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Unless you live in Denver, where our Fire Marshall's vacation home is an apartment in a single-stair building in Italy 💚🤍❤️

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 1h

Stairs are inherently dangerous. I am all for getting rid of them

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 23h

Did people have thoughts?

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 23h

Was it just you who looked at it, or did the committee look at it too? I had to bail for another meeting

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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why do people get mad at new apartments for being expensive, but are totally fine with the city creating entire mansion-only neighborhoods? If you think an expensive apartment isn't helping you, a poor renter, that can only be more true for a $10 million mansion.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 02/10/2026

I have a 150lb Newfoundland, and we live in a studio apartment. Giant dogs actually are great apartment dogs because they are extremely lazy. High-energy working dogs (huskies, sheepdogs, etc.) don't belong in apartments.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Limiting housing construction in walkable central neighbourhoods means pushing more people out to live in car-oriented suburbs.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 01/10/2026

Fire risk differs greatly between an Instant Pot, microwave, or portable induction burner and a portable coil burner or propane stove. If they want to reduce fire risk, ban coil and gas burners, or require a $1000 kitchenette in each SRO unit, rather than requiring a ton of $30k kitchens

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

Also, limited computer literacy and lack of a fixed address are a <30AMI problem, not a 50-80AMI problem. We need government-funded permanent supportive housing. IZ doesn't provide those units.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

Or just end most needs-based programs, implement wealth taxes, UBI, and M4A, and let Nordic capitalism with a strong safety net run wild, instead of trying to get private industry to provide public benefits at a loss.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

Integrating <50AMI with >150AMI can be an issue. Anything 50AMI or above is acceptable as a neighbor to anyone other than the rarest prude, and those snooty garbage people already live in single-family homes.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

It's not customer discomfort; the MR units all fill next to the empty IZ BMR units. Developers are combative and can't cooperate—they don't act as a bloc on purpose. In our market, renters won’t do paperwork beyond a lease. BMR move-in doesn't happen unless they have a social worker (IE, <40AMI).

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

Our citywide vacancy rate is ~6%, versus 21% and rising for 80AMI units and 13% for 60AMI units. IZ has produced unrentable units, not affordable housing. I live in a new high-rise MR studio and pay just under 50AMI rent. The building’s only vacancies are the deed-restricted units.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

I live in Denver. Our IZ is ~10% of new units at 80AMI, which is above many market rents for new builds. Our housing production dropped off a cliff when IZ took effect because developers moved their money across the border into neighboring cities without IZ. Unfunded IZ is feel-good paperwork.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 29/09/2026

You don't really need copper pipes in a residential setting. PEX does just fine

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 25/09/2026

What is the reactionary townhouse faction?

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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When housing supply is fixed, a rich newcomer causes a demand cascade: they bid more for high-end housing at the top of the ladder, pushing everyone else down one rung, until the person at the bottom is priced out.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 22/09/2026

IMHO, the best solution is to build and finance as much housing as possible. Building a mansion on a vacant lot is better than leaving it vacant, but a six-plex is far superior, while an affordable 8-plex that takes 2-3x longer to complete is inferior.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 20/09/2026

Tripping on curbs doesn't kill people. Stairs actually do kill 12,000 Americans per year, but that's solvable with more elevators

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 19/09/2026

This is about interior plumbing, not exterior plumbing

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 17/09/2026

The salary is WAY too low, but they should be barred from trading stocks and should work at least 45 40-hour weeks a year. Doctors, Phds, and Lawyers should get a pay raise when they get elected, but grift shouldn't be possible.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 15/09/2026

I watch Hoog. His takes range from really good to meh, but he tends to be good on urbanism, and he gets LOTS of eyeballs and isn't scared of getting technical. Given that he's Dutch and they already allow small elevators, the interview will be friendly.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 15/09/2026

Furthermore, it's not like AAA takes responsibility for all drivers, and the NRA doesn't take responsibility for all gun owners. Pro-cycling orgs have no ability to police the behavior of individual cyclists, just like AAA or the NRA. Stop asking non-profits to do the job of police officers.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/09/2026

I drive a car. I am not personally responsible for every driver who speeds, runs a light, parks illegally, or hits someone, so I won't take any responsibility for those drivers. There is no earthly reason for individual cyclists to take responsibility for things other people did on bicycles either.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 13/09/2026

Straw has an R-value under 2, while mineral wool is greater than 4. Straw makes sense if you're not space-constrained, but even an R-23 wall will cause you to lose 6" on EVERY exterior wall when using straw. On a 25x40' structure, that's 60 sqft PER FLOOR lost to insulation with no added R-value.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 12/09/2026

Usually, setbacks in US/Canadian cities are 1-1.5m

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 11/09/2026

This seems great for OLDER homes with coil electric or gas stoves, but IMHO, the alternative compliance should be induction stoves instead of electric or gas. The cost difference is less than the cost of one of these units, and you get better, safer cooking.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 10/09/2026

Then they should fix that with a height limit (35ft maybe from the lowest floor), not a prohibition on 3 units being stacked

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 09/09/2026

My favorite is Chili Crunch

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 08/09/2026

Are Japanese standards reasonable though?

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 07/09/2026

Only a quarter of New York City residents today lived in the city on 9/11 www.vitalcitynyc.org/how-nyc-chan...

vitalcitynyc.org

A City Forgets. Maybe It’s Supposed To.

The New York of today is a different city than the New York of 9/11.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 06/09/2026

We had this in Denver, with DSA opposed to affordable housing on a derelict golf course because someone might make money. That said, CA politics is definitely the most cursed

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 06/09/2026

Light rail takes a decade to build and costs $50M+/mile Bike lanes take hours to paint and cost <$50k/mile

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/09/2026

things are not going great

Climate Goals Missed, U.N. Says World Must Now Remove Carbon at Scale. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/united-nations-climate-target-overshoot.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.CKe1.4Uuo1DKyvKVv&smid=url-share

U.S. Trade Gap Ballooned in July
The trade deficit bounced back up last month as spending on data centers to feed the A.I. boom drove up imports. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/us-trade-defecit-july.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.C9Vj.TsPWAZC71cMi&smid=url-share

Trump Administration Live Updates: Vance Says ‘I Don’t Know’ if Iran War Will Be Over by Midterms. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/03/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.NMRY.yGrQKLOYOE_a&smid=url-share

Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level Since July 2025
Higher costs for home loans have put a squeeze on the housing market, adding pressure to consumers already struggling with elevated inflation. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/mortgage-rates-housing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.8Q6F.UoyjJcw5Puqr&smid=url-share

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 31/08/2026

A rural "community" of 40 people is no more important than a single floor of my apartment building. We need to stop treating farm owners as anything more than individuals.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 28/08/2026

Nobody on Bluesky cares about the internecine inside-baseball shit happening on the other site

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 26/08/2026

I consider myself a Democratic socialist (free healthcare, wealth taxes, UBI) in the vein of Denmark, but DDSA has been too toxic and Socialist to be a part of it. Plus, they ran me out of their Slack for saying landlords and developers aren't the same.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 26/08/2026

Working on small scale incremental housing legislation is fun because I get to have a huge impact on what actually gets built and nobody really notices because the NIMBYs are too busy flipping out about the transit oriented development bills.

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Nolan Hahn @nolanhahn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

89% of water in the state of Colorado is ag. Much of that is forage crops like hay and alfalfa.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 17/08/2026

Ya, a lot of the market rate here is either more expensive building forms (mid-rise or high-rise) or townhouses with nice finishes. Our LIHTC is often low-rise, and the fit and finish is low-bid, bare-bones ticky-tacky.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/08/2026

Having had a 718 GTS 4.0 with the NA boxer engine, I can attest it also sounds great, though after a couple of years with hybrids, I realized how nice electric torque feels at low RPMs. My dream is to one day get one of the new 911 GTS E-hybrids.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/08/2026

Ya, a RAM/Sierra/F-series V8 sounds like shit. The LFA's V10 is magic though, as are some Ferrari V8s, most V12s, and a few Mustang V8s.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/08/2026

New car buyers aren't car guys. Car guys buy used cars (sometimes 3 years old, sometimes 30+ years old), and while they might have spent a lot, the assets they own don't depreciate that fast. A $50k 911 will still be worth $40-80k 10 years later, and a $2k project car will always be worth its parts.

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/08/2026

These are worth it. A Dodge Ram never is

Restomod 1984 Land Cruiser 110 that recently sold for $80k

2020 Lotus Emira that recently sold for $80k

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 14/08/2026

I get it for something cool like a Porsche, Rivian, Lotus, or a vintage Land Rover, but a V8 Pickup isn't special. You can get a 12-year-old V8 Toyota Tundra or Dodge Ram for <$10k if you really want one, and it'll drive like a new one for 12% of the cost

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David Pardo @woodhaus-co.com · 10/08/2026

As a former wildland firefighter, the problem is that most of the guys on a line crew are 18-24, so they're inherently susceptible to dumb information and very conscious of how they present to their crewmates.

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