Ruhi Maker
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Public Interest Law. Housing, access to credit /zoning. NY. Gardener.
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No different from
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
No different from
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We're paying close attention the Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, led by @buffywicks.bsky.social, and their efforts to reduce building costs.
Assemblymember Wicks Opens First Hearing of Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation - Davis Vanguard
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks convened the first hearing of the California Assembly's new Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation to explore ways to reduce housing costs by modernizing how ho...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
We're paying close attention the Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, led by @buffywicks.bsky.social, and their efforts to reduce building costs.
Grateful to @rmapi.bsky.social @reconnectroc.bsky.social Our Local History,Climate accelarator as we work together on building more housing.
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Grateful to @rmapi.bsky.social @reconnectroc.bsky.social Our Local History,Climate accelarator as we work together on building more housing.
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Interesting data from Edmonton after a zoning reform there: A large increase in middle density housing, with most of it coming in the form of 8-flats.
Smaller projects are less financially feasible and thus have attracted less interest from developers.
Smaller projects are less financially feasible and thus have attracted less interest from developers.
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Interesting data from Edmonton after a zoning reform there: A large increase in middle density housing, with most of it coming in the form of 8-flats.
Smaller projects are less financially feasible and thus have attracted less interest from developers.
Smaller projects are less financially feasible and thus have attracted less interest from developers.
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Guess I didn't need to worry about a potential post-Venezuela market freakout undermining the premise of my recent newsletter. Markets continue to look unperturbed by Trump's assault on rule of law
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Guess I didn't need to worry about a potential post-Venezuela market freakout undermining the premise of my recent newsletter. Markets continue to look unperturbed by Trump's assault on rule of law
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Big Oil continues to profit off Americans—thanks to the Trump administration and these 119 climate deniers in Congress: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-of-the-119th-congress-and-the-second-trump-administration/
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Big Oil continues to profit off Americans—thanks to the Trump administration and these 119 climate deniers in Congress: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-of-the-119th-congress-and-the-second-trump-administration/
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More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
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Opinion | Mamdani Represents 21st-Century America
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January 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Exciting to see these two initiatives from NYC mayor’s office! I’m particularly excited about the opportunity presented by using city owned land… could offer the literal ground for thousands of new homes.
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Exciting to see these two initiatives from NYC mayor’s office! I’m particularly excited about the opportunity presented by using city owned land… could offer the literal ground for thousands of new homes.
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Did you see Hyde Park, St James's Park and Richmond Park featuring in Sir David Attenborough Wild London last night?
Captured over his centennial year, this film highlighted how cities like London can become homes for wildlife as well as ourselves.
You can watch it back, here 🔽
Captured over his centennial year, this film highlighted how cities like London can become homes for wildlife as well as ourselves.
You can watch it back, here 🔽
BBC One - Wild London
Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of his hometown – London.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Did you see Hyde Park, St James's Park and Richmond Park featuring in Sir David Attenborough Wild London last night?
Captured over his centennial year, this film highlighted how cities like London can become homes for wildlife as well as ourselves.
You can watch it back, here 🔽
Captured over his centennial year, this film highlighted how cities like London can become homes for wildlife as well as ourselves.
You can watch it back, here 🔽
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Oh and soft landings....
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh and soft landings....
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health
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December 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Judge Rules That Consumer Bureau’s Funding Cannot Lapse
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December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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From the opinion:
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From the opinion:
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
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Soaring home prices, rising costs for homeowners and renters, and a new social housing movement: In case you missed them, our top blogs of this year examined persistent housing challenges in the US and opportunities for reforms.
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Our Top 10 Blogs of 2025
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December 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Soaring home prices, rising costs for homeowners and renters, and a new social housing movement: In case you missed them, our top blogs of this year examined persistent housing challenges in the US and opportunities for reforms.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
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And here are the numbers to prove it:
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
And here are the numbers to prove it:
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Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
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December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
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December 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Anyway here’s my report on why Housing First hasn’t led to sustained homelessness declines in California’s major cities cayimby.org/wp-content/u...
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December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Anyway here’s my report on why Housing First hasn’t led to sustained homelessness declines in California’s major cities cayimby.org/wp-content/u...
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Mostly I write political essays at my newsletter, but today I'm publishing a personal account of outrunning the storm from Southern California to home yesterday and the day before.....
Death and Rebirth on the Road Home
I wish you all a peaceful day, whatever this day means to you or doesn't, and I'm more grateful than I might have been otherwise for the gift of life itself, because of my journey home Tuesday and yes...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mostly I write political essays at my newsletter, but today I'm publishing a personal account of outrunning the storm from Southern California to home yesterday and the day before.....
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"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
It’s a Gas | Bill McKibben
I’m writing this in the last days of the northern hemisphere’s autumn in 2025. Over recent weeks we’ve seen a hurricane hit Jamaica with wind speeds a few
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December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...