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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just another PHP defender weaponizing housing to insult people. You'd think a housing group wouldn't weaponize the single issue that defines them.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@yimbyaction.bsky.social You should probably change this on your website and any future grants since it clearly isn't true with your members.

Screenshot from YIMBY Action's website that says "Everyone should have a voice in shaping that future. We bring neighbors together across race, income, and background, and stand for a democracy where people can participate and the rule of law is upheld."

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Just got my limited-time US protest shield!

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New opinion piece written by a guy who doesn't understand that the people he thinks are the problem are the entire point of the community engagement process.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

David Vatz should not be part of the Planning Commission. He is not qualified, nor does he respect the community. He only wants power.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"We're ready to showcase why we're the best city in America" ...meanwhile people with physical disabilities and senior citizens are stuck in their homes a week and a half after a snow storm and the bus shelters, curbs, and crosswalks (and some streets) are basically untouched.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

These guys have absolutely no values. They do not care about the community.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Abundance YIMBYs have started a new publication with the most libertarians I've ever seen in one place. They're trying to claim this is for "the left" yet have clear references to race science in part of what they hope to accomplish. (Don't worry, they walked back the transphobia last night!)

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This does not build trust and is why people don't like YIMBYs.

Twitter user Brad Hargreaves writes "every community meeting on housing I've attended" with a screenshot from an article that says "The community meeting starts at 6pm. After a few housekeeping items, the architect shuffles to the podium and begins presenting. Two-hundred thirty two units, a hundred sixty parking spaces, breaking up the massing, set back, twenty percent affordable...Jeers follow. One by one, local residents share their concerns. Several believe it's too tall. Others agree it's too tall, but also believe it's too wide. More are concerned about overcapacity at the local school, which recent hit its lowest enrollment since opening in 1973 and had to lay off three specialty teachers due to a lack of students. Another commenter is concerned the project does not end capitalism. Every attendee is opposed."

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

ICE spotted on the Southside in Pittsburgh (Wharton St. Giant Eagle)

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Once again, this site is too quiet.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Like why is this place silent when the U.S. Dep. of Homeland Security is posting this on Twitter.

The official United States Department of Homeland Security posting a tweet that says "Help Your Country Locate and Arrest Illegal Aliens. To report criminal activity, call..." followed by the number to call ICE. The post also has an image of cartoon Uncle Sam posting a sign that says "Help Your Country...and Yourself" with instructions to "Report All Foreign Invaders to ICE" with the ICE contact number.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Yeah, no modular or infill housing was happening under Gainey. Why does anyone listen to Pro-Housing Pittsburgh?

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Another groundbreaking in the Hill District this morning! African Queens Apartments will be a mixed-use development with 12 affordable rental units ALL offered to at or below 30% AMI tenants and 2 first floor commercial spaces. Pictures to follow later this afternoon 👀

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Different article, but some of those funds come from the Democratic Majority for Israel Super PAC www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Edited to remove the hosts because this isn't about them/nothing against them. This is about O'Connor abandoning the community again. Something he frequently does while on the JOB.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Personally, I like mayors that don't abandon the community. Does anyone know where O'Connor went tonight?

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

@coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social Next time do your research. Gainey's legacy - the unit is back online!

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Great turnout this morning at the 650 Herron Ave. groundbreaking in the Upper Hill! This is phase 1 of 2 for a 12-unit mixed use affordable rental development.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is YIMBY at its core. Calling people "a bunch of psychotic, intellectually deficient losers" when they get caught. Reminds me of the Planning Commission fallout here with Pro-Housing Pittsburgh only they doxxed a resident *and* insulted everyone they disagreed with.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It would seem Pro-Housing Pittsburgh is just making shit up after spending months insulting people while trying to befriend them.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yeah, this will win people over to join YIMBYism. Call everyone else economically illiterate and discredit their concerns. What could go wrong?

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

All over Twitter after they didn't follow the process back in January

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Unbelievable. Pro-Housing Pittsburgh has not apologized for doxxing a community member in January and now they're apparently trying to direct harassment to Pittsburgh's residents because those residents disagree with them. These are the "Pittsburgh for all" folks.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The people that own the land blaming the city for housing not being built is peak YIMBY behavior. The owners are using "red tape" to excuse the fact they are not building because it benefits them to not build or to build parking lots instead.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

That appears to be true. Now they're just straight up asking for reimbursement lol

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Pic 1 is round 1 2021 and pic 2 is round 1 2022. It's very possible the state messed these up and it is $2M total because the timeline got all messed up last round. Calling it Phase 2 in 2022 is interesting though 🤔

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The person presenting in this picture is the one who doxxed a community member for disagreeing with Pro-Housing Pittsburgh. This is the same group that is closely aligned with Corey O'Connor, who has received at least $50,000 from groups like Walnut Capital. What a fucking joke.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

For the 30% AMI folks, "trickle down" means you get substandard housing quality and usually shitty landlords OR you end up on the street (often a case of all of the above). Those are your options. At least as of 2019, we actually have plenty on the supply side of 80% AMI and up.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

"I was invited to speak to a roundtable group of businesspeople across the region, I spoke and I left,” he said. “I don't know anything about the email that went out, I didn't know all the attendees. I knew that some of them there were Democrats."

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Maybe it's just me but I don't think removing NEPA is going to be a net positive. Removing various environmental assessments and making greenhouse gas emission testing optional - what could go wrong?

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Terminating 50% of HUD staff will directly impact the list of resources below.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

They've also now gone full Trump where they're saying the process was fake and rigged because they simply don't know how to organize. Discrediting experts by calling them "paid activists", saying a "campaign-style" speech (at 9 PM, 8 hours into the mtg) - this is all such fake nonsense.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

These are all the posts that PHP have where they've said the word "black" on Twitter. At yesterday's Planning Commission meeting on IZ, they tried to throw an alleged negative impact on Black populations (along with 115 additional pages of information) into their argument at the last minute.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We need more education around how housing development actually works in Pittsburgh. For example, you typically can't build a single unit for less than ~$450,000.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The YIMBY response to the fires in LA is unbelievable. The entire movement has lost the plot and apparently their humanity.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This is the extent of logic with most YIMBYs. "This was one thing, and now it is something else, we should be able to do this everywhere!" This approach completely ignores the work between probably 2015 through 2020 to make this happen while also completely ignoring the cost.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Since I don't have a profile for my firm, I'll post it here. I can confidently share that 2024 was the busiest year I've ever had!

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Pro-Housing Pittsburgh acting in "good faith":

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

An actual pic of you post-Musk

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I unfortunately don't have a cat, but I can share a picture of one of the kittens (one of eight - yes I have more pics) I pet-sat a few years ago:

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