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Jonathan O'Brien

@jonobri

Writer, software dev, lead organiser @yimbymelbourne // Build more homes where people want to live // [email protected] // [email protected]

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YIMBY Melbourne (@yimbymelbourne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Australia's cities have extremely low densities relative to their international counterparts. The idea that this low density is impossible to overcome is silly. This type of conservative thinking is partly to blame for the housing crisis.

Australia's cities have extremely low densities relative to their international counterparts. The idea that this low density is impossible to overcome is silly. 

This type of conservative thinking is partly to blame for the housing crisis.
Seán O'Neill McPartlin (@o_mcpartlin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This piece by Matthew Maltman should be required reading for policymakers in Ireland The lesson: supply side reforms work! Upzoning gets more homes built, increasing construction productivity, and reduces price and rents! 🧵

This piece by Matthew Maltman should be required reading for policymakers in Ireland

The lesson: supply side reforms work! Upzoning gets more homes built, increasing construction productivity, and reduces price and rents! 🧵
Peter Tulip (@peter_tulip) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In a good column on density, Matt Wade concludes we need better public education on housing. I agree. It requires reallocating the $ millions we give the social housing lobbyists in AHURI and NHSAC to some mainstream economists aware of recent research. smh.com.au/business/the-e…

In a good column on density, <a href="/MattWadeSMH/">Matt Wade</a> concludes we need better public education on housing.
I agree.
It requires reallocating the $ millions we give the social housing lobbyists in AHURI and NHSAC to some mainstream economists aware of recent research.
smh.com.au/business/the-e…
Protect Fitzroy North (@northprote27303) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sonya Kilkenny is the most effective planning minister Australia has ever had, cutting through decades of inertia, overruling obstructionist pests, and finally unlocking the housing supply that will drive home prices down, ownership up and deliver genuine housing security for the

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Regardless of how old they are, people tend to think that things were better when they were young. As a result, you'd expect more negativity as the median age goes up and up.

Regardless of how old they are, people tend to think that things were better when they were young. 

As a result, you'd expect more negativity as the median age goes up and up.
dan nolan (@dannolan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

All of this is because we let a few baby boomer edu academics destroy phonics based learning because they thought it was icky rote learning. Now huge swathes of kids are illiterate

Hunter📈🌈📊 (@statisticurban) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What are you even supposed to say about this? Any system that lets this sort of thing happen is simply totally broken, and needs to be completely rethought.

Mike Bird (@birdyword) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The almost ironclad rule: if you have no status in a given field, Twitter can be a huge boost to your ability to enter or disrupt it. If you have a lot of status in a given field, the best you can hope for is to hold on to what you have.

Peter Tulip (@peter_tulip) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Senator Andrew Bragg, the Federal Opposition Housing spokesman, spoke at the CIS today. I asked: "Do you want home prices to fall?" Bragg: "I think for first home buyers, the answer is yes." 1/2