Build more homes

Opinionist, YIMBY, prefer cycling to driving places, would like more housing to lower rent and increase options. Let’s build a better future. Pseudonym.

[Build more homes @john102414]

@Dale_Chu the real problem with grade inflation is that unlike nominal inflation we’ve not rebased. we should just keep adding stars or higher grades, it’s fine just keep rebasing.

[Build more homes @john102414]

@vivian39_ raise property taxes, we’ve got one of the lowest rates in the nation and very inelastic supply, so it’s all priced into the principal. great tax.

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

My conspiracy theory is that this is actually a human, but alas this may in fact be an AI driven account

[Build more homes @john102414]

@captgouda24 this and not the panle jia barwick one? smh

[Build more homes @john102414]

@joshjacobsondc @kevinamezaga @a_r_marshall redfin puts it a townhouse at $800K in dc but transaction volume is very low

[Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi]

-It's "radical" to give parents $20k cash per child age 0 to 3, to use on formal care, informal family care, or at-home paid leave

-It's "obvious" for governments to spend >$20k per child exclusively on public center-based care with no other choices

Why is choice radical

[Build more homes @john102414]

@DMVNewLiberals @DoniCrawford is she replacing robert white or christina henderson (or neither)?

[Build more homes @john102414]

@kevinamezaga what’s the cratering prices? they’ve gone horizontal in dc and are still more expensive per square foot than in nova/md.

[Build more homes @john102414]

just across the border in va they’re permitting 3,375 units per month, while we’re permitting 25 units per month.

13X the population but 130X the new housing.

just look at those trends. housingmogged by va.

[TODNewsHub @TODNewsHub]

A Glimpse into the Future of Fairfax County, Virginia

A proposal in Merrifield would replace 706 aging garden apartments with up to 2,975 homes near the Dunn Loring Metro station. That's more than a 4x increase in housing on the exact same land.

Think about that.

One site.
One Metro station.
Nearly 3,000 homes.

The real housing debate isn't about whether we have enough land. It's about whether we're willing to use the land next to transit like it actually matters.

#Merrifield #DunnLoring #FairfaxCounty #Virginia #VA #NoVA #NorthernVirginia #DMV #Metro

[Kevin Amézaga @kevinamezaga]

@john102414 I rode the L ST bike lanes yesterday and man some sections suckkkk

[Build more homes @john102414]

the us is on autopilot and every dollar has already been spent by the previous generation on their own entitlement programs

[Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @lugaricano]

Beautiful post by @HannoLustig
arguing bond holders are the most junior claimants to tax revenue-because of the political power or retirees. (True everywhere.) I was struck by this chart showing how little of government revenue even in the US is used for doing stuff and how much more is just transfers. Our governments become gigantic insurance companies.

https://t.co/ywfeNbk8Vj

[Build more homes @john102414]

sounds like a nimby to me!

not ban private developments just add enough requirements it becomes infeasible.

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

The standard neoliberal playbook: label demands for corporate accountability or public investment as "economically illiterate." JLG doesn't deny private capital builds housing. She just refuses to let private capital hold the District’s housing policy hostage. 4/

[Build more homes @john102414]

@Aden_Yacobi @DaphneRHansell the flexiposts are nice (put concrete bollards) but my main complaint is the lack of space. it’s a complete farce, such BS. whoever did this must be held accountable: it’s willfully degrading the bike infrastructure.

[Build more homes @john102414]

whoever repainted this bike lane should be hung drawn and quartered. stop counting the gutter as bike lane!

[Build more homes @john102414]

@brxxklynbxby__ it should be insanely cheap, like 99¢/gallon, not because there’s plenty of supply but because there’s no demand (and then tax it $14/gallon)

[Greg Rogers @AVGregR]

DC's buildout of bike lanes and the growth of Capital Bikeshare has been a phenomenal quality of life improvement over the past decade.

PBLs + Capital @Bikeshare ebikes = fast, safe, convenient, and happier trips around the city.

[Build more homes @john102414]

pretty good indicator who to support (yes) and not to support (no).

[Alex Koma @AlexKomaDC]

The Post's voter guide is always helpful in getting the candidates on the record on big issues: Among other things, I noted McDuffie says he now doesn't support congestion pricing. He told @ggwash earlier this year that he did.

[Build more homes @john102414]

@wvistheduck the realtor endorsement of mcduffie makes me rank mcduffie lower. couldn’t think of a worse more captured organization.

but how about the fire fighters endorsement of jlg? speaking of a bunch of nimbies

[Build more homes @john102414]

@wvistheduck there were already too many requirements and she wanted more. now it won’t be built anytime soon and remain a parking lot.

https://t.co/iehUrLqbE6

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

George and her mentor Councilmember White were the two no votes on a 10-2 council action to allow the construction of an apartment building to replace a parking lot at 2 Patterson Street NE.

[Build more homes @john102414]

no this is a misdiagnosis. yimbyism is a broad tent but the focus needs to be housing. layering on too many requirements and pet causes kills housing.

i’ll put in the tweet below some common ways that ostensibly pro-housing progressives are using to kill housing supply…

[Goseg Train Thread @wvistheduck]

There is a small group of online "YIMBYs" in DC who have been railing against all the real YIMBYs here bc we don't give a fucking shit that the pro-housing mayoral candidate happens to also be a progressive.

[Build more homes @john102414]

vote for fred/lisa and miguel/rashida over oye/elissa and aparna/lynch for at-large and ward 1.

[Build more homes @john102414]

austin had a yimby landslide, san francisco had a yimby landslide.

if i was a nimby candidate in dc, this would give me serious pause.

[Bilal Mahmood 馬百樂 @bilalmahmood]

Every candidate in San Francisco who supported the Family Zoning Plan won by a landslide last night.

If it wasn't already clear, building more housing is popular.

YIMBYs are here to stay.