Shelter inflation over the past year: 5.2% "Everything else" inflation over the past year: 1.1% Housing is the problem. Build more of it.

Meet the Haitian immigrant who founded the city of Chicago. britannica.com/biography/Jean…

If you constantly say “they need to obey the law” when it comes to immigrants, but never for your preferred presidential candidate, please don’t expect us to believe you actually take the law seriously.

Which is why everyone tut tutting the couch fucker jokes as "misinformation" was a disingenuous dweeb. They didn't hurt anyone, no one seriously claimed they were fact, & the people hearing the jokes didn't go out & start sending in bomb threats to Bob's Furniture.

This is all I want from my sports teams, if you achieve this I can forgive championship droughts

I am pleased to announce my support for 194 new homes to the heart of North Center, including a new restaurant-ready space, a green roof, and a public plaza. This proposal also includes the first Permanent Supportive Housing for survivors of gender-based violence in Chicago.

The Medical Examiner's Office is no longer considering a move to the West Loop. buff.ly/3ZvaQDo

I cannot wait for the 5/3 drive thru to eventually be redeveloped in the next decade when that too becomes more valuable as a location for housing than simply a drive thru ATM. When that time comes I hope it will be more than just a 4 story building.

If they could make a battery electric locomotive that looked like this…be still my heart

For different reasons, Xherdan Shaqiri and Gastón Gimenez were not good uses of a designated player spot. The next Fire brass can learn from those mistakes. #cf97 chicago.suntimes.com/fire/2024/09/1…

Could be us on western, Cicero, etc

It was fine, a pleasant situation for biking in fact.

Parking mandates are bankrupting our cities.

To be clear, the new standard is a little less awesome than the rules in Europe, where carmakers must pass crash tests relating to leg injuries for pedestrians. And that has not been proposed in the U.S. But this is still something to be excited about. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/09/11/fed…

In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. Elon Musk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com

You were promised econ studies on the effects of immigration on house prices. So let's deliver: An important new study finds that more robust enforcement of immigration laws reduces the construction workforce, which has led to higher house prices. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Mindblowing that builders have profitably built into falling rents in Minneapolis *starting from such low rents* Median studios are $1,100. In older filtered buildings, $750 studios abound Developers survive by begging top quintile renters to upgrade to $2k/mo "ultraluxury" 😂

"already crowded neighborhood" is such a galling NIMBY way of saying "I got mine & I'm slamming the door closed behind me" There are multiple 5 story buildings already on this block. This low of a parking ratio is not out of keeping w/ many nearby buildings that have no parking.

Fantastic piece about how adding supply to our rental markets improves affordability for all. wesa.fm/development-tr…