YIMBY!Durham
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Housing is Good <- Start Here.
Intentional micro-communities will be a major characteristic of #Durham development moving forward. Learn about one of the best (@DurhamCoHo) at their virtual open house May 6 11am.
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November 17, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Intentional micro-communities will be a major characteristic of #Durham development moving forward. Learn about one of the best (@DurhamCoHo) at their virtual open house May 6 11am.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvlB3vL4P53_FWxIrh9idwYHnVPamFppCKZvl-2sjJ45oDNA/viewform
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvlB3vL4P53_FWxIrh9idwYHnVPamFppCKZvl-2sjJ45oDNA/viewform
The Mosaic House has the same vibe as St. Louis' @citymuseum, an organic industrial playground developed by Bob Cassilly, the cousin of #Durham architect Ellen Cassilly.
November 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM
The Mosaic House has the same vibe as St. Louis' @citymuseum, an organic industrial playground developed by Bob Cassilly, the cousin of #Durham architect Ellen Cassilly.
#Durham is the perfect place to allow churches to once again, provide through the creation of homes.”
-Evan Bille
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-Evan Bille
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November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
#Durham is the perfect place to allow churches to once again, provide through the creation of homes.”
-Evan Bille
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-Evan Bille
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“This SCAD amendment exemplifies how the churches can be a vehicle for pro-housing policies in cities. We have a calling to create a diversity of housing options that offer abundance where there is currently scarcity…
November 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM
“This SCAD amendment exemplifies how the churches can be a vehicle for pro-housing policies in cities. We have a calling to create a diversity of housing options that offer abundance where there is currently scarcity…
"...We are committed to addressing the needs of the Durham community and social justice. Our church sits on a large site that has the potential to serve our congregation and community in a number of different ways."
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
"...We are committed to addressing the needs of the Durham community and social justice. Our church sits on a large site that has the potential to serve our congregation and community in a number of different ways."
"The SCAD text amendment would open up opportunities for us to build affordable housing, elderly communities, or housing that could support our other efforts to benefit the community. We support the adoption of the SCAD text amendment to #Durham’s UDO...
- Pastoral Council Chair
- Pastoral Council Chair
November 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM
"The SCAD text amendment would open up opportunities for us to build affordable housing, elderly communities, or housing that could support our other efforts to benefit the community. We support the adoption of the SCAD text amendment to #Durham’s UDO...
- Pastoral Council Chair
- Pastoral Council Chair
Of course, you don't need to bother with segregation if you just eliminate the people you wish to segregate.
November 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Of course, you don't need to bother with segregation if you just eliminate the people you wish to segregate.
It feels like @RDU is going to take the best airline terminal in America, and
1) make it worse
2) put it into multi-year construction zone
3) incur a greater expense than just building a shiny new Terminal 3 to the East.
1) make it worse
2) put it into multi-year construction zone
3) incur a greater expense than just building a shiny new Terminal 3 to the East.
November 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM
It feels like @RDU is going to take the best airline terminal in America, and
1) make it worse
2) put it into multi-year construction zone
3) incur a greater expense than just building a shiny new Terminal 3 to the East.
1) make it worse
2) put it into multi-year construction zone
3) incur a greater expense than just building a shiny new Terminal 3 to the East.
The biggest concern I have about affordable housing industry in NC is that at times it feels entirely focused on shaking free additional subsidy.
Whether or not that is necessary, it deprioritizes the fact that there actually a host of tools to lower the cost of actual housing.
Whether or not that is necessary, it deprioritizes the fact that there actually a host of tools to lower the cost of actual housing.
November 17, 2024 at 3:18 AM
The biggest concern I have about affordable housing industry in NC is that at times it feels entirely focused on shaking free additional subsidy.
Whether or not that is necessary, it deprioritizes the fact that there actually a host of tools to lower the cost of actual housing.
Whether or not that is necessary, it deprioritizes the fact that there actually a host of tools to lower the cost of actual housing.
The Triangle is full of local design talent, just waiting to be activated.
The PLUM STREET COTTAGES were also the subject of @NCStateDesign students who were asked to explore EHC’s potentiality by instructor Randy Lanou of #Durham-based @BuildSense....
The PLUM STREET COTTAGES were also the subject of @NCStateDesign students who were asked to explore EHC’s potentiality by instructor Randy Lanou of #Durham-based @BuildSense....
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
The Triangle is full of local design talent, just waiting to be activated.
The PLUM STREET COTTAGES were also the subject of @NCStateDesign students who were asked to explore EHC’s potentiality by instructor Randy Lanou of #Durham-based @BuildSense....
The PLUM STREET COTTAGES were also the subject of @NCStateDesign students who were asked to explore EHC’s potentiality by instructor Randy Lanou of #Durham-based @BuildSense....
Some of the best minds in urban design and community building are discussing faith-based housing Mar 7, 12pm.
Free talk, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cwax06Q4T3SzchXIJz4Nug
Free talk, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cwax06Q4T3SzchXIJz4Nug
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Some of the best minds in urban design and community building are discussing faith-based housing Mar 7, 12pm.
Free talk, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cwax06Q4T3SzchXIJz4Nug
Free talk, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cwax06Q4T3SzchXIJz4Nug
CONCLUSION? #ReformMatters.
As always, all citizens wanting more affordable housing in #Durham can volunteer to build some through @durhamhabitat’s portal, here: https://www.durhamhabitat.org/volunteer
/end
As always, all citizens wanting more affordable housing in #Durham can volunteer to build some through @durhamhabitat’s portal, here: https://www.durhamhabitat.org/volunteer
/end
November 17, 2024 at 3:57 AM
CONCLUSION? #ReformMatters.
As always, all citizens wanting more affordable housing in #Durham can volunteer to build some through @durhamhabitat’s portal, here: https://www.durhamhabitat.org/volunteer
/end
As always, all citizens wanting more affordable housing in #Durham can volunteer to build some through @durhamhabitat’s portal, here: https://www.durhamhabitat.org/volunteer
/end
The 2019 reforms were necessary here. EHC’s Small Lot Code facilitated 7 homes (vs 0), all while displacing no one. It activates an urban blockface that was completely dead.
If #Durham is to build for-sale affordable housing, there are going to be dozens of projects like this. 6/
If #Durham is to build for-sale affordable housing, there are going to be dozens of projects like this. 6/
November 17, 2024 at 3:48 AM
The 2019 reforms were necessary here. EHC’s Small Lot Code facilitated 7 homes (vs 0), all while displacing no one. It activates an urban blockface that was completely dead.
If #Durham is to build for-sale affordable housing, there are going to be dozens of projects like this. 6/
If #Durham is to build for-sale affordable housing, there are going to be dozens of projects like this. 6/
Theoretically, Durham’s BOA can alter bad zoning through a variance, but that path is considered increasingly risky, and there are cases of citizens wasting $1000s just to be told “no”.
The lesson learned is that “shitty zoning” is not an acceptable rationale for “hardship”. 5/
The lesson learned is that “shitty zoning” is not an acceptable rationale for “hardship”. 5/
November 17, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Theoretically, Durham’s BOA can alter bad zoning through a variance, but that path is considered increasingly risky, and there are cases of citizens wasting $1000s just to be told “no”.
The lesson learned is that “shitty zoning” is not an acceptable rationale for “hardship”. 5/
The lesson learned is that “shitty zoning” is not an acceptable rationale for “hardship”. 5/
Minimum lot sizes further restricted this large parcel to be a MAXIMUM of two homes, thus forcing an undersized, undesired form, inconsistent with neighborhood character, onto oversized lots. And, zoning mandated a fraction of the affordable housing desired (& needed). 4/
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Minimum lot sizes further restricted this large parcel to be a MAXIMUM of two homes, thus forcing an undersized, undesired form, inconsistent with neighborhood character, onto oversized lots. And, zoning mandated a fraction of the affordable housing desired (& needed). 4/
Plum St is a shallow RU-5 lot, which Durham subjects to a 20’ front setback and a 25’ rear setback. This mandated homes of no more than 15’ deep here, a width comparable to a single wide trailer. This was not the INTENT of zoning, but is the RESULT of zoning. 3/
November 17, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Plum St is a shallow RU-5 lot, which Durham subjects to a 20’ front setback and a 25’ rear setback. This mandated homes of no more than 15’ deep here, a width comparable to a single wide trailer. This was not the INTENT of zoning, but is the RESULT of zoning. 3/
The short story: Due to a leadership by city council (via a 6-1 vote), SEVEN families will be purchasing 100% affordable homes here.
Let’s unpack the specifics of why they voted yes, and why this reform was neccesary: 2/
Let’s unpack the specifics of why they voted yes, and why this reform was neccesary: 2/
November 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
The short story: Due to a leadership by city council (via a 6-1 vote), SEVEN families will be purchasing 100% affordable homes here.
Let’s unpack the specifics of why they voted yes, and why this reform was neccesary: 2/
Let’s unpack the specifics of why they voted yes, and why this reform was neccesary: 2/
THE PLUM STREET COTTAGES ARE UP!
This @durhamhabitat site was the subject of Expanding Housing Choices design workshops in 2019.
THE PROBLEM: The site is 4/10ths of an acre, but a variety of top-down zoning rules made it virtually unbuildable.
THE SOLUTION? #ReformMatters🧵1/7
This @durhamhabitat site was the subject of Expanding Housing Choices design workshops in 2019.
THE PROBLEM: The site is 4/10ths of an acre, but a variety of top-down zoning rules made it virtually unbuildable.
THE SOLUTION? #ReformMatters🧵1/7
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
THE PLUM STREET COTTAGES ARE UP!
This @durhamhabitat site was the subject of Expanding Housing Choices design workshops in 2019.
THE PROBLEM: The site is 4/10ths of an acre, but a variety of top-down zoning rules made it virtually unbuildable.
THE SOLUTION? #ReformMatters🧵1/7
This @durhamhabitat site was the subject of Expanding Housing Choices design workshops in 2019.
THE PROBLEM: The site is 4/10ths of an acre, but a variety of top-down zoning rules made it virtually unbuildable.
THE SOLUTION? #ReformMatters🧵1/7
Yikes. Carolina is shooting 18% from the floor and 0% from range. If you think it cant get any worse - it always can.
November 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Yikes. Carolina is shooting 18% from the floor and 0% from range. If you think it cant get any worse - it always can.
Yonderlust Cafe opens today near @BrightleafSq.
Thanks to the entreprenuerial risk-takers for bringing the building back to life.
https://yonderlu.st/yonderlust-cafe-grand-opening/
Thanks to the entreprenuerial risk-takers for bringing the building back to life.
https://yonderlu.st/yonderlust-cafe-grand-opening/
November 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Yonderlust Cafe opens today near @BrightleafSq.
Thanks to the entreprenuerial risk-takers for bringing the building back to life.
https://yonderlu.st/yonderlust-cafe-grand-opening/
Thanks to the entreprenuerial risk-takers for bringing the building back to life.
https://yonderlu.st/yonderlust-cafe-grand-opening/