Good episode focused on transportation impacts of (transit-oriented) density. And more generally talks a lot about how increasing density rarely causes displacement of low-income populations. We looked into this for Canada some years back and found the same.
Again, new housing mostly serves locals.
Here was my attempt to illustrate this insight for Metro Vancouver with a single animated gif image from 2022.
Good to keep getting this message out! (Rossi's 1956 classic "Why Families Move" never got enough love)
homefreesociology.com/2022/01/26/a...
As a housing demographer, I’m on the lookout for various ways to explain basic aspects of how people and housing fit together. A recurring theme is that this stuff is not obvious to most peop…
Can anyone confirm that the city of LA also matches campaign contributions for the general election, not just the primary?
Another great article by @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app
Mary Nasca
With @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social in line to make the mayoral runoff in Los Angeles, take a look at how she and NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are attempting to end the left's civil war over housing — the most important affordability issue in both cities. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Shasta County voters passed a local measure to ban mail in ballots, and require photo ID when you vote in person.
28,000 voters supported this.
How many of those supporters voted by mail?
YEP! 25,000 (88%)
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www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
148 homes/acre in Copenhagen, Denmark vs. 130 homes/acre in Walnut Creek.
For a decade, progressives argued over whether greedy landlords or blocked construction caused the housing crisis. Zohran Mamdani and Nithya Raman say the answer is both.
