Peter F. LiFari

CEO @ Maiker Housing Partners, Housing Fellow @ Common Sense Institute, Public Speaker, Optimist, Believer in People, Supply Side Houser

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Speeding toward finality?
Or slowing into gratitude?

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Must we curse this moment while standing inside eternity disguised as today?

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Be the water - be the sun...

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

May this reflection nurture the Builder inside us all...

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

A rare, diving, timeless joy...

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Perennial. No rule requires we wait so long to bloom...

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Perennial

No rule requires
we wait
so long.

We need not be so quick
to anger.

So slow to
release.

And when
we return
to our shape
No days remain.

We too
emerge.

Perennial buds
bloom
today.

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Fear captures attention.
Agency drives action.
Hope sustains coalitions.

This cuts both ways.

Fear, agency, and hope ain't ideological.
They’re human.

The difference isn’t who uses them.

It’s who uses them coherently.

Who’s winning in the arena that matters most to you?

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Could you eat an entire apple in just one bite? https://t.co/7glw7QK56J via @denverpost

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

It’s rare to eat an entire apple in one bite… Go ahead and take another one. https://t.co/7glw7QK56J

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

@jasonblevins @jaredpolis @TamraPogue @HilaryCoop57638 lol mutually beneficial. Although morally is correct as well…

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

The cliff effect spares no one. Why not try a modest annual special assessment (3%) of adjusted gross income/verified household income -any earnings above the qualified AMI% at point of lease up is assessed a 3% (could be graduated as well) charge. 30k over = $900 as an example.

[The Colorado Sun @ColoradoSun]

In Telluride, new regulations designed to help renters are instead driving many out of town
https://t.co/T56AEA8pqG

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Graduated schedule: 0–10% above AMI cap: no charge or token charge
10–20% above: 2%
20–35% above: 3–4%
This would be fair and far less punitive for folks and morally beneficial. @jasonblevins @jaredpolis
@TamraPogue @HilaryCoop57638

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Without opportunity,
accountability is tyranny.

[Common Sense Institute Colorado @CSInstituteCO]

Owning a home is still within reach for many Colorado households, but the market isn’t keeping up.

Condo construction, in particular, hasn’t recovered in nearly two decades. If building had kept pace with early-2000s trends, the Front Range could have added tens of thousands more units. Instead, production has fallen to historic lows.

Read @PLifari's piece for @colo_politics here: https://t.co/fKqLpnoKFl
Read CSI's analysis: https://t.co/RBtRWv9z7w

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

@ColoradoSun This is not a shock, it’s explicitly written into the measure as an option for the legislature to deploy, should these exact budgetary conditions exist. It ain’t great and it harms the ability of projects to pencil but such is the reality in this austerity environment.

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Art may distort reality.
It must not distort truth.

If it does,
it is not art.

It is propaganda.

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Positivity rules on this dead bird app. It's amazing how much engagement it generates ;)

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

People are not problems to solve.

They are stories mid-sentence
carrying weight
we do not
see,
holding light
they have yet
to trust.

Given the right conditions,
they do not require fixing
to emerge.

Please
go ahead.

The world is waiting.

Finish
your sentence.

[Peter F. LiFari @PLifari]

Homeowners are rational actors. They perceive the losses to far outweigh the gains of upzoning. When those who stand to gain fail to vote, the outcome is not hard to predict. Democracy offers an invitation to engage - those who do dictate the outcomes. https://t.co/CQpt4SwG0c