues with no trees.
Legislation by Mayor Lurie and Alan Wong made it harder to remove these driveways by allowing them to remain when garages are converted to housing.
Now the Lurie-Wong legislation to let developers not plant trees and limit tree removal appeals is going to Planning Commission tomorrow.
#sfpol
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialYou load 16 server racks, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St Peter, don't @ me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
@markhburton@mstdn.socialThe low-hanging fruit just isn't that juicy for the technolatrous UK government.
"The Warm Homes Plan provides an opportunity to change course, but the approach taken by government prioritises heat pumps and solar panels over ensuring that homes reach basic standards of health and energy efficiency."
A Plan for Places: Transforming Housing and Lowering the Cost of Living Through Home Improvement Corporations
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Green spaces should be the norm for all new housing developments in England, guidelines say"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses
@kctipton@mas.toHome 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…
@brian_gettler@mas.toOn housing for students at Ontario universities.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ontario-university-housing-survey/article_569933c2-2e92-4732-b7f0-4fc0ddde9e1f.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comZohran 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
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzI'm sure nothing could go wrong with this approach: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/581950/new-ministry-to-combine-housing-transport-and-environment
@cheryanne@aus.socialThe 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-…
@scott@carfree.cityThis is clearly timed to take the heat off Mahmood after he introduced legislation to slash $100 million a year in funding for affordable housing.
There’s a new streamlining bill or measure every year, and we’re clearly hitting diminishing returns. Meanwhile all over the city thousands of affordable homes are stalled for lack of funding. Want to speed up housing? Fund it.
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialBoth 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…
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialJust 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"…
@mlawton@mstdn.socialWell 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…
@pkraus@berlin.socialI was looking forward to cycling to work in the snow today, but alas, the road salt corroded the rear brake cable housing on my bike over Christmas, so the U8 it is. Just as I cancelled my #Deutschlandticket.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@cdarwin@c.imThe 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…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyGood evening!
Starlings over Utrecht, at dusk.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@outer@mas.toYay! Colorado officially recognizes that mental health IS physical health! Our bodies DO include our brains.
Next, we need to legislate financial support for medical problems with ears, eyes and teeth. Hell, throw in food, water and housing--NOW we're getting civilized. https://newsbeep.org/@us/1158286950032
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.
He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing."
https://www.
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaHell YES! And hold senior management at NO Transpo accountable.
Yesterday... leave work. Bus at 15:20, arrive home 16:30. Should have arrived at home by 15:45. One missing bus, second full and waited for the 3rd.
https://flip.it/9z2x0m
@hex@kolektiva.socialI'm not saying there isn't any problem, but I am saying that thatcherism/reaganism is absolutely how everyone dies. How about we stop American private equity from draining the economy, ignore all US laws against reverse engineering, stop paying copy levy to the US, and legalize squatting again to make it so giant corporations can't hold all the housing stock? Maybe we can check in after that.
@UP8@mastodon.social🌪️ 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
<…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialMore 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…
@joe@toot.works @scott@carfree.city2019 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!
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotI was at a meeting last night of key decision makers in the two main civic institutions of my village, and no one in the room was under seventy.
There are reasons.
1. House prices are way beyond what people of working age can afford;
2. Limited social housing is (rightly) allocated to the most vulnerable, but they typically don't have the bandwidth to take on civic roles;
3. There are few jobs in the local economy for degree-educated young people;
/Continued…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialPlease 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
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialPlease 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
@servelan@newsie.socialAramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/aramark-yosemite-employee-housing-21307621.php
@sean@scoat.esIt would appear that someone previously vibe-renovated my bathroom ceiling.
(Reposting because I completely butchered the joke with a typo.)
@cheryanne@aus.socialBuhay 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/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Treasury Department, State Department, and federal housing agency are ending use of Anthropic products; State Department says it will switch to OpenAI (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-treasury-ending-all-use-anthropi…
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaNow that the Vondelkerk has burned down, they can finally bulldoze the site and build high-rise luxury housing in central Amsterdam to sell to foreign investors and private equity. It's a great opportunity for the market!
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
ORAC: The idiosyncratic syntax of riddles interests me. They seem to depend for their effect on solecisms and grammatical discrepancies.
VILA: Eh?
ORAC: Do you have another riddle for me to analyze?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/228 B7B4
@MichaelLondonSF@mas.toStefan Horn at bartlett IIPP made a strong defence of his thesis today on splitting out housing rents which sustain needs within enviro limits from the balance - pure extraction
@scott@carfree.cityAlright, I'm starting to be kind of impressed by this Mamdani guy.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-housing-3835daca395dbe46c2f3da2433ec24f4
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@scott@carfree.city"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://
@mlawton@mstdn.socialFinished “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride.
In 1969, an elderly church deacon known as “sportcoat” in his community of the Causeway Housing project in south Brooklyn, approaches & unexpectedly shoots a drug dealer, wounding him.
What happens afterwards is a great character & community driven story of colliding tectonic plates: changing neighborhood demographics, police presence, the destruction of drugs. Stays mostly humorous & light.
5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
…
@cdarwin@c.imMr. 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…
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca"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
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump 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/
@UP8@mastodon.social🍊 Cardboard crazy! Scavenger genius Shigeru Ban on building cathedrals and quake shelters with paper
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/17/shigeru-ban-architect-cathedrals-quake-shelters-beer-crates-paper…
@scott@carfree.cityAchievement 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…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: 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/…
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialLuckily, 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…
@cdarwin@c.imNew 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…
@benb@osintua.euUkraine’s military intelligence claims responsibility for explosion at Russian base in Ussuriysk housing the 80th brigade: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/190052.html
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ieThis is what the market-led policies of Fine Gael and Fianna Fšil have given us. They've put the profits of landlords and investment funds above ordinary people.
That's why I've decided to run in the Galway West by-election. It's time we had a radical shift in housing policy that puts people first.
• Ban Evictions
• Freeze and Reduce Rents
• Build a State Construction Company to deliver quality homes and jobs at the scale we need
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMamdani heads to White House for meeting with Trump on housing (Chris Sommerfeldt/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/mamdani-heads-to-white-house-for-meeting-with-trump-on-housing-00801450
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p74#a260226p74
@scott@carfree.city“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://
@cdarwin@c.imTying 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…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"We are watching one of the greatest wastes of money in history, all as people are told that there “just isn’t the money” to build things like housing, or provide Americans with universal healthcare, or better schools"
#Kleptocracy
#Enshittification
@paulwermer@sfba.socialWhat appears to be a very successful example of district thermal. I wish more states understood the importance of energy efficiency as we transition off fossil fuels.
‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback
https://www.…
@servelan@newsie.socialSoldiers at US-Mexico border lived with ‘leaking raw sewage’
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier-housing-southern-border-mission/
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialWhat appears to be a very successful example of district thermal. I wish more states understood the importance of energy efficiency as we transition off fossil fuels.
‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback
https://www.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhite 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
@cdarwin@c.imThe median home buyer is 59 years old.
That may sound like a shocking statistic, but it’s part of a trend.
In 2020, the median home buyer was 47 years old, which at the time was also an all-time high.
Here’s another shocking statistic:
The median down payment on a house in 2025 for first time homebuyers surpassed $40,000
— exceeding the median net worth of Americans under 35.
Americans once went in search of their starter homes in their 20s,
but …
@scott@carfree.cityI 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…
@servelan@newsie.socialDemocrat 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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFACT 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
@scott@carfree.city @memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Trump 'Affordability' Pivot That Never Came (Catherine Rampell/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-trump-affordability-pivot-that-never-came-state-of-the-union-inflation-housing-stock-market
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p127#a260225p127
@scott@carfree.city @memeorandum@universeodon.comFederal 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
@cdarwin@c.im"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…
@scott@carfree.cityApropos of Denim Dan Lurie's tax break for rich real estate investors... The mayor's brother is a luxury real estate agent, and he told the Chronicle in October that the problem with SF housing was a "mansion shortage."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/reale…
@scott@carfree.cityI’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?
@cdarwin@c.imHealth care, new cars and new homes feel unaffordable to most Americans,
a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows.
Most Americans say that they can afford basic necessities like their current housing costs, groceries, utilities and gasoline.
But large numbers across income levels also say larger expenses and the cost of things associated with an enjoyable life
— including taking a weeklong vacation
— are out of reach.
Overall, 53 percent of adults say…
@scott@carfree.cityHere’s a perfect encapsulation of why #YIMBY hopes for new market-rate housing to lower rents are in vain. San Francisco has the highest rents in the country, but still not high enough for developers to build. It “could really help” if our extreme rents got even higher, though!
@cdarwin@c.imIn a big win for protesters’ rights,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to sweeping warrants to search a protester’s devices and digital data and a nonprofit’s social media data.
The case, "Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs", arose after a housing protest in 2021,
during which Colorado Springs police arrested protesters for obstructing a roadway.
After the demonstration, police also obtaine…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@scott@carfree.cityThis 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!!…
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump On Race:
💥"And we just clean out that whole thing … I don’t know, something has to happen, but it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think they could maybe live in peace for a change.
– 👉Suggesting Palestinian displacement onboard Air Force One, 25 January 2025
💥"Then it’s a group w…
@scott@carfree.cityFun little double-header at City Hall. I commented at the SFMTA Board asking them not to approve a version of the Potrero Yard project that eliminates the possibility of 360 affordable homes, for want of $70 million. Then I asked the SFBOS not to repeal the transfer tax on high-valued real estate, which would take $100m a year out of the budget that was intended to fund affordable housing. #sfpol
@scott@carfree.city"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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comProbable 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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe San Francisco Housing Wonk Trying to Become the Next Pelosi (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/who-is-scott-wiener-san-francisco-california-27a26d76
http://www.memeorandum.com/251225/p22#a251225p22
