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M. Nolan Gray 🥑

@mnolangray

the once and future city planner // senior legislative director @cayimby // AICP // kentuckian // #BBN // author of hit broadway musical arbitrary lines

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Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It a.co/d/aPlq04R

mnolangray's tweet image. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It a.co/d/aPlq04R

We often talk about new housing like it's pollution to be allocated around. But I think living in or near a town center like this would be seen as actively quite desirable by many.

This is a brand new suburban Transit Oriented Community in Paris. I refuse to believe we cannot build new suburban “urban centers”in Toronto/Ontario like this, respecting our own local vernacular as well. Don’t tell me nice things aren’t possible in Canada.

EricDLombardi's tweet image. This is a brand new suburban Transit Oriented Community in Paris.

I refuse to believe we cannot build new suburban “urban centers”in Toronto/Ontario like this, respecting our own local vernacular as well. 

Don’t tell me nice things aren’t possible in Canada.
EricDLombardi's tweet image. This is a brand new suburban Transit Oriented Community in Paris.

I refuse to believe we cannot build new suburban “urban centers”in Toronto/Ontario like this, respecting our own local vernacular as well. 

Don’t tell me nice things aren’t possible in Canada.
EricDLombardi's tweet image. This is a brand new suburban Transit Oriented Community in Paris.

I refuse to believe we cannot build new suburban “urban centers”in Toronto/Ontario like this, respecting our own local vernacular as well. 

Don’t tell me nice things aren’t possible in Canada.
EricDLombardi's tweet image. This is a brand new suburban Transit Oriented Community in Paris.

I refuse to believe we cannot build new suburban “urban centers”in Toronto/Ontario like this, respecting our own local vernacular as well. 

Don’t tell me nice things aren’t possible in Canada.


"A miscalibrated IZ policy (where the IZ tax exceeds the payment to developers) raises rents market-wide, by killing marginal projects and reducing supply."


Funny to watch DC Republicans fall into the "everything bagel" mode of policymaking that has so derailed Democratic policymaking in California. "What, no mandate associated on MY tangential policy priority? Kill it!"

But yes, since the ROAD to Housing Act does not even *mention* family status in its text, since it doesn't even ask grant applicants to even *check and see* what the family characteristics in there area are, yeah, it's clearly got problems that must be fixed. As is, were I in…



Expect nothing from US Congress and it will still somehow find ways to disappoint you.

NEW: Chairman @RepFrenchHill statement on FY26 NDAA. Read more 🔗⬇️ financialservices.house.gov/news/documents…

FinancialCmte's tweet image. NEW: Chairman @RepFrenchHill statement on FY26 NDAA. 

Read more 🔗⬇️
financialservices.house.gov/news/documents…


Approximately 7% of construction materials in a typical US home are imported. Two-thirds of all furniture is imported. Most appliances are imported. Democrats got wiped out over cost of living frustrations. What do Republicans think is coming?

Trump's U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer downplayed the day-to-day impact of tariffs on affordability. “People are worried about housing, they’re worried about healthcare — things we don’t import,” he told our @DashaBurns on #TheConversation. 🎧 bit.ly/49YfRtz



The tradnats are too low IQ (dumb) to appreciate that a big part of the story is the intentional destruction of our cities.

The opposite of a glow up. 0/10.

CompletedStreet's tweet image. The opposite of a glow up. 0/10.


M. Nolan Gray 🥑 сделал(а) репост

Hon. Phil Twyford was Minister for Housing and Urban Development during a crucial period in New Zealand's reforms. At the time, Chris Parker was Treasury's expert on housing, and Benno Blaschke was at the Ministry and at LGNZ. Our podcast chat: nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-me…


A testament to New Zealand virtue: I left my bag at an event last night, and came back to retrieve it untampered with! Nobody stole "The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute: Britain's Colonial Legacy in Latin America," as tempting as it must have been!

mnolangray's tweet image. A testament to New Zealand virtue: I left my bag at an event last night, and came back to retrieve it untampered with! Nobody stole "The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute: Britain's Colonial Legacy in Latin America," as tempting as it must have been!
mnolangray's tweet image. A testament to New Zealand virtue: I left my bag at an event last night, and came back to retrieve it untampered with! Nobody stole "The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute: Britain's Colonial Legacy in Latin America," as tempting as it must have been!

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