Arielle Hersh
@fucklawns.bsky.social
✨ in it for the social housing ✨ uhab | hunter policy | BK
if your vision for green social housing doesn't put preservation first, what are you even doing!
wrote about HouseEurope! which is a very compelling legislative effort to keep carbon in the ground by forcing developers to reuse existing buildings www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight
The shortage can be addressed not through costly new development, but by reusing existing buildings.
www.thenation.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
if your vision for green social housing doesn't put preservation first, what are you even doing!
I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv
March 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Reposted by Arielle Hersh
The next DOGE target could be the FDIC, which was already experiencing a staffing shortage before Trump's hiring freeze.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
February 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The next DOGE target could be the FDIC, which was already experiencing a staffing shortage before Trump's hiring freeze.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Reposted by Arielle Hersh
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Reposted by Arielle Hersh
Turner will try to privatize Fannie/Freddie. Privatizing GSEs will give the upside of massive mortgage market to private shareholders & leave downside to taxpayers. It will also unleash massive predatory financial practices, especially with eviscerated CFPB.
For more: prospect.org/special-repo...
For more: prospect.org/special-repo...
Exclusive | Fannie, Freddie Privatization, Cost-Cutting and New Name Are Priorities for HUD Chief
Scott Turner says he plans to quickly launch a review to root out inefficiencies at the agency.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Turner will try to privatize Fannie/Freddie. Privatizing GSEs will give the upside of massive mortgage market to private shareholders & leave downside to taxpayers. It will also unleash massive predatory financial practices, especially with eviscerated CFPB.
For more: prospect.org/special-repo...
For more: prospect.org/special-repo...
good morning! it's the first commute day of congestion pricing, it's snowing, and there are no A/C trains going to Manhattan at peak rush hour. I waited for 30 mins before I gave up!
January 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
good morning! it's the first commute day of congestion pricing, it's snowing, and there are no A/C trains going to Manhattan at peak rush hour. I waited for 30 mins before I gave up!
I'm not one to wax poetic about presidents, but it strikes me that we could be living in a profoundly different world had Carter been successful in office
December 30, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I'm not one to wax poetic about presidents, but it strikes me that we could be living in a profoundly different world had Carter been successful in office
forgot about the miracle on 34th st consumerist meta critique - it rules!
December 26, 2024 at 6:50 AM
forgot about the miracle on 34th st consumerist meta critique - it rules!