How can YIMBYs more effectively advocate for housing? @cselmendorf.bsky.social's advice: make it about building more communities you love, not just building housing. Shoutout to @createstreets.bsky.social, @lci-la.bsky.social and @urbancourtyard.bsky.social for their work!

"Builder's remedy" is a little-known mechanism where, if a city isn't complying with state housing laws, builders don't have to comply with the city's zoning. Then @cselmendorf.bsky.social made a viral 2019 thread about it that sparked a California building revolution.

Drug prices are a hot topic, but they're 14% of health care expenditures and pay for themselves. What else can we do to reduce the price of healthcare? Target other, hidden costs, like hospital or procedure costs, that don't sustain the cost of innovation.

Health Care Costs and Drug Prices

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In health policy reform, we focus on the end: how do we get drugs to market? We don't think about the beginning: how do we get more breakthroughs into the pipeline? Abundance is the answer. Prioritize experimentation and testing more drugs, instead of putting up barriers to clinical trials.

A New Way to Think About Drug Development

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Abundance, but for research? New drugs are taking a long time to reach the market, in part because of how long clinical trials take. @ruxandrabio.bsky.social explains Australia's model, which makes early clinical trials easier and how it's leading everyone to move their trials there.

Abundance, But Make It ~Science~

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The problem with sustainability is that you'll never make the perfect choice, just better ones. The two biggest impacts you can have? Eating less beef and wasting less food.

Sustainable Choices

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Photosynthesis: a billions-old process that's actually kinda inefficient. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social discusses researchers at @uofilsystem.bsky.social's efforts to improve the process with AI, potentially increasing crop yields up to 50% in 20 years and how it could save our farming future.

@mikegrunwald.bsky.social explains why factory farms might be better for the environment. Of course, they're not a perfect solution, but with 40% of the Earth's land dedicated to agriculture, we need to figure out how to produce more crops with less land, and factory farms are pretty good at it.

"Bad answers beat no answers." Donald Trump is an example of that. We can't hold back new policies because they don't perfectly align with everything we want. We have to be laser-focused on delivering results.

Bad Answers Beat No Answers

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The Biden administration's fatal flaw was taking too long to deliver results, and that showed in the election results. For government to be effective, it must also be responsive, and that means delivering on quicker timelines.

Democrats Can't Keep Making This Mistake

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Governing isn’t about ideology. It’s about solving problems. Neera Tanden, president and CEO of @americanprogress.bsky.social, dives into her tenure during the Biden administration and what worked and what didn't.

In a supply-constrained market, 50-year mortgages won't solve the issue. In fact, they might make things worse. For an average of $100 in savings, assuming you have the same interest rate (and you very well might not!), you lose out on building equity. Michael Negron's verdict: gimmick.

50-Year Mortgages: Gimmick or Solution?

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The rent is too damn high. And for renters in buildings with property management software, it's even higher by about $800. The DOJ has filed a class action against RealPage, alleging that their way of setting rent is a form of price fixing.

Let's get rid of red tape around affordable housing, starting with the requirement for a steel chassis at the bottom of a manufactured home. This outdated HUD rule allows a home to be moved, but most homes are not moved these days. Michael Negron discusses this and more on our new episode, out now!

If people like a policy, it sticks around. If people don't know about it, it expires. We need to account for popularity when designing public policy to ensure it keeps working like it's supposed to.

How do we enact real, progressive change? Get a supermajority in the Senate. Adam Jentleson is talking 55, 56 votes, not a slim majority that could die with just one person refusing to vote yes. youtube.com/shorts/MtN37...

The Senate is the Key to Change

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What if residents got paid when their city actually built homes? We talked with @adamjentleson.bsky.social of Searchlight Institute about “growth dividends” and why incentives beat lectures in housing politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6y-...

The “Growth Dividend” Idea That Could Unlock Housing Everywhere

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If you build it, they will come...sit in hours in traffic. Jake Berman explains why induced demand means that we can never build enough lanes for cars to solve the gridlock problem.

Transit will only compete with cars if we design it to. If we prioritize single-occupancy vehicles over 50 people on a bus, the choice is made for us.

Good Transit Is About Good Infrastructure

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Fixed budgets. Public buy-in. Clear plans. Infrastructure works better when the order is right. Jake Berman discusses the difference between Europe and America's transit systems and more on our newest episode, out now!

Almost every state is facing a housing crisis due to the failure to build more housing fast enough, driving up affordability and costs. Rep. Josh Harder dives into the bipartisan effort aimed at solving this problem.

Are reading prodigies born or made? Rep. Josh Harder makes the case for a book every parent should read: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. The abundance movement—and the success of democracy in general—depends on a literate and educated population.

"People are unbelievably cynical that life can get better." Rep. Josh Harder discusses a sea change in young people's views and how it's driving current efforts in housing legislation.

The quietest housing bill in Congress might actually create more than a million new homes. It has bipartisan support. It passed the Senate unanimously. Almost no one is talking about it. We sat down with Rep. Josh Harder to unpack what is happening and why it matters. youtu.be/KNggit1kon0

The Quiet Bipartisan Bill That Could Change Everything

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When a Congressman drops his reading list, you know it's gonna be good 📚 @repauchincloss.bsky.social recommends: • "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett (1st cognitive leap was dopamine for steering) • "The Origin of Efficiency" by Brian Potter (about lightbulb manufacturing)

Spicy take from @repauchincloss.bsky.social: "I don't use the term abundance" His argument: "Walk into Costco—tons of stuff. The problem is housing, healthcare, and utilities have cost disease and are suffocating the middle class. More isn't the answer. Curing the Baumol effect is."

Congressman's Hot Take: Why He Hates 'Abundance' (Controversial)

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"We're gonna sell basically a future stake in the upcoming tax haul to fund the transit that makes that land valuable, bootstrapping the infrastructure" On Ep. 7, @repauchincloss.bsky.social on how do you finance a new city? Where do you build it? Can America even do this? youtu.be/D9h98CrKrCM

Could building NEW cities be easier than fixing old ones?

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Our current obsessions: @amypoehler.bsky.social's podcast, Good Hang, and @amandalitman.bsky.social's book, When We're in Charge. Check out the full interview with the @runforsomething.net cofounder here: youtu.be/Y6wMoRyZBEQ

@amandalitman.bsky.social's hot take: every Democrat over the age of 70 should make this their last term. Full interview with the cofounder of @runforsomething.net out now! youtube.com/shorts/BjCqH...

No more geriatric politicians

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@amandalitman.bsky.social's hot take: every Democrat over the age of 70 should make this their last term. Full interview with the cofounder of @runforsomething.net out now! youtube.com/shorts/BjCqH...

No more geriatric politicians

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