This Fathers Day, we pay tribute to the rich white man who always kept our backyard safe. He worked late, writing letter after letter to the planning commission. He testified at all the hearings. When the neighborhood was under attack, he stood up to hurl insults at our city council member. Dad had a good… (read more)
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Fauxgressive Quarterly №. 2
In the latest issue of FQ: we profile the people who believe you should Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything (BANANA). These radicals are keeping the neighborhood funky and driving the housing prices way up. Gentrification takes many forms. Restrictive zoning can force a neighborhood to remain physically the same, but it won’t hold prices… (read more)
Your complaints add up
“Because it doesn’t feel right to reject more neighbors, some people resort to dubious “yes, but” arguments that really amount to a big fat “no.” From neighborhood to neighborhood across entire regions, these arguments add up. If we want to start saying yes to more neighbors in our cities, it starts by welcoming them to… (read more)
Check Your Homeowner Privilege
Art Discussion Update We created this card about a year ago, when Neighbors for More Neighbors existed mostly to produce artistic, tongue-in-cheek commentary on housing politics. We (just a couple of renters at the time) created it because we see housing policy spaces dominated by homeowners who oppose things that benefit people like us. The… (read more)
The Future of the Parks (cont’d)
Valentine’s Day sucks
But, you can still use it to talk to your more-than-friends about zoning! Print this page to PDF, then print it on a real printer, maybe photocopy a few times, and then clip it out and give it to a dreamboat city planner, council member, planning commissioner, or fave housing advocate. ?? ICYMI: what is… (read more)
