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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm excited to be on the host committee for The Pro-Housing Lab: Chicago on July 24! If you want to see Illinois's housing shortage addressed, meet/learn with people working to make that happen, join us! Register here: yimby.live/PHL_HC @yimbyaction.bsky.social @abundanthousingil.bsky.social

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The Pro-Housing Lab Chicago

Yes! The 9th Annual YIMBY Gala in 2026 | Friday, April 17

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Two excellent reports dropped last week on housing abundance + affordability, from @centeronbudget.bsky.social and @economicsecurityproject.org Both nail the big picture: we need supply-side reform and more/better subsidies. But both miss slightly, IMO, on how to subsidize. 🧵

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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Tonight: Southside Critical Mass! #bikechi

Southside Critical Mass
Community Bike Ride - Everyone Welcome

Wear Orange for Gun Violence Awareness

Wear Orange Ride
Friday, June 5, 2026
Start at Nichols Park
55th and Kimbark
Meet 5:45pm
Ride at 6:15ish

Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton's friends wore in her honor when she was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15-one week after performing at President Obama's 2nd inaugural parade in 2013. Stand up, speak out, and Wear Orange to raise awareness about gun violence.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Timely editorial from @nytimes as the Illinois legislature is considering the BUILD plan. They need to stop listening to the Illinois Municipal League. #BUILDitUp www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...

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Opinion | How to Stop the Affluent from Rigging the Housing Market

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Mayor Johnson's rental ordinance has some good stuff (mainly the rental registry) but this "unconscionable rent increase" penalty is... Well, unconscionable. You can't regulate the private sector with vague and arbitrary rules like that.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Say what you will about Malcom Gladwell's analysis, he's a great story teller and this conversation is amazing.

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 28/05/2026

Governor Pritzker went on the Strong Towns podcast to talk about his BUILD Plan that would allow multifamily housing to be built in Illinois without being veto'd by NIMBYs. podcast.strongtowns.org/e/illinois-h...

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Illinois Housing Reform Gets Practical | The Strong Towns Podcast

Illinois is short roughly 130,000 homes today and needs about 240,000 more by 2030. The state can’t change mortgage rates or material costs, so Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois is targeting something ...

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Steven @stevevance.net · 28/05/2026

"We need 130,000 homes, I mean, nearly immediately." - Gov. Pritzker #BUILDitUp

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last week the Chicago Sun-Times published an op-ed by two academics criticizing the BUILD plan under consideration in Springfield. Yesterday they published my response (second from the top...not about baseball...): chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...

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Hanging up my cleats as a sports dad

A father looks back on watching his three kids play sports. Also, boosting the BUILD plan, booing U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and Jan. 6 rioters.

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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The Senate Executive Committee is holding a hearing on their housing affordability package today. We'll be sharing a live 🧵 below. Under consideration is the Senate's version of a housing affordability plan: www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/...

Bill # - Sponsor

SB0329 - Steve Stadelman
SB0330 - Graciela Guzmán
SB0331 - Rachel Ventura
SB0332 - Mike Simmons
SB0608 - Ram Villivalam
SB0635 - Sara Feigenholtz
SB0640 - Mattie Hunter
SB0643 - Laura Ellman

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Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Housing researchers, there's a Call for Papers from Cityscape for analysis on state & local pro-housing reforms! This is a great opportunity to share with a broad policymaker audience your insights on what's working and what's not. www.huduser.gov/portal/perio...

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Call for Papers: Pro-Housing State and Local Reforms | HUD USER

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Cityscape is planning a symposium on state and local reforms to increase housing production! We'd love to see 1) case studies with practical guidance for designing and implementing effective reforms, and 2) studies of the effectiveness of specific policies.

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Steven @stevevance.net · 14/05/2026

the BUILD plan is a proposal right now and it needs legislators to vote on it before May 31 so we can start seeing changes come January 1 learn how you can support the plan: buildforil.org

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BUILD Affordability Agenda

Illinois' housing crisis is a choice. Let's choose better. The BUILD plan offers common-sense reforms and investments to create more homes and bring down housing costs.

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Steven @stevevance.net · 14/05/2026

BUILD fact of the day: The plan would allow the option to build small apartment buildings with one stair, which has been shown to be as safe or safer than two stairs. and 68% of Illinoisans supported that

Support for allowing engineers/architects to choose one or two stairways
By urban/suburban/rural geography
All: 68 (yes) and 32 (no)
Urban: 75, 25
Suburban: 66, 34
Rural: 58, 42

Green: Yes, should have option
Red: No, should not have option

The question: Should engineers and architects designing fire safety measures in apartment buildings up to 6 stories tall be allowed to choose between having two small stairways on opposite ends of the building or one large stairway in the middle of
the building? Both versions would be required to have sprinkler systems.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New HUD research funding opportunity: www.grants.gov/search-resul... Topics of interest include direct rental assistance, property tax alternatives, and regulatory barriers to housing construction.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Maybe housing wonks are just having a hard time with our issue being in the spotlight? The build to rent issue is not ideal, but not a big deal. Relax! OTOH the Build Now Act housing improvement rate formula is nonsense.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Getting rained on does something very interesting to the stone veneer on the Obama Presidential Center!

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I am literally in this one.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This was on CDOT's list of improvements planned for 2024 and is still labeled "upcoming".

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Steven @stevevance.net · 24/11/2025

Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change. op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)

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Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability

Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness. I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Halloween in a walkable neighborhood is life affirming

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A. Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Are there reports of ICE activity in Hyde Park or Woodlawn? Chopper keeps circling low over the Midway and it's making me suspicious.

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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Email from Kenwood HS admin reports confirmed ICE this morning in Hyde Park (along 53rd, and near Kenwood hs, which is at 51st/Blackstone). Be alert, keep your whistle on hand: quick blasts for a sighting, 3 long blasts for someone getting detained. BE LOUD. Gather a crowd. Record if you can.

Federal Agents Confirmed And Hyde Park

Good morning,

The safety of our students is my top priority. I am writing to notify our community that ICE presence has been verified in the Hyde Park community. They have been active on 53rd street and close to the school. We are instructing students who go outside for off-campus lunch today to please exercise caution. They are to go out in groups and not engage any federal officer. They are not to talk to them. However, if they try to talk to students, we are instructing them to say, "I do not have to speak with you."

as an extra precaution, teachers and staff are voluntarily walking around with admin and security during their lunches and planning periods to monitor students.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Principal Calloway

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

When the fed govt pulls back, city govt needs to step up. Increasing taxes is always hard, but wealthy people have gotten a windfall from OBBBA. My own fed taxes will go down ~$10k. Chicago should seize this opportunity. chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

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Mayor Johnson proposes $16.6B budget that revives corporate head tax, imposes first-ever social media tax

Mayor Brandon Johnson promised to "challenge the ultra-rich" and corporations to shoulder the city's financial burden, and his 2026 spending plan aims to do just that. The tax-heavy budget, which is i...

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Jaded_In_Montana🐸🩵🇺🇲 @jadedinmontana.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

East Garfield Park Chicago, Illinois

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Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This is a nice working paper showing that traffic noise creates a pretty large externality. Near major roads, people are willing to pay ~6-10% more for homes after a sound barrier is built. They estimate that traffic noise has an aggregate externality of $110 billion!

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Agree. This is not a serious pro-housing policy. Very disappointing.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Went to an open house tonight for a really cool property. All-electric, super high efficiency, casement windows, solar panels. Love the layout with an accessible ground floor ADU, perfect for an in-law suite. This is the ultimate urban "single family home". redf.in/anZg41

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6537 S Rhodes Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 - 4 beds/3.5 baths

(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) For Sale: 4 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 6537 S Rhodes Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 ∙ $619,000 ∙ MLS# 12467604 ∙ The Home You've Been Waiting For! Tired of being priced out of the hom...

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Great piece on replacing lead service lines in Chicago. This is personal for me. I lived in Flint in 2014-15 during the lead water crisis. Then moved...to the place with more lead pipes than anywhere else in the country. Oops. open.substack.com/pub/citythat...

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Solving Chicago's lead pipe problem

Better answers for one of the city's most difficult challenges

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Steven @stevevance.net · 11/09/2025

Woodlawn neighborhood SFH+ADU house tour sneak preview RSVP to see on 9/23 www.eventbrite.com/e/sfh-adu-el...

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'm excited for this event in Chicago! @brian-goldstone.bsky.social book is excellent. Such a rich portrait of the consequences of the housing crisis for real people. Very often upsetting but worth it. withfriends.co/event/238616...

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10/14 - Brian Goldstone: There is No Place for Us by Build Coffee & Books

Get tickets and support Build Coffee & Books by becoming a member

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/09/2025

When the facts are available and their meaning obvious, people who want power over you must eventually demand that you ignore what you see, what you know. "Freedom", wrote Orwell, "is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

ICE tweeted this today. The scene looked familiar...

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Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

ACTUALLY what is driving the surge is DRIVERS SPEEDING.

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

My wife and I had dinner tonight about 10 ft from Governor Pritzker! Got a photo with him and told him IL needs to build more housing!

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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

First batch of results are out from the PHL Housing+ cash/direct rental assistance study: 70% fewer forced moves, 60% lower homeless rate, and fewer serious housing quality concerns. Cash/DRA was roughly as effective as vouchers! Maybe better!

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Daryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A report on Maryland's land valuation reveals a $500M "error" that rewards speculators & hurts homeowners. A land value tax can fix this by taxing land's potential, not just buildings, to encourage development, increase housing, and create a fairer system for all.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

SCOOP: After President Trump’s call for a “new” census, his cabinet official overseeing the national head count — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — acknowledged to Census Bureau employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, @npr.org has learned

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Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump

Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned.

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Alderman La Spata @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

How can Chicago be more transparent, equitable, and effective when it comes to speed cameras? Where should the revenue go? Take the Equity in Enforcement Working Group’s Community Priority Survey and weigh in on 20 draft reform recommendations. Survey open until 8/25. bit.ly/ASE-survey

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Coding interviews from people who left government earlier this year, and this is a fantastic quote in response to a question about what DOGE tech folk don't understand.

And yeah, I think that the DOGE folks at agencies kind of had unilateral decision making authority in a way that's kind of scary because they both had the we should come into government and do common sense things mindset without realizing that the most common sense things are actually the hardest to accomplish for very specific reasons.

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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

1. Twenty-five years ago, the Chicago Housing Authority launched the Plan for Transformation, a 10-year strategy to demolish, rebuild, or rehabilitate 25,000 public housing apartments across the city.

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