Jenny Schuetz
@jennyschuetz.bsky.social
Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Political problems—like the housing shortage—can’t be solved without winning hearts & minds. New technology & financial engineering can’t substitute for the human labor intensive work of connecting with other people, building trust, building relationships. Sadly, there is no shortcut.
Ahhh, the Berkeley special. "Equality and inclusion, but not in a way that changes my neighborhood."
Does your community or organization have an exciting new policy, program, or approach to making housing more affordable & abundant? Tell your story at @yimby.town! Today's the deadline to submit proposals - we welcome creative formats, including posters & workshops. yimby.town
YIMBYtown 2026 | Raleigh, NC — Nov 17-19
YIMBYtown, the biggest national pro-homes conference in the country, is coming south to Raleigh, NC! Tickets are now available »
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DC friends, please be considerate of your fellow bus riders today. Wear deodorant.
Happy July 4th from Scotland! Thistles really do abound. And special shoutout to the wee fire truck that does just fine without requiring extra wide streets.
Making it easier to build homes of all shapes and sizes is good policy and good politics, on both sides of the aisle and all levels of government. Congress Clears Housing Bill, Cementing a Rare Bipartisan Feat www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
Congress Clears Housing Bill, Cementing a Rare Bipartisan Feat
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Housing friends! Has your community passed an exciting zoning reform? Are you experimenting with lower-cost ways to build homes of all shapes & sizes? Tell your story at YIMBYtown in Raleigh this November! Call for sessions closes on June 29: whova.com/call_for_spe...
Call for Proposals — YIMBYtown 2026 | Raleigh, NC
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Question on RCV strategies. Let's say >5 candidates are running for same role. I can rank 5 choices. 2 candidates are well known & most likely to win, others are essentially unknown. If the 2 best known include my 1st choice & last choice, how should I rank choices 2-5 (top choice obv gets #1)? Thx!
Tried a new NYT cooking recipe: jalapeño cheddar zucchini bread. Very chunky consistency (an entire shredded zucchini & handful of scallions), nice savory flavors. Good for snacking.
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...
Call for Papers: Pro-Housing State and Local Reforms | HUD USER
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To hell with passive voice headlines. Driver kills 80-year old crossing guard and injures 3 kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/n...
Crossing Guard Is Fatally Hit by Car in New Jersey While Escorting Children
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The simplified version of "how a bill becomes a law" that I learned in high school civics class in no way prepared me for the 50 idiosyncratic Rube Goldberg machines that constitute state legislative processes.
Begging NYC & NYS policymakers to please fix your underlying property tax system. Set assessed values at accurate market value across all property classes. Set reasonable homestead exemption to protect moderate-income homeowners. Update annually. Higher tax rate on land highly encouraged.
Come join my team! We're hiring an Analyst to join AV's housing team. This is a great opportunity for early-career folks interested in the pro-housing ecosystem to support philanthropic investments, advocacy, and policy engagement. Details below: www.arnoldventures.org/careers/infr...
Arnold Ventures | Infrastructure Analyst, Housing
Explore careers at Arnold Ventures and join teams working toward lasting, measurable change.
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Project Row Houses in Houston is the perfect combination of history, architecture, art, and community. Love.
"Raise taxes on wealthy older adults" is terrible politics but good policy. Property tax exemptions for older homeowners stem from good intentions but are actually regressive, because they reduce the availability of homes for younger, less wealthy renters. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
Opinion | Older Americans Are Hoarding America’s Potential
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This post in my neighborhood listserv fills me w/ delight: "I would literally love to see more MF across the street from me. Cities should change & grow, they are interesting places to be because they are dynamic. I think more folks should be able to join us in our wonderful neighborhood."
What’s better than a tax on “luxury” second homes? A tax on expensive land, not dependent on who owns it.
My neighborhood listserv having an absolute meltdown over whether DC’s new comp plan could allow laundromats & corner stores nearby. Friends, we do live in a city, not a suburban HOA. Corner stores are great! Laundromats are useful! Neighborhood serving retail is awesome!
Virginia took significant steps last month to expand the use of manufactured housing in the state. HB655, which passed on a broad bipartisan basis, requires localities to allow manufactured homes in any residential zone that permits site-built housing. 1/3
HB655 - 2026 Regular Session | LIS
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So many good audience questions! The housing policy wonk crowd takes research design very seriously (as we should).
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies@harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 4mo agoWATCH: In case you missed it, @jennyschuetz.bsky.social of @arnoldventures.bsky.social joined us last week to discuss the challenge of evaluating state pro-housing policies and strategies for generating more reliable analyses. www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/mea...
Easter baking: savory carrot cake. Basically health food. 🐰
Apartments are real homes. Renters are real neighbors. Don’t limit other people’s choices. And always read @resnikoff.bsky.social.
Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 4mo agoAgainst homeownership populism publiccomment.blog/p/against-ho...
Something I was not taught in policy school: legislative bill text bears little to no resemblance to policy design. Really, they're separate languages.
Come for the overview of state pro-housing policy, stay for the wonky research design challenges. If measurement error and endogeneity are some of your favorite words, this webinar is for you! (Said with deep affection.)
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies@harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis Friday, April 3: Since 2020, more than half of US states have new laws to spur smaller, lower-cost homes. But are these pro-housing policies working? @jennyschuetz.bsky.social joins us to unpack and discuss strategies for generating more reliable analyses. www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/mea...
Had a great conversation with @velshi.com about the tangible ways cities & states can make it easier to build homes of all shapes & sizes to make housing more affordable. Also love that Ali cited Yoni Appelbaum’s book Stuck (it’s so good)!
11th Hour with Ali Velshi@11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe solution to America’s housing crisis isn’t federal talking points, it's local reforms that actually build more affordable housing, says urban economist @jennyschuetz.bsky.social. This is about people “not being able to live in the communities where they work." #Velshi
Upzone (upFLUM) the heck out of every bus corridor, starting with 16th St. Add more high frequency bus lines. Rinse and repeat.
Alex Taliadoros@alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 5mo agoDC's Office of Planning released their *draft* Future Land Use Map earlier today. 🗺️: dc2050.dc.gov/pages/draft-... The map will be a big part of the city's next Comprehensive Plan rewrite, "DC 2050." What are your thoughts?
