Some rich bozo decided that the only thing preventing millennials from owning a home is an inability to budget properly, due to splurging on silly things like avocado toast. This analysis ignores some other things preventing millennials from finding affordable places to live: lack of housing supply, which leads to higher prices and rents; low… (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)
Minneapolis residents opposed housing for WWII veterans
The news that Minneapolis had again passed 400,000 residents last summer is a reminder that we did it before. Buried in our history is a story of a post-war Minneapolis that at one time had more than 520,000 residents, and has not seen as many since. Part of the reason for this expansion and decline… (read more)
Fauxgressives Quarterly
Progress can be scary. The only thing scarier than progress is looking like you’re opposing it— that can be downright embarrassing. Fauxgressivism needs a rebrand to transform regressive messages into progressive ones. This will make it less embarrassing to engage in shameless concern-trolling of planning commissions and zoning committees with things that just feel right…. (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
You’ll be a hit with longtime residents at your next public hearing with these business cards (2 x 3½). Available in two formats (standard & extra special), they are a subtle reminder for homeowners speaking at public meetings against renters, density, windows– what have you– in ways that only acknowledge the lived experiences of homeowners…. (read more)
Stop betraying our seniors
“There’s an old saying in the neighborhood: “I want my house to be worth infinity dollars, but I want to be taxed as if it’s worth zero dollars.” Unfortunately, real life doesn’t work that way. There’s a relationship between how much you pay in taxes, how much you get from the city, and how many… (read more)
The Future of the Parks (cont’d)
Using our housing time machine, we stopped in to check on our national parks after decades of sprawl-friendly “apartments aren’t green” policies enacted by the Department of Neighborhood Interiors. The DNI is a politically powerful, non-governmental body of landowners who will do anything to avoid sharing their walkable neighborhoods with more neighbors…. (read more)
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)
Poster from the Dept. of Neighborhood Interiors
This postcard recalls famous vintage National Parks posters. The Department of Neighborhood Interiors is tasked with protecting the character of our neighborhood interiors. They promote single family sprawl to places where new construction couldn’t possibly shadow anyone’s backyard — our national parks. We often hear that apartments aren’t green. The Department of Neighborhood Interiors is here to… (read more)
