Paavo Monkkonen
@elpaavo.bsky.social
Housing scholar - California, Mexico, France, Hong Kong
This never gets old. maybe it’s one of the reasons for Finnish happiness rankings?
Ina Hallström@killedbyproxy.bsky.social · 6mo agoLove the fact that Finland has income-based speeding tickets. The richest man in Åland was just fined €120,000 for going 58 km/h in a 30 km/h zone.
Big news… A new LA Times poll just dropped and we’re the top challenger in the race. Even though we’ve only been running for a few weeks, our movement is clearly resonating across the city. Please donate and volunteer so we can win a city that works for everyone! linktr.ee/NithyaForMayor
glad to see @ternerhousing.bsky.social bringing attention to the latest f$^&ed up federal policy ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/pathway...
Pathways to Support Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Receiving Federal Housing Assistance - Terner Center
Introduction Recent and potential actions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could harm thousands of mixed-status immigrant families receiving federal housing assistance. Mi...
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nice multifamily at the end of the rainbow, though the building’s name is a little odd
Excited to ride the T6 this summer!
Marco Chitti@chittimarco.bsky.social · 8mo agoToday T6 Nord tramway opened in Lyon. The project isn't very big (just 5.5 km) but the timeline is just impressive: the project was launched in 2020, 3 years for planning, design, public consultation, permitting and contracting and less than 3 years for construction. youtu.be/XiJesxVJXFo?...
under appreciated frank Lloyd wright building in Beverly Hills, feels kinda fun down in spite of the Givenchy touch
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
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CA's housing crisis persists despite incremental reforms. With UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab, Paavo Monkkonen outlines a comprehensive approach to achieve housing abundance and "change the cultural imagination of what CA homeownership looks like." 🔗🏠 possibilitylab.berke...
also a major problem in California‘s statewide housing planning process… it’s funny because the idea of having plans with different levels of specificity ‘makes sense’ when the general plan is for a large urban region and zoning is for a small area within it, but most US cities do not need both
Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · 9mo agoIt’s wild that we spend years, with significant community engagement, to draft comprehensive plans, and we don’t automatically update zoning codes to match those plans. Instead, American planners often need to restart years of new battles to change zoning. This system has so many veto points
first time seeing Marina Central Park promo from @streetsforall.org this is so cool, let's do it! www.marinacentralpark.com
Marina Central Park
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Has anyone tried to compare the pace / rate of implementation of bike infra plans in California?
Early reyes for me, this book on Carlos Contreras is hitting the spot - he brought US planning ideas to Mexico in the 1920s…
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Lucas Haasis@lhaasis.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhat secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf... #earlymodern #history
New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
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Y’all see any new interesting housing / urban research lately? this one looks great helena-pedrotti.github.io/assets/docs/...
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Parabens to the Fundacao Joao Pinheiro! panel is on now, here’s the English feed: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7x...
(tradução) 2º dia - Seminário internacional 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no Brasil
YouTube video by Fundação João Pinheiro Oficial
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Most famous person to pass beyond the veil in Santa Monica ? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Before Bad Bunny, the World Had Juan Gabriel
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with everything going on, don't you want to zoom to a conference in Belo Horizonte tomorrow morning at 8:45 PST to hear some housing nerds talk about vacancy and deficits? fjp.mg.gov.br/seminario-in...
Seminário Internacional – 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no Brasil |
Referência nacional em estudos e pesquisas sobre gestão pública e desenvolvimento social, a Fundação João Pinheiro irá promover o Seminário Internacional 30 anos da Pesquisa Déficit Habitacional no Brasil nos dias 11 e 12 de novembro/2025, no Auditório do BDMG,…
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