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Universal Hub15 affordable condos approved in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dorchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dorchester</a> <a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/15-affordable-condos-approved-dorchester" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.universalhub.com/2025/15-affordable-condos-approved-dorchester</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://jeremyl.substack.com/p/zoning-controls-your-life-and-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jeremyl.substack.com/p/zoning-controls-your-life-and-it</a> “The Equitable Building ushered in a new era of inequitable zoning rules.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ArchitecturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArchitecturalHistory</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>

ScottEnjoying the readout from the Broadway corridor study! Sadly wasn't able to attend the meeting, but the PDF if a good read through for <a href="https://better.boston/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> nerds but also opens with a very cool <a href="https://better.boston/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> lesson on the region! <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Somerville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somerville</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Medford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medford</a> <a href="https://voice.somervillema.gov/broadway-corridor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://voice.somervillema.gov/broadway-corridor</a>

Lyle Solla-YatesI missed that <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austin</a> made a big change last year to their minimum lot size <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> rules, allowing 1800 square feet parcels instead of forcing property owners to provide 5,750 square feet per home <a href="https://www.kut.org/austin/2024-05-17/austin-city-council-land-zoning-vote-home-phase-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kut.org/austin/2024-05-17/austin-city-council-land-zoning-vote-home-phase-2</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://virginiamercury.com/2025/03/24/youngkin-vetoes-minimum-wage-hike-prescription-affordability-board-bills/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://virginiamercury.com/2025/03/24/youngkin-vetoes-minimum-wage-hike-prescription-affordability-board-bills/</a> Unfortunately the popular bipartisan <a href="https://cville.online/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a> legislation I talked about before has been vetoed. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/VALeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VALeg</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-looming-170746602.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-looming-170746602.html</a> “Thiel believes fixing the housing crisis starts with zoning reform—making it easier and cheaper to build homes. Right now, restrictive policies choke supply and drive up costs, leaving younger Americans priced out of the market. Without serious change, the gap between homeowners and renters will only widen, with long-term economic and social consequences.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shortage</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealEstate</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/austin-rents-tumble-22-peak-130017855.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/austin-rents-tumble-22-peak-130017855.html</a> “He focused on slashing delays in the permitting process, and the city scaled back rules that limited the height of buildings within 540 feet (165 meters) of single-family homes. Austin also became the largest city in the US to end parking mandates.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austin</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a>

Mike_VProf. Shoshanna Saxe shares environmentally responsible ways to build cities that don’t fall back on the “more technology” approach, but just require smart, simple zoning law changes. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/beyond-the-headlines/id1484853984?i=1000699545340" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/beyond-the-headlines/id1484853984?i=1000699545340</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1911977/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1911977/</a> Local Governments Can Go on Offense to Protect the Environment <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BuildingCodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuildingCodes</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChangeMitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChangeMitigation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContractLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContractLaw</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalRemediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRemediation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FishAndWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FishAndWildlife</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FossilEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilEnergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentEmployees</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landfills</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MilitaryAndDefense</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturalDisasters</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/preemption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preemption</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SustainableDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SustainableDevelopment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VehicleEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VehicleEmissions</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterPollution</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wetlands</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates"SB 35 has become the streamlining method of choice among affordable housing developers, who report that the law has made the approval process for new multifamily infill development faster and more certain" <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SB35" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SB35</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/sb-35-evaluation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/sb-35-evaluation/</a>

Lyle Solla-YatesI am proud to share that "HB2153 Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations.", partly inspired by the successful <a href="https://cville.online/tags/CvillePlansTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CvillePlansTogether</a> process has passed both chambers of the <a href="https://cville.online/tags/VALeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VALeg</a> and is awaiting signature by Governor Youngkin <a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2153" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2153</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virginia</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/YIGBY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YIGBY</a>

Lyle Solla-YatesThanks to Claudia Aiken and Will Viederman with the NYU Furman Center for this clear rundown of the multiyear effort to address housing and equity challenges through zoning reform here in Charlottesville, Virginia. "it is highly comprehensive, incorporating a wide variety of policy levers that other cities have considered to increase housing density and affordability" <a href="https://localhousingsolutions.org/housing-policy-case-studies/charlottesville-virginias-path-to-equitable-zoning-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://localhousingsolutions.org/housing-policy-case-studies/charlottesville-virginias-path-to-equitable-zoning-reform/</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equity</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/cville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cville</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ComprehensivePlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComprehensivePlan</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#displacement</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a>

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