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In 2020, housing expenses increased 3.5% over the previous year according to most recent @BLS_gov data. Average household spent $21,409 per year for rent or mortgage payments, utilities, furnishings, and laundry and cleaning supplies. Good breakdown here:https://t.co/kylJ6GK750
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 21, 2022
We'll be tuning in for tomorrow's release of the 2022 @Harvard_JCHS report on the state of #rentalhousing in the U.S. with @PeggyBaileyDC @HUDgov, @JerusalemDemsas @voxdotcom, @SmartGrowthCEO @SmartGrowthUSA, @ceherbert @WellsFargo @airbrycki. Join us!
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 20, 2022
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Digging into most recent @pewresearch data on affordable housing: Americans’ concerns about the availability of affordable housing have outpaced worries about other local issues including drug addiction, the economic/health impacts of COVID-19, and crime.https://t.co/lX6xqXeZ1d
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 19, 2022
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination helped usher in the Fair Housing Act to reverse government-created segregation, writes @JerusalemDemsas @voxdotcom. But American cities still segregate communities by race and class. Is it time to amend the FHA?https://t.co/4LkutoolJX pic.twitter.com/1GwJzzclex
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 17, 2022
In the news: Up for Growth's research finding a 225k underproduction in Washington State featured in @SpokaneJofB coverage of @GovInslee's support for ending exclusionary zoning as part of a comprehensive update to Washington's Growth Management Act.https://t.co/NlzMsFtU7M
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 14, 2022
In the news: Up for Growth research featured in @SpokaneJofB coverage of @GovInslee's support for a single-family zoning ban as part of a comprehensive update to Washington's Growth Management Act. State ran 225,600 homes short of demand from 2000-2015.https://t.co/CNa7kIWJRG
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 14, 2022
CA made it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) while making it harder for local govts to stop their construction. It's one of the few zoning reforms that has actually led to more housing, writes @christianbrits. Will NY see the same results?https://t.co/la2xBQIVfw
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 13, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing billions of dollars to accelerate development and promote sustainable housing: $286.4 billion including $2 billion for affordable housing and sustainable development in urban infill areas of the state.https://t.co/zGJNuq1wFY
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 12, 2022
The Washington Growth Management Act (GMA) directed development into cities and protected rural land and ecosystems. But it wasn't designed to meet challenges like climate change or unaffordable housing, writes GMA author Joseph Tovar in @seattletimes. https://t.co/qG5hKpWLQI
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 11, 2022
A perfect storm for sprawl: Covid’s much-discussed “urban exodus” was a more of a suburban shuffle, writes @patrickcsisson @CityLab with city dwellers in places like Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio, migrating to outlying areas.https://t.co/9zRccGWFvM
— Up for Growth (@Up4Growth) January 10, 2022