Daniel Kay Hertz
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
https://daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/
https://daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/
ICYMI: 44 Illinois communities were notified they had so little affordable housing they had to turn in a plan to increase affordability to the state over the summer.
Only a quarter submitted a compliant plan by the deadline.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Only a quarter submitted a compliant plan by the deadline.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Many High-Cost Suburbs Continue to Violate State Affordable Housing Law | Impact for Equity
Many high-cost suburbs are continuing to violate affordable housing laws passed by the state to combat the housing crisis.
impactforequity.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ICYMI: 44 Illinois communities were notified they had so little affordable housing they had to turn in a plan to increase affordability to the state over the summer.
Only a quarter submitted a compliant plan by the deadline.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Only a quarter submitted a compliant plan by the deadline.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Bagel metaphors are really getting out of hand www.prrac.org/poppy-seed-b...
Poppy Seed Bagel Progressivism or What We Talk about When We Talk about Affordable Housing Development Costs (May-September, 2025 P&R Journal) - PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy
Link to the full P&R issue
www.prrac.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bagel metaphors are really getting out of hand www.prrac.org/poppy-seed-b...
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A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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Last night on LaSalle St.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Last night on LaSalle St.
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Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability
Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
New townhomes and older multifamily near the Morton Grove Metra station
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New townhomes and older multifamily near the Morton Grove Metra station
The biggest rail expansion project in the Chicago area for 30 years is in Indiana
Went to see some of the completed (but not open) Monon Corridor stations. Big video coming right after these finally open sometime in Q1 of 2026!
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The biggest rail expansion project in the Chicago area for 30 years is in Indiana
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"What is one to make of the fact that a lot of progress and knowledge is dependent on lunatics endangering themselves? How much poorer would the world be if everybody were, for lack of a better word, normal?" thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/a-first-im...
A First Impression
Meandering museum thoughts
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"What is one to make of the fact that a lot of progress and knowledge is dependent on lunatics endangering themselves? How much poorer would the world be if everybody were, for lack of a better word, normal?" thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/a-first-im...
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
Wait this is so good? why is this happening?
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wait this is so good? why is this happening?
Any recommendations for books about cities not in the Anglo world or Western Europe?
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Any recommendations for books about cities not in the Anglo world or Western Europe?
Not really my business but the NYCDSA debate over endorsing Chi Osse and its outcome seems like an interesting data point about why that chapter has been so successful
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not really my business but the NYCDSA debate over endorsing Chi Osse and its outcome seems like an interesting data point about why that chapter has been so successful
This seems true of a lot of places?
"The United States isn’t a nation like other nations, and it never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state, and there was no such distinctive ethnicity even in 1776, when the U.S. was created."--Gordon Wood www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This seems true of a lot of places?
Essentially three of these additions happened: Blue Line to O’Hare, Red Line down the South Side, and Orange Line. But each of them were built in highway medians or industrial corridors, drastically reducing their usefulness and ridership
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Essentially three of these additions happened: Blue Line to O’Hare, Red Line down the South Side, and Orange Line. But each of them were built in highway medians or industrial corridors, drastically reducing their usefulness and ridership
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Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
The returns to being pleasant are consistently underrated
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The returns to being pleasant are consistently underrated
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AHPAA was passed more than 20 years ago to spur Illinois’ most expensive communities to build more affordable housing. Despite recent amendments intended to strengthen the law, there’s still much work to be done to achieve the law’s vision.
Many High-Cost Suburbs Continue to Violate State Affordable Housing Law | Impact for Equity
Many high-cost suburbs are continuing to violate affordable housing laws passed by the state to combat the housing crisis.
impactforequity.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AHPAA was passed more than 20 years ago to spur Illinois’ most expensive communities to build more affordable housing. Despite recent amendments intended to strengthen the law, there’s still much work to be done to achieve the law’s vision.
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It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
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States like Illinois established frameworks to require localities with few affordable homes to show how they planning to accommodate those homes.
New research from @impactforequity.bsky.social shows many localities simply ignore that requirement. And most aren’t actually providing the needed homes.
New research from @impactforequity.bsky.social shows many localities simply ignore that requirement. And most aren’t actually providing the needed homes.
Many High-Cost Suburbs Continue to Violate State Affordable Housing Law | Impact for Equity
Many high-cost suburbs are continuing to violate affordable housing laws passed by the state to combat the housing crisis.
impactforequity.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
States like Illinois established frameworks to require localities with few affordable homes to show how they planning to accommodate those homes.
New research from @impactforequity.bsky.social shows many localities simply ignore that requirement. And most aren’t actually providing the needed homes.
New research from @impactforequity.bsky.social shows many localities simply ignore that requirement. And most aren’t actually providing the needed homes.
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Exciting research dropping tomorrow for Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act fans
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Exciting research dropping tomorrow for Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act fans