RT @hslatkin: I was happy to talk to @JeanmarieEvelly of @CityLimitsNews about the implications of the candidates’ announced housing agenda….

RT @RachelFee4NY: ⁦@ChhayaCDC⁩ testifying in support of #CityofYes and ADUs. Great to see ⁦@nyc_base⁩ represented!

RT @RachelFee4NY: When I was a project manager in ⁦@NYCHousing⁩’s Special Needs Housing, Amie Gross was an architect working for one of the….

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RT @hslatkin: The #CityofYes for Housing Opportunity proposal resonates with New Yorkers because it responds to the housing issues we see a….

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Great to see 2023 CHPC Insight Award recipient @JerusalemDemsas talking about her latest!.

RT @MTorresSpringer: “We are facing a generational housing crisis. The only solution is to build more and make it easier, not harder, for h….

New Yorkers work hard for their housing. But restrictive zoning and other regulations too often don't allow housing to work for them. Accessory units are one important way we can let New Yorkers adapt housing to better meet their needs. #YestoHousing.

But if you’re still looking for reasons why the #CityofYes zoning reforms for housing are needed, here is a thread with some more:./x.

Today we have . an increasing number of people - and of people of color -. looking to live in low-density neighborhoods . that are stuck with restrictive zoning left by the prior generation of homeowners. and adding less housing than shrinking cities like Detroit. /7.

But we also need . Construction code reforms to reduce costly requirements for basement apartments that don’t meaningfully improve safety . Technical assistance to bring these options within the reach of ordinary homeowners . Assistance for home buyers of modest means. /6.

So yes, we do need more housing options for low-density areas. Our goals and obligations to advance fair housing require multiple levels of action. One is common-sense zoning reform to increase the amount and variety of housing allowed in low-density districts. /5.

Black homeowners are more likely to be at risk of foreclosure on their homes. The ability to earn rental income legally - and providing someone else with a home in your rental unit! - can support struggling homeowners. /4.

For instance, Black homeowners rely on income or living space in basements at far higher rates than do white homeowners: . . But zoning and other regulations often ban or impose wildly expensive conditions on this. /3.

Single-family zoning first emerged as a backdoor substitute for racial covenants and other explicit tools of exclusion. Today restrictive zoning still disproportionately harms populations of color, although in somewhat different ways. /3.

It’s not a total accident that NYC’s low-density neighborhoods have restrictive zoning that makes new housing rare or impossible. A campaign of downzoning, sometimes fueled by an impulse to limit growth of immigrant communities, helped create it. ./2.

You sometimes hear “we don’t need more housing in my neighborhood.” This may be a good sign that “we” actually do. NYC’s low-density districts are doing less to support the needs of their growing populations - families w/ kids, young adults, seniors - than anywhere. ANYWHERE. /1.

“That premise is pretty insidious because it is not just a way to slow down this project, but it makes it pretty much impossible to update the zoning citywide.”.

CHPC’s @hslatkin notes that this legal challenge - had it been successful - would have created a disruption to the land use process akin to “shutting down an entire train line to do track repairs…. A citywide zoning change could stop the city’s land use process.