
Madison Is For People🏗🏘🥑
@madisonforppl
Madison Area YIMBYs, organizing for a healthier, greener, and more affordable future. A chapter of @yimbyaction
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Aug. 17 to 22 is Housing Week in Madison! Daily events cover housing issues in the area & how to get involved to build up solutions. Many thanks to the Madison Housing Coalition @MadisonBikes 350 Wisconsin and others working toward safe and livable cities. madisonhousingweek.com



"Housing is fundamental to making sure everyone can thrive & be successful in their life." Sheboygan, WI Mayor Ryan Sorenson Ryan Sorenson gets it. He has worked tirelessly to improve existing housing stock & incentivize the development of new affordable homes. #YIMBYsForHarris


The City partnered with UW–Madison to conduct this Student Housing Market and Affordability Analysis, here are some takeaways I have as a leading member of this study group. I'll also share more about how this data will be used immediately by the City. 🧵 1/x

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Satya Rhodes-Conway is shepherding zoning reforms to expand what can be built as of right to help ease her city's housing shortage, decades in the making. We're excited to have her join the #YIMBYsForHarris call! 🏗️🏘️🌇🎉




The main thesis of M. Nolan Gray 🥑's book (very simplified) is "zoning bad," but the thing that most stuck with me is the corollary: that as planners grew increasingly obsessed with zoning and the uses of privately owned land, we completely lost sight of the public realm.






Make sure you head over to the Madison Is For People🏗🏘🥑 meeting 1pm Sunday at Cargo Coffee (east wash)!

