It's important to remember that housing unaffordability is a self-inflicted wound stemming from bad government policies, primarily zoning and other regulations that limit supply. Remove that road block and the market will create housing abundance for all.

Dear folx in DAC, NM: important article on both who is responsible for a water utility AND the upcoming District Attorney primary.

Thank you Justin Garcia for the thoughtful article on climate for electeds. Threats are real and acute for women of color, especially. Mundane bullies traffic in this, attempting to influence policy. As you think about voting, I hope you’ll choose brave folks with strong values.

You might not like the way they look, but Five-over-Ones have unlocked walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods for hundreds of thousands of people over the past decade.

The YIMBY and urbanism movements wouldn’t be half as popular as they are today without these.

Ahem, Las Cruces….

Duplexes, townhomes, rowhomes, quads: these are not 'affordable' in the sense of gov't subsidized, income-restricted housing, to be clear. But they tend to be homes that cost a lot less than single-fam detached homes. We've made them illegal out of pure classism. Time to upzone!

To tackle housing affordability, US needs both:
—Big increases in housing supply for the middle class
—Large expansions in public affordable housing subsidies for people with low incomes

I delve into the dual nature of housing supply needs Urban Institute urban.org/urban-wire/no-…

The #HousingCrisis hits some people a lot harder than others. In our latest Boomtown piece, we stop with the theorizing and start listening to real people. Please share widely. #LosAlamos boomtownlosalamos.org/p/the-experien…

Join us Wednesday for NMSU's 19th Annual J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium exploring social justice for women and LGBTQ+ communities. Panel discussions all day in the Corbett Center Auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. bit.ly/43Q2BlF

Describing the men in their research: “Several said that they actively didn’t respond to emails, or acted in an exaggerated disorganised manner… they were assigned fewer tasks, but were also less frequently asked, and thus got away without doing service.” kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

OKC knows how costly it is to try criminalization of poverty - we pursued an ordinance to criminalize panhandling and wasted millions on legal counsel fighting a lawsuit while issuing fines to people who had no means to pay them.

The solution to homelessness is housing.

Proud to join Local Progress & over 150 electeds from across the country to advocate for housing first. #housingnothandcuffs ✊

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So stoked for my friend, author and great human, Miriam Chaiken . Can’t wait to read it! ❤️📘📖

Hope you might join us next week…

Happy Cowboy Carter Day, to those who celebrate. From a place that ain’t Texas where coyotes run wild.

I am proud to announce that I've secured over $3 million for City of Las Cruces to implement Project LIGHT.

This funding will help the Las Cruces Fire Dept grow the exemplary mobile integrated health approach they are taking when responding to emergencies in the community. #NMbold

Research shows that women in academia do more service that is more time consuming and less prestigious than their male colleagues. Been having an interesting discussion on the ramifications of this factor on journal editorships.

Lolo People are far too worried about someone getting something they don’t ‘deserve’ instead of worrying about a fellow human not getting what they really need

'May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you're dead.” Happy St. Patrick’s Day!