Peter Erickson
@petererickson.bsky.social
Housing activist; co-lead at YIMBY Fort Collins; faculty member at Colorado State University; parent of a toddler
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Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.
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MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis'
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February 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.
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🚨 NEWS 🚨
Spokane is poised to completely eliminate height limits downtown in order to spur housing growth and economic development.
The policy will use the same interim zoning ordinance pathway successfully used to legalize plexes citywide and make parking entirely optional in new development.
Spokane is poised to completely eliminate height limits downtown in order to spur housing growth and economic development.
The policy will use the same interim zoning ordinance pathway successfully used to legalize plexes citywide and make parking entirely optional in new development.
Interim Zoning Ordinance Would Eliminate Building Height Limits
Proposal aims to spur housing construction, economic development
my.spokanecity.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🚨 NEWS 🚨
Spokane is poised to completely eliminate height limits downtown in order to spur housing growth and economic development.
The policy will use the same interim zoning ordinance pathway successfully used to legalize plexes citywide and make parking entirely optional in new development.
Spokane is poised to completely eliminate height limits downtown in order to spur housing growth and economic development.
The policy will use the same interim zoning ordinance pathway successfully used to legalize plexes citywide and make parking entirely optional in new development.
The Trump administration is now playing hardball over something… that was clearly initially meant to be a joke?
New: the AP says it was blocked from an Oval Office event after being informed that it would be barred if it didn’t follow President Trump’s guidance on renaming the Gulf of Mexico
February 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Trump administration is now playing hardball over something… that was clearly initially meant to be a joke?
Wild!
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wild!
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Urbanism is the radical idea that people who are not in cars still count as people.
January 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Urbanism is the radical idea that people who are not in cars still count as people.
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Also, big news for the single-stair case housing nerds. Looks like the Colorado legislature is gonna take that on this session:
January 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Also, big news for the single-stair case housing nerds. Looks like the Colorado legislature is gonna take that on this session:
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NEW: A Democratic vacancy committee made up of 42 members just selected state Rep. Iman Jodeh to serve as the senator for Senate District 29. She fills the seat of Sen. Janet Buckner, who will resign Thursday after winning reelection on Nov. 5. #copolitics #coleg
January 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
NEW: A Democratic vacancy committee made up of 42 members just selected state Rep. Iman Jodeh to serve as the senator for Senate District 29. She fills the seat of Sen. Janet Buckner, who will resign Thursday after winning reelection on Nov. 5. #copolitics #coleg
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Making parking fully flexible for daycares is something any community can do to make families lives easier right now! More daycare openings with no taxpayer money at all. A win-win. 1/
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
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Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare - Sightline Institute
But cities can ditch these arbitrary rules and help families out of the daycare desert.
www.sightline.org
November 19, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Making parking fully flexible for daycares is something any community can do to make families lives easier right now! More daycare openings with no taxpayer money at all. A win-win. 1/
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
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Parking reform is powerful 💪
A new analysis in Colorado forecasted that eliminating parking mandates alone could boost new homes by 41% over current requirements.
That's even when all the new buildings *still* included some parking.
www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
A new analysis in Colorado forecasted that eliminating parking mandates alone could boost new homes by 41% over current requirements.
That's even when all the new buildings *still* included some parking.
www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent
More evidence that parking flexibility is key to housing abundance.
www.sightline.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Parking reform is powerful 💪
A new analysis in Colorado forecasted that eliminating parking mandates alone could boost new homes by 41% over current requirements.
That's even when all the new buildings *still* included some parking.
www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
A new analysis in Colorado forecasted that eliminating parking mandates alone could boost new homes by 41% over current requirements.
That's even when all the new buildings *still* included some parking.
www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...
Here we go again….
Colleges Warn International Students to Return Ahead of Trump Term
Harvard, Penn and U.S.C. were among the universities and colleges that issued advisories in anticipation of possible travel bans.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Here we go again….
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Since the recount, I've taken some time to consult with legal experts and talk things over with my partner and my family, and have arrived at two conclusions. One is that there are unfortunately unanswered questions as to how a few ballots in the HD-16 recount were adjudicated. 1/
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Since the recount, I've taken some time to consult with legal experts and talk things over with my partner and my family, and have arrived at two conclusions. One is that there are unfortunately unanswered questions as to how a few ballots in the HD-16 recount were adjudicated. 1/