Blake Harper
@1kdne.bsky.social
Property management & real estate investment
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tell me you don't know anything about factory built housing
'Drive down the costs of construction by scaling up factory-built homes'
yikes
'Drive down the costs of construction by scaling up factory-built homes'
yikes
Center for American Progress Housing Plan:
Take down barriers that make it harder to build homes.
Build more affordable homes at a lower cost.
Protect consumers and lower other housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org/article/buil...
Take down barriers that make it harder to build homes.
Build more affordable homes at a lower cost.
Protect consumers and lower other housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org/article/buil...
Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All
CAP’s plan would focus federal efforts on building homes and lower housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
tell me you don't know anything about factory built housing
'Drive down the costs of construction by scaling up factory-built homes'
yikes
'Drive down the costs of construction by scaling up factory-built homes'
yikes
Did they eat all the cats and dogs already?
Trump admin says beef prices could hit $10 per pound because of migrants
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed rising beef prices are tied to cattle disease spreading through “mass immigration.”
www.newsweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Did they eat all the cats and dogs already?
Why stop at 50?
The monthly payments on a 3,000 year mortgage are very manageable.
The monthly payments on a 3,000 year mortgage are very manageable.
i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Why stop at 50?
The monthly payments on a 3,000 year mortgage are very manageable.
The monthly payments on a 3,000 year mortgage are very manageable.
Your turn, @repconklin.bsky.social and @reptakac.com
Pennsylvania needs…
More Housing.
All Types.
Everywhere.
Pennsylvania needs…
More Housing.
All Types.
Everywhere.
Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress?
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Your turn, @repconklin.bsky.social and @reptakac.com
Pennsylvania needs…
More Housing.
All Types.
Everywhere.
Pennsylvania needs…
More Housing.
All Types.
Everywhere.
Meanwhile, the US is tackling neither issue
Good to see an academic paper linking tackling the housing crisis with tackling the climate crisis. Both the EU & UK currently addressing them as separate issues - in the main - at present. www.bruegel.org/analysis/sol...
The solution to Europe’s housing affordability crisis must include building decarbonisation
The EU can help tackle Europe’s housing crisis by reducing energy costs, decarbonising buildings and adhering to climate goals
www.bruegel.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Meanwhile, the US is tackling neither issue
I'm the demented demographic for this pseudoscience bullshit
Why are England players wearing ‘mind-altering’ shoes? — The Athletic
The concept of searching for marginal gains in elite sport is nothing new
apple.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm the demented demographic for this pseudoscience bullshit
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
-Frank Wilhoit, Wilhoit's Law
-Frank Wilhoit, Wilhoit's Law
They’re the words of someone far smarter than I…
I’d gladly credit them, but don’t recall where I heard it
I’d gladly credit them, but don’t recall where I heard it
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
-Frank Wilhoit, Wilhoit's Law
-Frank Wilhoit, Wilhoit's Law
Do you accept commissions, @dullboydraws.com?
For example, if I wanted to hire you to draw a cartoon avatar of me?
For example, if I wanted to hire you to draw a cartoon avatar of me?
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Do you accept commissions, @dullboydraws.com?
For example, if I wanted to hire you to draw a cartoon avatar of me?
For example, if I wanted to hire you to draw a cartoon avatar of me?
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Deporting millions of undocumented immigrants who have built lives in America (a) is morally indefensible, and (b) will probably make the housing shortage *worse* because so much of the construction workforce is undocumented.
everyone keeps dancing around it but JD Vance keeps trotting out the “immigrants are taking our housing“ because it’s a nativist blood libel he’s engineering alongside eg “they eat our pets” but, more specifically, it is to legitimize the dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The "pro-life" and "Christian" party, y'all
“All are disabled — a condition of the aid — and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.”
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The "pro-life" and "Christian" party, y'all
Calling on you, State College Public Works
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Calling on you, State College Public Works
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
The same is true for zoning reform.
The same is true for zoning reform.
If a previous council had updated zoning to allow more building years ago, the increased assessed value could reduce the need to raise taxes now, but that didn’t happen and we can’t change the past. We can work towards a better future by updating our zoning as soon as possible though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
The same is true for zoning reform.
The same is true for zoning reform.
Your turn, State College
Spokane has been killing it with housing reforms:
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Your turn, State College
Uncle Fester (D-PA) is the worst senator.
Pennsylvania deserves a betterman.
Pennsylvania deserves a betterman.
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Uncle Fester (D-PA) is the worst senator.
Pennsylvania deserves a betterman.
Pennsylvania deserves a betterman.
Fact check from a housing provider: TRUE
Some SNAP recipients say they have to choose between rent and food amid halt in benefits
Some Americans who saw their SNAP benefits halt on Nov. 1 say they have to choose between paying their rent and buying food.
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Fact check from a housing provider: TRUE
I 💚 Sandwich Guy
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I 💚 Sandwich Guy
"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
A new peace prize will be awarded at the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5 that recognizes "exceptional actions for peace and unity," soccer's international governing body FIFA announced today.
Trump teased as possible first FIFA Peace Prize winner
"On the 5th of December, you will see" who wins at the World Cup draw in D.C., Trump ally and FIFA president Gianni Infantino said.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
Too bad the sun never shines in the USA
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Too bad the sun never shines in the USA
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."
-Herman Melville (attributed)
-Herman Melville (attributed)
"What should poor people be allowed to eat?" seems to be a burning question for those who aren't poor, have never been poor, and can afford to eat what they like, but want to keep poor people from eating anything that tastes really good. "No fresh meat," said Iowa, a few years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."
-Herman Melville (attributed)
-Herman Melville (attributed)
"People that homeschool their kids should never be considered as candidates for seats on public school boards"
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"People that homeschool their kids should never be considered as candidates for seats on public school boards"
Reposted by Blake Harper
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Every parking lot in the US should be covered with solar wings
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Every parking lot in the US should be covered with solar wings