Welcoming Neighbors Network
A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. Also, memes.
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- No matter how you slice it, we need more homes — especially more naturally affordable, humble housing options like duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.
- "...the lack of homes is creating cutthroat competition, which is driving up prices, forcing out families, and making New Hampshire unaffordable for working class folks." Love it when our electeds get right to the point. Right on, Mayor @mattgerdingnh.bsky.social.
- Environmental protections that maintain the sprawling status quo are not actually environmental protections.
- “Save our historic parking garage” belongs in the comics section, not the news
- There’s nothing progressive about refusing to build more homes – especially in the face of a globally infamous housing shortage.
- In a contest between 10,000 news homes (!) or one empty-most-of-the-time stadium, we are obviously on the side of more homes.
- “A lot of people in very wealthy communities, regardless of party, simply don’t want new neighbors ... It’s, ‘I moved to this town five years ago and no one else should ever get to live here.’ Every other argument is really cover for that quiet snobbery.”
- Environmental laws should protect the environment, full stop. Instead, they’re being abused to stop communities from building homes that require less land to house more people. Enough already.
- The North Carolina Housing Table is using "smart, equitable, proven policies" to create more homes of all shapes and sizes. "Our goal is to work diligently at the statewide level to build communities that are accessible, connected, and centered on the needs of North Carolinians.”
- “Zoning laws are these invisible barriers that decide who gets to live where, go to what schools, have different types of housing, shops, and go to parks based on the restrictions for what types of homes can be built where.” @lindseyportmn.bsky.social 💯
