Reposted by Rob BreymaierYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 25/09/2026The share of renters reporting problems paying rent is increasing, up from 15% in 2022 to 20% in 2025. These challenges are particularly concentrated among middle-income renters. www.urban.org/research/pub... 0164
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I never met him, but I have met people who were his students and they are all awesome. And, I've certainly read his articles. 010
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Really hope NITA can do something about this... 000
Reposted by Rob BreymaierYakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Interesting paper just dropped in the great data center debate and it's not great news. Data centers seem to raise the yields on local govt debt since they have a very low long term multiplier and large perceived externalities on public infrastructure. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com 11305109
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Real cartographers know Robinson is the best projection. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...aljazeera.comUN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true sizeThe widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations. 000
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 03/09/2026RIP Gloria Steinem. Feminism changed my life for the better. 010
Reposted by Rob BreymaierStone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Where racial income inequality is most pronounced in the U.S. is changing. New research from the Stone Center's @robertmanduca.bsky.social examines what is driving that geographic shift. More from ISR below. 044
Reposted by Rob BreymaierYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehiclesnber.orgUrban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services 61089297
Reposted by Rob BreymaierShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026fun fact: the BJP is currently so unpopular in India that people are celebrating this 530945
Reposted by Rob Breymaierjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs. 171146203125
Reposted by Rob BreymaierShane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Every one percentage point increase in Black population growth above expectations was associated with a one p.p. *decrease* in land zoned for multifamily housing — a huge effect in a nation where only about 13% of residentially zoned land allows for multifamily today lewis.ucla.edu/2026/08/19/1...lewis.ucla.eduEpisode 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy StudiesWhy is exclusionary zoning so commonplace in the US? Alexander Sahn shares evidence that the migration of Southern Blacks played a big role. 1206
Reposted by Rob BreymaierShane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This week we talk with Alexander Sahn of UNC Chapel Hill about the connection between the movement of Southern Blacks during the Great Migration and the rise of exclusionary zoning in the cities where they ended up. The association is *very* strong. lewis.ucla.edu/2026/08/19/1...lewis.ucla.eduEpisode 121: Exclusionary Zoning and the Great Migration with Alexander Sahn - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy StudiesWhy is exclusionary zoning so commonplace in the US? Alexander Sahn shares evidence that the migration of Southern Blacks played a big role. 15217
Reposted by Rob Breymaier404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162303925
Reposted by Rob BreymaierJacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We find that the prevalence of gentrification within central cities is associated with decreasing segregation such as poor Black/nonpoor White segregation but also increasing poor minority/nonpoor White segregation in the suburbs and between nonpoor Black & White households. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... 151
Reposted by Rob BreymaierDaniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Just got an ad in which candidate Mendoza says that homicides are only down because better medical care is saving lives, and “shootings are up.” Importantly this is just a flagrant lie 0272
Reposted by Rob BreymaierMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026THANK YOU www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 362938653
Reposted by Rob BreymaierNational Fair Housing Alliance @natfairhouse.bsky.social · 07/08/202632 U.S. Senators are calling on HUD to protect funding for local fair housing organizations. These organizations handle more than 74% of housing discrimination complaints nationwide. NFHA commends lawmakers for standing up for fair housing. Read more: nationalfairhousing.org/nfha-commend...nationalfairhousing.orgNFHA Commends U.S. Senators for Demanding HUD Fund Fair Housing Enforcement as Congress Directed - NFHALawmakers urge HUD to reverse changes that threaten funding for local fair housing organizations serving communities nationwide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Fair Housing Alli... 054
Reposted by Rob BreymaierEmmaGoldmanSherman @emmagoldmansherman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs! (it’s easy, fast and URGENT! PLEASE SHARE) www.congressweb.com/NFHA/3?frame...congressweb.comContact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs!Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs! The National Fair Housing Alliance is calling on you to support our Fair Housing Week of A... 002
Reposted by Rob BreymaierAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026In this podcast, ASA member Jacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social discusses what factors contributed to Utah having swung further left than almost any state since 2004. @schotthappens.com bit.lyWhy Utah has swung further left than almost any state since 2004In the latest episode of Special Session, BYU sociologist Dr. Jacob Rugh breaks down the data behind Utah's political shift, and why he doesn't think it's just about Trump. 032
Reposted by Rob BreymaierYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 06/08/2026That’s enough to fund 11 years worth of $2000 monthly housing vouchers for all 5300 individuals facing homelessness in DC right now. 418582
Reposted by Rob BreymaierJacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026usmigrationmetrics.org/briefs/ 132
Reposted by Rob BreymaierMarcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 27/07/2026Did a double take at that chart: 0166
Reposted by Rob BreymaierJoe LaBriola @joelabriola.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Pleased to be quoted in this Seattle Times article on inequalities in home insurance premiums between White and Black / Hispanic households. I suggest these inequalities may contribute to racial inequalities in the wealth-building effects of homeownership. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...seattletimes.comHomeowners of color pay higher insurance costs in WA, nationwideNew research finds a link between the cost of homeowners' insurance and the racial makeup of a neighborhood. 0118
Reposted by Rob BreymaierYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17/07/2026US homeownership rate is conventionally described as being ~ 65%. But that measure fails to take into account the large number of adults living in homes where *other* adults actually own the homes. People like young adults, elderly, friends. Once you account for that, the rate declines to… 53%.minneapolisfed.orgNew homeownership measure puts people first | Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisAn alternative way of calculating the homeownership rate tells us how many individuals own their homes—something the most commonly used metric fails to track 68930
Reposted by Rob Breymaierdjlandi.bsky.social @djlandi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs! www.congressweb.com/NFHA/3?frame...congressweb.comContact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs!Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs! The National Fair Housing Alliance is calling on you to support our Fair Housing Week of A... 002
Reposted by Rob BreymaierScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before. 12535311695
Reposted by Rob Breymaierjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/07/2026really proud to play a small part in this effort www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...usatoday.comWho tells America's story? Slavery's descendants want a bigger role.As President Donald Trump seeks to recast how history is told, the Descendants Forum aims to uplift Black stories. 353101527
Reposted by Rob Breymaiershawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026good morning, ice is kidnapping people in chicago. organización hijos de migrantes reports feds abducted a person from california/fullerton in logan square. additional reports already coming in throughout chicagoland, including west garfield park in chicago, melrose park, and stone park.facebook.comFacebook 113895
Reposted by Rob BreymaierShane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 08/07/2026What does the best evidence say about the impacts of building more housing on affordability? How has our understanding improved over the past 6-7 years? Where are the remaining gaps? Those questions are the focus of our latest pod with Vicki Been of NYU: lewis.ucla.edu/2026/07/08/1...lewis.ucla.eduEpisode 119: Responding to Supply Skepticism with Vicki Been - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy StudiesSupply skeptics don’t believe that building more homes improves affordability. Vicki Been tells us what the latest research says about their main arguments. 0123
Reposted by Rob BreymaierTaylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"Contemporary rental housing is not priced by a simple, competitive consumer market. It is a financial asset class, financed through commercial mortgage-backed securities valued on projections of future rent growth rather than on what tenants can afford."rooseveltinstitute.orgRent Regulation as Financial RegulationHousing affordability is often framed as a supply problem. This brief examines the role of speculative finance in rental housing and argues that rent regulation is a powerful tool for promoting financ... 172
Reposted by Rob BreymaierAnisha Steephen @asteephen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🧵1/6 Rent regulation is getting national attention right now, and the conventional debate is too narrow. In my new paper with the @rooseveltinstitute.org I argue that rent regulation should be understood as macroprudential policy and one of the most powerful tools state and local governments have.rooseveltinstitute.orgRent Regulation as Financial RegulationHousing affordability is often framed as a supply problem. This brief examines the role of speculative finance in rental housing and argues that rent regulation is a powerful tool for promoting financ... 173
Reposted by Rob BreymaierAnn Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Which states have the most segregated schools — and why does it matter? New report coming Monday, June 22! Join us at noon ET to break down the numbers and what state policymakers can do about it. Register here: bit.ly/statesofsegr... @brownspromise.bsky.social x Segregation Tracking Project 054
Reposted by Rob BreymaierYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/06/2026How much housing is located near the nation's transit? 45% of units are located within a 1/2 mile of bus or rail. But only 10% is near frequent service... and 6% is near a rail station. Our new data tool @urbaninstitute.bsky.social allows you to investigate in detail! www.urban.org/data-tools/h... 713140
Reposted by Rob BreymaierImpact For Equity @impactforequity.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Join PRRAC, Mobility Works Inc, and us on Thursday, June 11 in Washington, D.C. for “Mobility and Metropolitan Equity: The Legacy of Hills v. Gautreaux at 50,” a symposium examining the enduring impact of Hills v. Gautreaux. Please RSVP here: lnkd.in/d3XzieZ9 #ImpactForEquity #HousingJustice 011
Reposted by Rob BreymaierArsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions. 10237921164
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 15/05/2026More folks should read this book. (BTW: despite being a philosophical book, it is not difficult to read) www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt...jstor.org The Imperative of Integration on JSTOR More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of ... 020
Reposted by Rob BreymaierPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026You may ask yourself, “Can the Supreme Court do that?” And you may ask yourself, “What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?” And you may ask yourself, “What was the intent of the founders and is that even relevant?” If so.. May I recommend attending our sessions on the Constitution? 1418325
Reposted by Rob BreymaierAmerican Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Share your story! Fill out the form to share the impact of federal funding cuts and executive actions on social and behavioral science research. These stories will help the COSSA team share real, timely info with policymakers about the impact these actions have across the country: buff.ly/f0CLz1Ebuff.lyShare Your Story: Impact of Federal Funding Cuts and Executive Actions on Social and Behavioral Science ResearchThe scientific community continues to face unprecedented challenges as the Trump Administration attempts to fundamentally change the way research is supported and conducted in the U.S. The latest… 101
Reposted by Rob BreymaierElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/04/2026While the ultra-rich get even richer, families are getting squeezed by a rigged economy. It's time for the government to stop listening to the richest of the rich and start working for working people. 37706213
Reposted by Rob BreymaierDan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Alden Loury crunched the numbers and found Black economic mobility in Chicago is dead last among 50 major cities chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...chicago.suntimes.comSegregation, racism stifle economic mobility for many in Black communityIn addition to being the most segregated big city in America, Chicago may also be the worst big city for Black economic mobility. 023
Reposted by Rob BreymaierSenator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 15/04/2026Six weeks into a war with easily foreseeable problems, thousands of service members at risk, and gas prices above $4 a gallon—yet Senate Republicans for the FOURTH time blocked a resolution requiring Congress to approve further military action against Iran. They are enabling this erratic President. 85418
Reposted by Rob Breymaier👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/04/2026just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him 19257616268
Reposted by Rob BreymaierLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If I was a member of the cabinet or Congress. I would be asking myself what I would say to my grandchildren when they asked, “what did you do when the president of the United States threatened to destroy a whole civilization?” 311091251
Reposted by Rob BreymaierMike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 07/04/2026The President just posted that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran does not comply. After entering a war no one wanted, Trump is threatening mass murder. I'm urging every Cabinet Member and Republican leaders to call the President IMMEDIATELY. The Iranian people do not deserve this. 296929
Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Americans’ top frustrations with the federal tax system - the rich and corporations don't pay their fair share. | Pew Research Center share.google/KOzlfsaL0Ckt...share.googleWhat bothers Americans most about taxes? Feeling that some corporations, wealthy people don’t pay their fair share61% of adults say that the feeling that some wealthy people don’t pay their fair share bothers them a lot. 60% say this about some some corporations. 000
Reposted by Rob BreymaierRania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Tonight Israel issued forced displacement orders for >40 towns & villages inc. around Sidon, Nabatieh, elsewhere. More than a million Lebanese are already displaced, shelters are at capacity, people are sleeping on streets, in cars. Now a new wave of displacement begins #lebanon 1613
Reposted by Rob BreymaierElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/04/2026Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare. 761195035684
Reposted by Rob BreymaierTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 05/04/2026There’s Another Big Reason Trump Is Stuck in the Gulftalkingpointsmemo.comThere’s Another Big Reason Trump Is Stuck in the GulfYou’ve certainly seen or heard about President Trump’s morning threat to destroy... 14611
Reposted by Rob BreymaierSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now. 25153838711481
Reposted by Rob BreymaierKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A US service member is missing and this is the first we've heard from the president. Need I say more 33732124
