Anna Fahey
@afahey
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Thinktanking + talking points re housing, climate, democracy. Emojis =/=endorsements https://t.co/9QtHwiE5kr
Coast Salish land
Joined February 2009
We put together our best messaging research and road-tested framing for #parking reformers: It's here: https://t.co/Gxt7mhxDvu
#YIMBY
sightline.org
A road-tested parking messaging guide, to gain more great neighborhoods and the homes we need, and to kick costly empty asphalt to the curb.
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The administration is not naming the political advocacy group that convinced a DOGE staffer to sign an agreement to hand over sensitive data to overturn elections. I asked SSA and DOJ for more info and will continue pressing. Ping me if you know more.
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A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
That WaPo piece on the DOJ saying a DOGE employee agreed to share SS data with an advocacy group to overturn elections is sloppy and unsettling. No group named, no states named. I’m waiting for the “dems steal elections” media blitz while data keeps getting aggregated at Palantir
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At a time when young voters express strong dissatisfaction w/ American politics, they've shown stronger turnout in ranked choice voting elections. Learn why young voters are ready for #RankedChoiceVoting ⬇️ https://t.co/Qazt0AzUPL
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Young voters are making the most of ranked choice voting, turning out at high rates and expressing support for the reform in surveys.
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NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador: President Trump has asked that the
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Large minimum lot sizes are one of the biggest barriers to housing affordability, and to building starter homes, especially in the Northeast. Maine cut minimum lot sizes to 5,000 sf last year and Massachusetts, and other states, could follow suit this year. 📊@salimfurth
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We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
AOC: My position has always been clear that ICE funding should be cut. We’re seeing what they’re doing with this reckless explosion in funding, and I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this…
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In Massachusetts, you can build a single-family home, by-right, on 96% of all residential land. A building with 4-units+ is allowed on just 3%.
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This video about why elevators are so much more expensive to install and maintain in North America than the rest of the developed world is fantastic. (Hint: it's a solvable policy problem!)
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How #WALeg can speed development of the transmission lines Washingtonians needed yesterday.
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How the 2026 Washington Legislature Can Right-Size the Power Grid
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Why do the US and Canada have the fewest elevators among rich countries? To start, they cost three to four times more.
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A housing shortage means families are out-compromising each other. Wealthier people move to neighborhoods that would otherwise house families of lesser means. This 'upward filtering' caused rents in Atlanta's poorest zips to rise 114%. via @KAErdmann
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A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
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19% of people aged 20-24 don’t have a driver’s license. 30-40% of people over 85 don’t have a driver’s license. Planning and designing places that force everyone to be dependent on cars is cruel.
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"Washington’s climate ambitions hang on poles and wires. Electric transmission lines make it possible to carry cheap, efficient, reliable power from solar fields in California or wind farms in Montana to the people in Washington who rely on it every day. Without more grid
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How the 2026 Washington Legislature Can Right-Size the Power Grid
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2026 primaries nationwide are already getting crowded w/ candidates. In choose-one elections, that means more vote-splitting & winners with less than a majority. #RankedChoiceVoting is a simple solution. Learn more⬇️ https://t.co/gFhbzEUeaj
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The 2026 midterms are a year away, and crowded primaries are emerging in races at every level of government.
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#ProportionalRepresentation could bring real competition and choice to every congressional district. Learn more 👇 https://t.co/n0czXb7sIE
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Proportional representation ensures elections are fair for all voters, and nearly all voters will help elect a candidate they support.
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Urban economics research shows that denser, more walkable neighborhoods financially support less dense areas.
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HIRING >> @TheArgumentMag Inaugural Class of Fellows! A full-time, DC-based, yearlong program to train the next generation of opinion journalists — in partnership with Johns Hopkins. We have a great set of applicants and begin interviews next week so get your apps in at jobs
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“Walkability has become one of the most valuable amenities in today’s housing market”.
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Gen Z and millennials lead the hottest trend in residential development—the ability to ditch the car and say hello to your neighbors.
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Interesting! It connects to our work on parking mandates in a way I wouldn’t have thought: a convincing argument for flexible parking rules is essentially that excessive parking makes for ugly, paved places, strip mall development eroding main streets and charming downtowns.
NEW PAPER w/ @CSElmendorf & @j_kalla: An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods. Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be! 🧵
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When I tweeted last week that I wanted to talk to millennials about homeownership, I heard from a few homeowners who are even younger. Gen Z homeowners out there -- want to talk? If you're interested in a Washington Post story about the youngest homebuyers, DM me. Thanks so much!
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