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I strongly believe that the federal gov’t should give DC back authority to set the height of our buildings. But in most parts of DC, it’s our local zoning that stops us from building more housing. The draft proposal from Office of Planning misses the mark. They should reconsider

Millionaire retirees are gaming Medicaid to access subsidies that are supposed to be reserved for the poor. Just another aspect of TBLC. Via @RominaBoccia

miguel the ward 1 candidate for me.

Ward 1 neighbors: looking for the pro-housing, pro-density, YIMBY Councilmember of your dreams? @MiguelWard1_ is the candidate for you: miguelward1.com/priorities

@crimedog_619 cameras are way more efficient and consistent. officers pulling people over is overkill.

@john102414 If so, police officers need to pull over drivers like in every other part of America, rather than relying on cameras.

we need so much more traffic enforcement in dc, not less. we need to reliably and efficiently deter illegal speeding and right turns on red to make the city safer for all users.

@ChozoOmnetra matty puts it better than me: x.com/mattyglesias/s…

@ChozoOmnetra the theoretical maximum from the current comprehensive plan is not equal to the practical maximum. we’re giving almost zero increase in breathing room

DC OP rezoned to add a measly 3% extra capacity over the next 25 years (total, not per year). completely unserious people.

It’s hard to see this as anything other than a plan to massively limit the overall housing supply in DC we need way more housing in DC not less

@MayorBowser @DMPEDDC all houses are affordable and all new housing frees up supply throughout the chain. focus on total housing.

One of the achievements I am most proud of in my 3 terms as Mayor of Washington, DC is the increased access to affordable housing. My goal was to create 36,000 new homes—a third affordable. Not only did we achieve our goal, but we exceeded it and produced 45,000 new homes. 🔗housing.dc.gov

They admit it! DC's office of planning openly admits there is almost zero change in zoned capacity in DC2050 It's a plan to throttle DC & deepen the crisis x.com/i/status/20343…

One of the top concerns I hear from residents is housing affordability. The draft future land use map fails to address these concerns. Minor tweaks to the current plan will increase housing costs, further straining household budgets. If elected, my priority will be a bold, comprehensive plan that allows substantially more housing and development throughout DC. Upzoning will be the rule, not the exception. We must ensure there is a sufficient supply of homes in DC so that communities are not pushed out by rising costs. riniformayor.com

a vote for safety and efficient traffic enforcement

@OPinDC @AlexCTaliadoros people have jobs and you’re doing a shit job pandering to people with too much free time.

@AlexCTaliadoros We encourage you to come to our in-person workshops this week to share your feedback. For those who can't make it, keep an eye out for an online survey that will be coming soon. 🗓️TODAY! March 18 (6-8 pm) or March 21 (11am-1 pm) 📍MLK Library RSVP: dc2050.dc.gov/pages/get-invo…

👋 DC housing policy Twitter 🏘️🏗️ The Office of Planning released their *draft* Future Land Use Map earlier today. 🗺️: dc2050.dc.gov/pages/draft-fu… The map will be a big part of the city's next Comprehensive Plan rewrite, "DC 2050." What are your thoughts?

This idiotic poll is now tied - please go and vote & break the tie.

MIT econ chair says rent control is terrible. His framing is milquetoast. Rent control proponents should be treated like flat earthers, climate change deniers, moon landing hoax believers. They reject science and reason to promote one of the worst policies.

"Most" 👏 "Consistent"👏 "Finding"👏 Build more housing.

@omzidar “Im generally pro more housing […] but…” sounds a bit like this

Im generally pro more housing, including in Princeton, but I think it needs to be done in conjunction with other fiscal and service expansions. there are a few issues this Washington post story missed - in my view, historic preservation isn’t the main point. One issue is that many of the new housing units get pilots so they don’t contribute property taxes for something like 10+ years. Adding ~ 1000 people to a small school zone and not increasing any tax revenue to pay for it causes genuine congestion problems. If the schools and staff got twice as big when the local pop doubles, that’d be fantastic. but they don’t, and people reasonably don’t like that the drop off line takes forever bc it’s not big enough to drop off 2x as many kids, their class sizes have ballooned, kids play areas don’t work bc the space wasn’t designed for that many kids, and most importantly, school quality falls as the educational inputs don’t scale with population. Practically it’s hard to expand schools and investments for young people in a town with a large share of elderly people, several of whom tend not to support higher property taxes or increased school spending. So adding more housing beyond the recent increases (which I think increased the overall population by like ten percent again with little new tax revenue) is more controversial for some of these reasons. Moreover, there are also other pressing fiscal issues for the town to deal with - it’s spent a lot on various projects and it’s unclear how much is paid for and how much prop taxes in a high prop tax place will have to go up already to cover deficits - so adding even more people without getting more tax revenue (bc of pilots and the way these things are implemented) creates additional reasons for opposition.

@CMCharlesAllen @charlesallen all new homes are affordable

Yesterday, @charlesallen toured The Emblem in NoMa—just the kind of new housing construction we need more of. ✔️115 new homes, all affordable ✔️Family-sized units ✔️Transit-accessible ✔️Built to minimize utility bills w/ all-electric & high-efficiency standards Ready this summer!