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Daniel Werwath

@danielwerwath.bsky.social
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Santa Fe, New Mexico | Making housing more affordable | Fighting vibes-based approaches to public policy

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It hasn’t hit national news yet but this just happened in Santa Fe too, ICE caught falsifying records pertaining to arrest and falsely accusing someone of being a child sexual predator to justify his detention www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
santafenewmexican.com
He had legal status, no criminal convictions; ICE jailed and arrested him anyway
Edgar Chacon-Miranda, the face of the ICE crackdown in Santa Fe, had U visa protections. He says agents fabricated reports in an effort to deport him.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of the first (and often unacknowledged) state land use preemption for many states
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not to mention that most states with housing shortages cannot import workers without exacerbating housing affordability so your only option across a bunch of socioeconomic bands Is increased labor participation, of which childcare is one of the main obstacles.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They just upped the fee in lieu in Santa Fe 300% on vibes. It’s going to halt new MF development
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here in Santa Fe where we’ve regulated STR since the early 2000’s- I’m struck by how permit caps make STR’s more lucrative by keeping them scarce and valuable. Creates small number of winners and a lot of incentive to avoid permitting.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did novovax the last two years with almost no noticeable side effects and no symptomatic infections so I’m a fan
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
the lack of human centered design or even extending the basic assumption of normal human needs and motivations to homeless folks is mind boggling. In a way, these populations most often exist like a canvass people, and especially politicians and decision makers, paint their own ideas and biases onto
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Or fed funds with an expenditure deadline
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
no permit required for ugly
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
See ya there!
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Happy 346th anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt, to all who celebrate.
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A Brief History of the Pueblo Revolt · Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Learn about the extraordinary event that helped ensure the survival of Pueblo cultural traditions, lands, languages, religions, and sovereignty.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I’ve built several, they work great, much more high volume than most commercial units unless you get up in the $3-500 range. They do take up a fair amount of space. If you’re dealing with extreme smoke, especially ground settling in evenings I think they work better than most commercial filters.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A lot of times project size is funding driven, cost control requirements incentivize buildings without elevators and HFA’s want to spread their money around so they often prefer smaller projects.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I wonder how much for-profit educational technology companies lobby for adding things like this into state standards so we then have to buy their products. My guess is it’s pretty common
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Looking at you Santa Fe
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yankees do like to deprive themselves
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
why would anyone want to weaken community oversight of housing funding decisions 🧐
santafenewmexican.com
Take 2: Santa Fe reopens bids for affordable housing fund as rift with advisers deepens
After canceling its bid last month, the city's new process for the trust fund makes at least one former applicant ineligible.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This will, at best, raise rents on new housing in Santa Fe, at worst, cut off new supply AND funding into the trust fund. Shouldn't Be tinkering with this stuff based on vibes
santafenewmexican.com
Santa Fe City Council to consider significant hike to developer 'fee in lieu'
The proposal would increase the cost for developers to opt out of making 15% of units comply with city affordability guidelines.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And there is no “solution” or everyone would just do it, right? markets are unique, we have to work on pulling a lot of levers that all add up to something bigger
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The tech company’s products are dangerous, so we’re going to regulate kids, instead of regulating the harmful corporation‘s products. if they’re dangerous for kids they’re dangerous for everyone.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
your ideas belong in the comment section of the paper, not serious journalism.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Santa Fe has plenty of money for cops and drones, but housing people will always be cheaper than jail.
santafenewmexican.com
Are homeless Santa Feans caught in crosshairs of police drone program?
A woman said she was arrested for illegal camping after being spotted by a drone. The chief confirmed police are surveilling parks.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
another way to phrase this is that half the commission is being replaced in the middle of a land use update process, and most of the younger, more pro-housing members :/
santafenewmexican.com
City of Santa Fe seeking slate of new members for Planning Commission
New members will have the opportunity to weigh in on city decisions about the ongoing general plan and land use code updates.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Politics over progress…
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And cutting off potential resources from coming into your community
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
At some point we probably need to dissect why the City of Santa Fe has an adversarial relationship with basically all of its nonprofit partners working on housing And homelessness.
santafenewmexican.com
Santa Fe City Council blocks nonprofit's shelter project from state legislative capital outlay
City staff also said they are preparing an amendment to fund an additional six months of street outreach services from Urban Alchemy.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
little gem of a graphic from the Taos County land use code depicting terminology for their centuries old acequia systems
a graphic from Taos County Land Use Code depicting Acequia terminology for the various types of irrigation ditches
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NM’s loss but awesome opportunity, congrats!
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
That was my whole point, the fee was calibrated, now if being proposed to be increased on vibes.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The issue is that the number was picked arbitrarily and now there mayor is trying to rally political support on social media. The IZ is 15% 30-80% Ami in tiers with fee waivers and no other meaningful incentives. In our high cost development market, it’s a tax on new housing, not developer profits.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Funny story- we actually didn’t have a fee option for the first 10 years of the program and the cost of compliance was so high we didn’t have any rental housing development except for LiHTC and accidentally created one of the tightest rental markets in the country
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New high water mark for vibes-based inclusionary housing policy in Santa Fe. ooof
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ground truth from 100+ land use hearing in Santa Fe- 100% correct
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This is a malpractice level headline. Public entities build public infrastructure all the time. It’s not a bailout. And those developers are building a minimum 15% affordable housing at a significant loss. They should be getting infrastructure and more to offset the community benefit they create
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Making idiocracy look tame in comparison
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
gmail integrated AI this week and now I can't forward a flight itinerary to my family's gmail addresses because it's being blocked by their address as spam. Brilliant work Google 👏👏👏
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
At what point are we going to stop this minoritarian nonsense? Either it meets the code or it doesn’t, more community meetings with people that don’t want any new housing don’t change that. But delays like this add significant costs that are eventually paid by homebuyers
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Because national corporate dems have made an issue out of him to prop up Mills, who’s terrible. Right. Keep wishing for more corporate dems, that’s definitely worked out great. 70%+ of dems in Maine chose this guy, maybe they know something you don’t
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
totally get it, I wish there was a way to mass block people not from Maine who can’t shut up about Maine politics
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
or maybe people who aren’t from Maine and are not voting in Maine should be the ones to “shut the fuck up about it” meaning the entire subject, that would also be great
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
united states first native american governor
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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New Mexico, thank you for believing in what we can build together. I’m honored to officially accept the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I think DW is sort of interesting in that the writers room is (or at least used to be) all native, which adds an interesting angle to the typical hillerman white gaze fetishization plot arcs
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Coupled that with affordable rental production to get people off rental assistance in a couple of years and pursue system reforms that increase entry level housing and lower construction costs. It’s doable but means rejecting a long standing tradition— political discretion over who gets money
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
we could start with spending money more strategically and not relying on politicians (mostly the governor) to pick who gets homelessness money. Then redirecting spending to emergency system outputs like rental assistance and prioritizing affordable housing monies permanent supportive housing.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
And how almost every Santa Fe Q&A “question” starts
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We spend close to 15x on police than we do on housing, yet data shows that housing a chronic homeless person saves at least $30k a year in other public costs. It’s all a choice.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Totally agree it’s not helpful framing. Having worked in the system I can confirm the way that funding allocation happened right now is totally broken.
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Daniel Werwath @danielwerwath.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Both and! I really think money should be prioritized for communities that are making it easier to build lower cost housing.
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