YimbyAndy

SeattleYIMBY Chapter lead. CRE practitioner.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

These were so successful at lowering rents that the city outlawed these within a few years over concerns from neighbors worried about parking (of course) and too much density. If the city council actually cared about affordable housing, they’d be clamoring to bring these back.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@mateosfo That makes sense.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@spokanerising

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@cruickshank Crazy story! I’d love to see his pro-forma. Excited to see this get built.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@minty_hawk @cruickshank Tbf to Robert, Anthropic already has 70k SF in SLU and is negotiating a permanent 140k, per the PSBJ

https://t.co/AqpYWK7Hyy

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

Austin doesn't have any IZ requirements and built so much housing that rents are now down 20% from their peak. IZ makes housing more expensive, not less.

[48 Hills @48hills]

Mayor Daniel Lurie and four supervisors are moving to cut dramatically the city’s requirements that luxury housing developers include affordable units in their project.

https://t.co/7OMtSGtSuM

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@loganb Reminiscent of the all-electric push from KCMetro and similar push from WSF. Well-intentioned but no way to make it happen

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@buildhomez Fair, Fremont has ok transit, mostly bad parking options. U-District at least has solid transit options.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@keegan_tweets @FifthCrichton @asher_971 She’s basically saying we’ll wag our fingers at the drug dealers. Very hard hitting work.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@FifthCrichton 14 YEARS of planning?! 😂. Giving Sound Transit a run for their money

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

Hey, we host happy hours every month. Come join one and learn all about our work focused on relaxing zoning rules and building codes to make it easier to build new housing. That’s what we do.

[PNW Thistle @PNWthistle]

Who has info about Seattle YIMBY? I have a new pet project.

“Together we can make housing more affordable for everyday people, undo decades of residential segregation, and fight the climate crisis.”

@weheartseattle @choeshow

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @Sprink361051 This is Seattle Yimby’s primary focus. We advocate for relaxed zoning and building code.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @FifthCrichton @muthaPNW So no proof they’re being shipped over?

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @FifthCrichton @muthaPNW Do you or your citizen journalist buddy have any evidence that Seattle shipped these guys over?

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @FifthCrichton @muthaPNW Of course I don’t. You’re implying that Bremerton couldn’t possibly have homeless already and that’s just laughable.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @FifthCrichton @muthaPNW You think my comment implies we don’t have a homelessness problem? Of course we do! And our organization wants to build a lot more housing to make sure we have homes for those people.

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@PNWthistle @FifthCrichton @muthaPNW The homeless were already there!

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@FifthCrichton @PNWthistle @muthaPNW “Outlining” areas

[YimbyAndy @yimbyandy]

@loganb South Seattle College has something like that there but it’s too small to have any meaningful impact on the area.