RVA YIMBY @RVA_YIMBY
A network of Richmonders advocating for abundant, affordable, and accessible housing. Yes, in our backyard. RVAYIMBY.org Richmond, VA Joined March 2023-
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🌍🌍 Happy Earth Day
🗓️Join us on Saturday, April 20 for 🌎Earth Day Community Clean Up! 🗑️ RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yk5ne7bk
Today, the Governor signed my bill, HB368, into law, which begins the process to allow a single stairway exit for smaller residential buildings instead of requiring multiple stairway exits.
yesterday I published a story about how high housing costs are shaping the 2024 election vox.com/politics/24113… if you're in the DC area in May and want to join me and @yimbyaction's @NeverSassyLaura for a conversation about these issues, sign up here: eventbrite.com/e/housing-abun…
There are currently 17 homes on Zillow for sale in Richmond $300k or lower. Nearly all of them are condos, which are illegal to build in just about everywhere in the City
There are currently 17 homes on Zillow for sale in Richmond $300k or lower. Nearly all of them are condos, which are illegal to build in just about everywhere in the City
📝📈The @WhiteHouseCEA released its annual Economic Report of the President and for the first time (afaik) there is an entire chapter dedicated to housing! The chapter title alone is promising: "Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing" Some highlights:
This is how parking minimums shape what our neighborhoods look like: (@CarFreeAmerica)
Next Thursday 3/21 @RVA_YIMBY will host their quarterly happy hour at Don’t Look Back in Scott’s Addition from 5:30-7pm. If you want to know what’s happening on housing around Richmond and at the state level, don’t miss this event! 🏗️🏢 click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXR…
You’ve heard it from us, from grassroots organizers, from researchers, and now from @POTUS… If we care about getting people housed in homes that they can afford we HAVE to solve the housing shortage. Build, build, build!
You’ve heard it from us, from grassroots organizers, from researchers, and now from @POTUS… If we care about getting people housed in homes that they can afford we HAVE to solve the housing shortage. Build, build, build!
Awesome to see this feature in @NiskanenCenter about the bipartisan single stair reform bill we worked with YIMBYs and coalition partners across the Commonwealth to bring to the governor's desk Check it out to see how this bill helps build more housing👇
Awesome to see this feature in @NiskanenCenter about the bipartisan single stair reform bill we worked with YIMBYs and coalition partners across the Commonwealth to bring to the governor's desk Check it out to see how this bill helps build more housing👇
My “single stair” bill, HB368, passed the General Assembly unanimously and is headed to the Governor.
When you build "luxury" new apartments in big numbers, the influx of supply puts downward pressure on rents at all price points -- even in the lowest-priced Class C rentals. Here's evidence of that happening right now: There are 12 U.S. markets where Class C rents are falling at…
Let’s run it back! 🏡 Thank you @SalimVASenate for your courage and perseverance.
🚨 Call to action on Virginia-wide ADU by-right: we need you to submit written comments to state legislature! 1. click this link: hodspeak.house.virginia.gov/submit_testimo… 2. check written comment (or sign up to speak!) and SB304 - Salim 4. Tell your housing story and why you support ADU by-right!
YIMBYs 🤝 Farmers
thinking about how housing construction rates determine the rate we move from living in the past to the future. Low build rates condemn residents to energy-impoverished past e.g. the dismal insulation of buildings in the UK/SF, while more housing brings the future to the present.
Did you read this article and feel: 😞 Depressed? 😡 Angry? 😱 Scared? Join RVA YIMBY to support: 🏡 More homes 📊 Moderating prices 🤝 More neighbors
Did you read this article and feel: 😞 Depressed? 😡 Angry? 😱 Scared? Join RVA YIMBY to support: 🏡 More homes 📊 Moderating prices 🤝 More neighbors
🚨New petition out! Help us support: 3 vacant buildings ➡️5-story mixed-use, with 60 units and only 25 parking spaces (possibly only thanks to last year's repeal of parking minimums)! actionnetwork.org/petitions/more…
RVA E-Bikes first round of $500 e-bike rebates for @RPS_sc employees and @CityRichmondVA staff just went out! As you can see, we're heavily oversubscribed - donations and recommendations to grants are greatly appreciated! ebikelibraryrva.org/rebates/
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Alex McSweeney @TheMacAbides
367 Followers 971 Following Hi. I'm Alex. I tweet stuff. Sometimes it will amuse you. But mostly, it will amuse me. And really, who can ask for anything more? IG: TheMacAbides
Reed Bradenstone 🇵.. @jrrbradenstone
85 Followers 232 Following RVA-05 City Council Candidate / Pastor, Richmond's First Church of Atheism / I studied religion in college, and now you have to deal with me. 🐀
All Coverage Insuranc.. @All_Coverage
113 Followers 772 Following As an independent insurance agent we can offer the right coverages with the personal touch you would expect from your neighborhood insurance agent.
Tobias Peter @TobiasPeterAEI
278 Followers 457 Following Senior Fellow & Codirector, @AEI Housing Center
Alan Vann @Alan_Vann_
696 Followers 4K Following Art-School-Dropout Cliche. Applicant for @devonsawa's best friend. Cat parent. Antifascist. They/Them.
Daniel Wagner @dwagsRVA
658 Followers 2K Following
Matthew Raggi @MatthewRaggi
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Eric Berkey @berkeyeric
335 Followers 331 Following Dad, Husband, Neighbor, Broiler Aficionado, Arlington Planning Commissioner.
SRtwofourfour @SRtwofourfour
2K Followers 3K Following #ColumbiaPike , #SouthArlington, #gravitytwo 🚲 🖖 #BLM born at 321 PPM
Dan Alban @DanAlban
3K Followers 5K Following "a savvy @IJ attorney who has thwarted many outrageous federal cash seizures" #Forfeiture #YIMBY Gaming, #wrestling, MMA, film, BBQ. @BerryCollege grad, #Idaho
Omari Hardy @OmariJHardy
131K Followers 6K Following Former state lawmaker. Yimby. Lover of buses, bikes, trains, and the English subjunctive.
liam fischer @liamfish25
530 Followers 2K Following team @salimvasenate • treasurer @fairfaxcitydem • @georgemasonu @gmudems alum • he/him • go bills 🦬 • views my own
Students for Equity a.. @servatuva
64 Followers 80 Following Students for Equity and Reform in Virginia is a CIO at the University of Virginia dedicated to fighting for legislation to make Virginia more equitable.
Lance @Lance_Czarnecki
450 Followers 530 Following
Leigh Honeywell @leighhoneywell
354 Followers 866 Following Cofounder and CEO, @tallpoppyhq (YC S18). YIMBYing on the @affordableott board. Former blue check over at @hypatiadotca; trying something new here.
Mark 🪤 @RVA_SAHD
99 Followers 139 Following 3rd place in the 4th grade Geography Bee, Camelot Elementary, 1998
Lurker115 @lurkerdelegate
86 Followers 646 Following
Daws @Internocumbias
144 Followers 1K Following
jack edmunds @iamjackiemoon1
119 Followers 348 Following My entire personality is based on Boston Market Mac & Cheese
Drake Cherry @DrakeCherr73273
131 Followers 3K Following
rvahomenews @rvahomenews
63 Followers 196 Following Your go-to resource for Richmond's residential real estate scene -- from our city's architectural record to today's deals -- plus vital info on national trends.
Arlington Virginia Bi.. @arlvabikelanes
382 Followers 2K Following the rent is too damn high! and also bike lanes
Cutter W. González @CutterWGonzalez
2K Followers 2K Following Texan. Storyteller, musician, geographer. Communications strategy at @WNNProHousing. PhD student at @txstgeo. @txst + @uhouston alum. 🏳️🌈
Forbes @tutitase14000
67 Followers 578 Following
Kough @Kough118063
111 Followers 882 Following
Nimbee @TheNimbee
7K Followers 1K Following Not In My Beehive! I execute sting operations telling developers, cyclists, and public transit advocates to buzz off! Guest commentator @takomatorch #Nimbee
Charles Marohn @clmarohn
22K Followers 595 Following Dad. Husband. Engineer. Planner. Author. Books: Strong Towns | Confessions of a Recovering Engineer | Escaping the Housing Trap
WRIR 97.3 FM @WRIR973
8K Followers 3K Following Richmond Independent Radio - Radio for the Rest of Us! Listen Live: https://t.co/ugoYSiOZeK
RVAHub @RVAHub
2K Followers 299 Following https://t.co/2U7ROQuGKe is the online intersection of Richmond, Virginia's community news, arts, entertainment, sports, and more. Email us: [email protected]
Anna Bryson @AnnaBryson18
2K Followers 2K Following Education reporter @RTDNEWS. Minding my own business. Kidding! [email protected]
Harvard JCHS @Harvard_JCHS
15K Followers 3K Following Official account of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, which strives to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities.
Samantha Willis @WordsByWillis
3K Followers 4K Following Wife, boy mom x3, writer, journalist, Deputy/Commentary Editor @MercuryVirginia, co-creator #UnmaskingRVA #UnmaskingCville #UnmaskingHR #UnmaskingPeninsula. Hi!
National Zoning Atlas @ZoningAtlas
953 Followers 151 Following The National Zoning Atlas is a collaborative of researchers digitizing, demystifying, & democratizing ~30,000 U.S. zoning codes. Join us at https://t.co/UFc56t7Dar
Eric Kolenich @EricKolenich
4K Followers 1K Following Writing about business, VCU and health for @rtdnews. President of @rnpa_union. Former sports writer. Diehard fan of 90s music.
VAPLAN @vaplan2018
8K Followers 158 Following Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Network. Tracking the General Assembly & reporting. Sign up to receive alerts by email: https://t.co/M8CybL4ZRG
dan reed 🦀🏳️�.. @justupthepike
15K Followers 2K Following regional policy director @ggwash, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull dad, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. they/them.
Housing Policy Debate @HousPolDebate
4K Followers 2K Following Housing Policy Debate provides a venue for original research on housing and community development policy. Vincent Reina, Editor.
Senator Saddam Azlan .. @SalimVASenate
2K Followers 360 Following OFFICIAL ACCOUNT for District 37 Senator Saddam Salim | First-Generation Immigrant | Democrat for Virginia’s Future | Personal Account: @AzlanSalimVA
Andrea Noble @anobleDC
3K Followers 1K Following Editor at @virginianpilot and @daily_press overseeing the government and politics team. [email protected]
Natalie Oschrin, Cvil.. @Nat4Cville
599 Followers 480 Following Charlottesville City Councilmember. Graduate of Cville City Schools & UVA. Make housing more affordable and streets safer to move Cville forward.
BetterHousingRVA @BHC_RVA
1K Followers 570 Following Better Housing Coalition changes lives and transforms communities through high-quality, #affordablehousing.
Virginia Housing @VirginiaHsg
1K Followers 330 Following Virginia Housing helps Virginians attain quality, affordable housing through public-private partnerships.
Gill Pressman @PressmanGillian
230 Followers 141 Following Managing Director @ YIMBY Action and YIMBY Law
Grayson Orsini @GraysonOrsini
333 Followers 861 Following #757 Lawyer & Urbanism Advocate. President of @757Proud. Chronicling the rise of #HamptonRoads. Opinions are my own
RVA_Ebikes @rva_ebikes
88 Followers 42 Following Bringing E-bikes to more people in RVA Run by @charlesxjyang
Max Dubler 🏳️.. @maxdubler
16K Followers 3K Following Microblogging and policy at @cayimby. Tweets about why housing is expensive and how to make it affordable. Also, skateboarding and pictures of houses. He/him.
Eric Saul @ericsaul22
2K Followers 504 Following Creator of @takomatorch & @TheNimbee. Architect, Husband, Baseball Player, YIMBY, Smartass, but fun to have a beer with. Get Shit Done political affiliation.
Misty Whitehead for T.. @mistyfor3chopt
205 Followers 558 Following Board of Supervisors Elect for Three Chopt!
Alex Goyette @Alex_Goyette
653 Followers 2K Following Dad, husband, dog walker. Alexandria Lead for YIMBYs of NoVA. Go Bills 🦬 Not a work account. @alexgoyette.bsky.social
Mike Cherry @mikecherryforva
1K Followers 520 Following Pastor, father, educator, and US Air Force veteran. Delegate for Virginia's 74th House District.
Carrie Coyner @CarrieCoyner
2K Followers 694 Following Serving as Delegate for VA-HD75. Mom. Attorney. Proudly rep communities of Chesterfield, Chester, Enon, Hopewell, Prince George.
Brian Hanlon @hanlonbt
6K Followers 2K Following I co-founded @cayimby and @housingdefense to make California affordable and accessible for everyone. Support pro-housing candidates: https://t.co/BmPeKo0a7D
HousingForward Virgin.. @HousingFwdVA
1K Followers 334 Following The Commonwealth’s trusted resource for affordable housing data and actionable insights.
Jay Parsons @jayparsons
22K Followers 395 Following Rental housing economist, advocate & strategist, Dad x5, suffering Cowboys fan ... Rental housing is essential, misunderstood and we need more of it.
Mayors and CEOs for U.. @mayorsandceos
2K Followers 517 Following 47 R & D U.S. mayors & businesses representing 23M residents & millions of households wanting stronger federal affordable housing investment
YIMBYtown @YIMBYtown
4K Followers 4K Following The 2024 YIMBYtown housing advocacy conference will be held February 26-28 in Austin, TX! Y'all in our backyard #YIMBYtown
Carrie Hamilton @curriedham
550 Followers 398 Following Fan of hot tea, dogspotting, @VAStateParks, and @RichmondKickers.
DesegregateCT @desegregateCT
3K Followers 834 Following Join the pro-homes movement in CT! We can be more prosperous + equitable + green by promoting better land-use laws 🏘️🏘️🚌🚉🚴🏿♀️🏘️🏘️ #WorkLiveRide
Hayden Clarkin @the_transit_guy
119K Followers 5K Following Sometimes known as The Transit Guy. I love transit, Adele, ABBA. @transitcon My Tweets are Me.
rvahomenews @rvahomenews
63 Followers 196 Following Your go-to resource for Richmond's residential real estate scene -- from our city's architectural record to today's deals -- plus vital info on national trends.
Jack Wright @go_wright
302 Followers 653 Following Map nerd, runner, husband, girl dad, mediocre gamer, cyclist. He/Him. #RunHappy #GoHokies 🏃♂️🚴♂️🗺️🎮
Jasmine Geonzon @JasmineGeonzon
350 Followers 661 Following research goblin and abortion fiend | former @mmfa | views and typos are my own 🌝
Carrie Hearne 🌿�.. @carrieella
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Gabriela de Camargo G.. @decamgabriela
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Pod Virginia🎙 @pod_virginia
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Nick Cooper, AIA @vt1coop
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one billion virginian.. @RVAExile
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Kendall Cotton @Cotton_MT
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Sightline Institute @Sightline
15K Followers 11K Following Think tank | Policy nerds | Housing, democracy, energy, climate, forests | Tweets/likes ≠ candidate/party endorsement. Newsletters: https://t.co/bF01fVKfPc
SeedAI @SeedAIOrg
484 Followers 243 Following We’re here to lay the foundation so that diverse communities from coast to coast can participate in making and testing artificial intelligence.
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Partnership for Smart.. @PSGrichmond
806 Followers 345 Following PSG is an education & advocacy organization focused on where and how we grow in the Richmond region to ensure future quality of life. [email protected]
Community Climate Col.. @c3climate
1K Followers 842 Following Community Climate Collaborative empowers local communities to reduce their environmental footprint and advance community-based, equitable climate policy.
Great to see & hear from @clmarohn of @StrongTowns speaking in @CityRichmondVA Thank you to the city planning department for inviting him. Our @PSGrichmond hosted him 7 years ago & has worked with the city & @RVA_YIMBY on this event & tour
We are excited to announce our next webinar! On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM, Livable Cville and Central VA Community Justice present “Traffic Violence and Restorative Justice.” Register today for this free event! 🧵 events.humanitix.com/traffic-violen…
“To truly tackle housing affordability issues in the US, policymakers from multiple levels of government should collaborate to link zoning reforms with increased housing subsidies for the lowest-income households.” 🏗️🏢 @yfreemark @urbaninstitute urban.org/urban-wire/no-…
What's a building in your city that everyone thinks is ugly but you secretly like?
Spent the day discussing charrette planning scenarios with regional stakeholders at PlanRVA. The good news is Richmond is growing! The challenge is that we need to improve affordability, mobility, and resiliency across the region in a rapidly changing world. 🏗️🏢🚌
“To most NIMBYs, the residents who are prevented from living in new housing are an afterthought. Yet they still have a carbon footprint, which would be lower if they could move to a city. Density lowers the cost of public transport & this reduces car use.” economist.com/finance-and-ec…
"To bring down costs, we have to build, build, build" YIMBY-in-chief 🫡
My plan would help create 2 million more affordable homes. And it would establish a $20 Billion Housing Innovation Fund to help communities build, renovate, and convert properties into places families want to live. To bring down costs, we have to build, build, build.
"Researchers have found that requiring garage parking raises rent by 17% on average. Mandating parking makes housing in Chicago more expensive, harms our environment, and makes new development more difficult." @UrbanEnviroIL with the facts😮💨 chicago.suntimes.com/2024/03/14/get…
With 450 ballots left to process & my lead growing to 420 votes (nice), it looks like I have won my @SMCDEMS Central Committee Race. Thank you to everyone who voted, donated & supported my campaign. Here’s to a Democratic Party that supported a pro-housing, progressive platform.
Hey @mnolangray @salimfurth @ebwhamilton - is there any tracker documenting, which Governors have used the word NIMBYism? (I bet the usage has exploded in the last 24 months)
“Nimbyism is a virus in the State of Washington that exists in the human soul. You have to get communities to stand up to help solve this problem and some have not.” - @GovInslee (WA)
I just signed a petition: Thank you for being a Commonwealth Housing Champion!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/than…
Applications are open to join the City of Richmond's Zoning Advisory Council. The group will help rewrite the City's zoning ordinance for the next two years. surveymonkey.com/r/ZACapp
For the first time in nearly half a century Richmond is rewriting is zoning ordinance! If you want to help end the ban on apartments on 67% of city land, legalize corner cafés, and more, apply to serve on the Zoning Advisory Council. 🏬🏘️🏢 surveymonkey.com/r/ZACAPP
When you build "luxury" new apartments in big numbers, the influx of supply puts downward pressure on rents at all price points -- even in the lowest-priced Class C rentals. Here's evidence of that happening right now: There are 12 U.S. markets where Class C rents are falling at…
Want to know what’s going on with public transit policy & funding in Virginia’s General Assembly? Next week I’ll be sharing updates on HB285—the Better Bus Stop Bill—and advocates’ efforts to turn back attacks on transit funding for @RVARapidTransit. 🚏 eventbrite.com/e/transit-talk…
Three government buildings from three different centuries sit at the corner of Broad & 10th Streets in Virginia’s capital: - Old City Hall, 1894 - Richmond City Hall, 1971 - General Assembly Building, 2023
“Minneapolis took a hammer to its zoning code in 2018, and rent growth since 2017 is just 1% compared to 31% nationally. That’s despite a household growth rate almost triple the U.S. average. This is the pro-development posture we need.” 🏗️🏢 @RVA_YIMBY richmond.com/opinion/letter…
Let’s go Roanoke!!!
“As Roanoke faces a shortage of affordable housing, city planners are hoping to make it easier to build small apartment buildings throughout Roanoke’s residential neighborhoods as a way to boost housing stock and reduce inequalities.” 🏘️ @roanoke_rambler roanokerambler.com/roanoke-propos…
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