BendYIMBY @BendYimby
Advocating for all types of housing in Bend, Oregon and beyond Joined November 2019-
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Building expensive new housing makes existing older housing more affordable by forcing landlords to compete for tenants.
Building expensive new housing makes existing older housing more affordable by forcing landlords to compete for tenants.
Another institutional apartment portfolio trade above perceived NAV-- this one student housing. Word on street remains that institutions are paused, but Blackstone keeps saying otherwise. How long til others follow (both sellers and buyers)?
About 1,000 people are killed each year because of red light running. Traffic cameras reduce all types of fatal crashes at intersections. When cities remove red light camera programs, crash rates go back up. Americans value convenience (i.e. speed) more than human life.
From 1993 to 2017, US added 42% more freeway lane-miles in the 100 largest urbanized areas (outpacing population growth). Congestion went up 144%. This is a fun @T4America report about induced demand.
What do we mean when we talk about "affordable housing"? Sometimes people get confused about this. We made this video 3 years ago to explain why saying "yes" to more homes helps solve the affordability crisis for people at all income levels.
#SCOTUS oral arguments for #JohnsonVGrants pass are this morning. Follow along for updates.
Some see a headline like this and think, "Hmm, I wonder if e-bikes are practical or if this is exaggerated. I'll read to see." Others will think, "THEY WANT TO BAN PRIVATE VEHICLES I KNEW IT THIS IS THE END OF MOTORDOM WE'RE DOOMED."
Excellent insights on homelessness
It's pretty simple: Cities that want more people to bike shouldn't force cyclists to ride alongside fast cars. "Substantial speed differentials between bikes and motor vehicles are a barrier to bike riding." doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.…
New study suggests that Level 2 driving assistance systems (like Tesla Autopilot) increase distracted driving: "Drivers spent more time looking at the touchscreen when the automated system was operational relative to manual driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.…
What’s your YIMBY band name? Mine’s “Smashing Segregation”
Folks on this app frequently underestimate the depth of demand for pricier "luxury" apartments among people who don't (yet) want to buy a house AND at the same time underestimate the need for more dedicated affordable housing among lower-income households. Both things are true.
Wow
Boom. Record high share of prime-age Oregonians have a job. The labor force participation gap is entirely closed. This makes sense and is especially important when you have a stagnant population and mediocre demographics. Labor supply up among current residents.
Here are the top 15 markets for apartment demand in the past 12 months. These are some very big numbers, and yet... not enough to keep pace with supply anywhere-- even outside the Sun Belt. No, it's not because would-be homebuyers are renting instead. Remember those folks are 1)…
This is wild. Between the Portland and Salem metros there are about 15,000 warehousing jobs. When PDX8 opens - Amazons largest PNW dc - with 1,500 jobs, that’s an immediate 10% increase! Across 2 metros! And with plans to be 2,800 jobs, an 18% increase
This is wild. Between the Portland and Salem metros there are about 15,000 warehousing jobs. When PDX8 opens - Amazons largest PNW dc - with 1,500 jobs, that’s an immediate 10% increase! Across 2 metros! And with plans to be 2,800 jobs, an 18% increase https://t.co/9ZAvdKbahC
Moving Across the River. A look at migration within the Portland metro. oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2024/04/11/mov…
Moving Across the River. A look at migration within the Portland metro. oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2024/04/11/mov…
Anybody know if this will impact System Development Charges in Oregon?
Anybody know if this will impact System Development Charges in Oregon?
An idea: Home improvements rarely pay for themselves. People do them bc they value the improvements more than their effect on property value. The moral: the market (your community) values your depreciated house. Filtering down is the most value-adding thing your home can do.
Mayor Melanie Kebler @MelanieKebler
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Tailor F. Glad @TailorGlad
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interesting price history on this dinky 1968 one-bedroom in central austin, which hit a high of $1,200 in 2023 but is now renting for $999 — adjusted for inflation, that’s not only less than it was going for in 2018, but actually beats the rent in 1972! zillow.com/homedetails/23…
Example 34928 that being a YIMBY is #Fun ✨💁♀️ @BendYimby had an awesome turnout at their Happy Hour event last week, AND it was attended by @bynum4thewin + @JamieforOregon! Awesome to see folks coming together and bonding over wanting to see more homes 🏠
Another institutional apartment portfolio trade above perceived NAV-- this one student housing. Word on street remains that institutions are paused, but Blackstone keeps saying otherwise. How long til others follow (both sellers and buyers)?
About 1,000 people are killed each year because of red light running. Traffic cameras reduce all types of fatal crashes at intersections. When cities remove red light camera programs, crash rates go back up. Americans value convenience (i.e. speed) more than human life.
From 1993 to 2017, US added 42% more freeway lane-miles in the 100 largest urbanized areas (outpacing population growth). Congestion went up 144%. This is a fun @T4America report about induced demand.
What do we mean when we talk about "affordable housing"? Sometimes people get confused about this. We made this video 3 years ago to explain why saying "yes" to more homes helps solve the affordability crisis for people at all income levels.
A pilot in Vancouver that provided unconditional cash to homeless people not only saved more money than it cost, it also reduced drug and alcohol use by 39%. In the India UBI pilot, where entire villages got UBI, drug and alcohol use went down by 12% compared to control villages.
"My homelessness is not b/c of my drug use, my drug use is because of my homelessness," guy told me in downtown DC last month. In 2023, I was in Missouri. The state had passed a law criminalizing outdoor camping, same kind of law being debated Monday at SCOTUS (10/x)
#SCOTUS oral arguments for #JohnsonVGrants pass are this morning. Follow along for updates.
Some see a headline like this and think, "Hmm, I wonder if e-bikes are practical or if this is exaggerated. I'll read to see." Others will think, "THEY WANT TO BAN PRIVATE VEHICLES I KNEW IT THIS IS THE END OF MOTORDOM WE'RE DOOMED."
Don’t usually do *this* but, thread: Monday, SCOTUS debates the criminalization of homelessness. That means many folks are sounding off on the topic. I’ve spent 4 yrs covering this for @washingtonpost, and need to reality-check assumptions getting thrown around this week (1/x)
@kyletalking @washingtonpost We know what works. We just refuse to do it, largely because of just how many people believe in the pernicious Just World fallacy. basicincometoday.com/providing-7500…
New study suggests that Level 2 driving assistance systems (like Tesla Autopilot) increase distracted driving: "Drivers spent more time looking at the touchscreen when the automated system was operational relative to manual driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.…
Folks on this app frequently underestimate the depth of demand for pricier "luxury" apartments among people who don't (yet) want to buy a house AND at the same time underestimate the need for more dedicated affordable housing among lower-income households. Both things are true.
Boom. Record high share of prime-age Oregonians have a job. The labor force participation gap is entirely closed. This makes sense and is especially important when you have a stagnant population and mediocre demographics. Labor supply up among current residents.
Here are the top 15 markets for apartment demand in the past 12 months. These are some very big numbers, and yet... not enough to keep pace with supply anywhere-- even outside the Sun Belt. No, it's not because would-be homebuyers are renting instead. Remember those folks are 1)…
This is wild. Between the Portland and Salem metros there are about 15,000 warehousing jobs. When PDX8 opens - Amazons largest PNW dc - with 1,500 jobs, that’s an immediate 10% increase! Across 2 metros! And with plans to be 2,800 jobs, an 18% increase
Look inside Amazon’s gigantic new Oregon warehouse, its biggest in the Northwest oregonlive.com/business/2024/…
The traffic engineering profession relies on homogenized jargon like this ("dEAdlY fIXed obJect") to hide the agency of drivers and engineers' own culpability in deadly design. The public should never be hesitant to call them out on their BS.
Not a mini-roundabout. And this is creating a deadly fixed object (DFO) for errant vehicles. There are better and safer ways to calm traffic for all users, such as an actual mini-roundabout.
@CoachBalto Until PBOT does better, maybe a guerrilla could install a couple of these unnoticed 🤔
The broke city's guide to traffic calming: old concrete pipe filled with dirt are one the cheapest yet most effective ways to turn any resident intersection into a mini roundabout! Near impossible to speed through the intersection, and doesn't negatively impact pedestrians!
@JudahMacabbee True and I have done that for years. But sadly that doesn’t get the city to move in a quick manner.
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