Couldn't make it to the Start with Home rally on Monday? Read the highlights here: finance-commerce.com/2026/02/minn...
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Couldn't make it to the Start with Home rally on Monday? Read the highlights here: finance-commerce.com/2026/02/minn...
Six-story single stair reform passed the state senate today, 29 to 2!
Everyone please give a huge, huge thank you to Senator @nathanfortexas.bsky.social for his work on this bill and for giving us the chance to bring bigger, better, brighter apartments to all of Texas!
If you think California NIMBYs are insane, you should see Texas NIMBYs.
They don't have nearly as much legal power, but their conspiracy theories are on a level California NIMBYs can only dream of.
6 months ago, my @ij.org colleagues and I won the #FirstAmendment retaliatory-arrest case Gonzalez v. Trevino.
2 months ago, we won the follow-on case Murphy v. Schmitt, which #SCOTUS granted, vacated, and remanded in light of Gonzalez.
And we’re just getting started.
🔊 Calling all housing policy people! 🏡 I will be moderating a @ij.org webinar on #zoning reform as a solution to the housing crisis next Tuesday, December 10 at 3PM ET.
Sign up here: ij.org/event/breaki...
Katherin Youniacutt and Tammy Thompson, two Texas grandmothers with masters’ degrees, want to be social workers. But one past run-in with the law has made each permanently ineligible under Texas statutes.
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State and federal lawmakers now have empirical evidence—not just speculation and anecdotes—showing they can rein in #CivilForfeiture without compromising public safety.
This is excellent!
Compatibility reform unlocked a lot units on these lots. Previously a good portion of this land was limited to 40-60 ft:
“When we met with staff, they said they could only support the 120-feet maximum height because there were no community benefits attached to the PDA (planned development area),” Glasco said. “However, in meeting with Council Member Vela, he told us that he would be in support of a height of 250 feet as long as we worked with the Wooten Neighborhood Plan Contact team and we had their support, so that’s what we’ve been doing.”
Life is good in Austin! Developer approaches CM on 120' rezoning. CM says "why not 250?"
Developer agrees to a public realm improvements (car-free paseo, money for parks and trails) and bam! More homes, better parks, better trails here we come!
www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024...
Ahoy.