DC YIMBYs
@dcyimbys.bsky.social
Washingtonians for a more affordable, accessible city. Follow along for commentary on DC land use.
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Our December happy hour is coming up, featuring the one and only @justineunderhill.bsky.social!
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Interesting paper from AEI promoting "light touch density" in DC. A strong case for a simple concept - allow duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes everywhere in DC!
It would boost homeownership and allow more starter homes in exclusionary, high-opportunity neighborhoods.
bsky.app/profile/ggwa...
It would boost homeownership and allow more starter homes in exclusionary, high-opportunity neighborhoods.
bsky.app/profile/ggwa...
Greater Greater Washington (@ggwash.org)
It would only take a light touch to light the way for more homes in the District’s lowest-density neighborhoods.…
bsky.app
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Interesting paper from AEI promoting "light touch density" in DC. A strong case for a simple concept - allow duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes everywhere in DC!
It would boost homeownership and allow more starter homes in exclusionary, high-opportunity neighborhoods.
bsky.app/profile/ggwa...
It would boost homeownership and allow more starter homes in exclusionary, high-opportunity neighborhoods.
bsky.app/profile/ggwa...
Genuinely so excited for our next happy hour!
For those not familiar, our guest, Justine Underhill, has a fantastic urbanism-focused YouTube channel. Here's one really good video to get you started: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...
For those not familiar, our guest, Justine Underhill, has a fantastic urbanism-focused YouTube channel. Here's one really good video to get you started: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...
DC YIMBYs (@dcyimbys.bsky.social)
Our December happy hour is coming up, featuring the one and only @justineunderhill.bsky.social! Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Genuinely so excited for our next happy hour!
For those not familiar, our guest, Justine Underhill, has a fantastic urbanism-focused YouTube channel. Here's one really good video to get you started: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...
For those not familiar, our guest, Justine Underhill, has a fantastic urbanism-focused YouTube channel. Here's one really good video to get you started: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...
Our Neighbor to the North is eating our lunch when it comes to allowing new homes. They got rid of parking mandates and are poised to eliminate exclusionary zoning, too! Will @OPinDC draft a comp plan anything close to what Baltimore has been passing?
archive.is/qXdY0
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our Neighbor to the North is eating our lunch when it comes to allowing new homes. They got rid of parking mandates and are poised to eliminate exclusionary zoning, too! Will @OPinDC draft a comp plan anything close to what Baltimore has been passing?
archive.is/qXdY0
archive.is/qXdY0
Our December happy hour is coming up, featuring the one and only @justineunderhill.bsky.social!
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Our December happy hour is coming up, featuring the one and only @justineunderhill.bsky.social!
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Come join us for a great presentation from a local elected official about housing, urbanism, and the systems that shape our lives.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Good work by GGWash digging into the written and verbal comments on the Chevy Chase Civic Center to find that there's significant support for more housing on the site.
61% of written comments to DMPED that had an opinion on housing supported it!
61% of written comments to DMPED that had an opinion on housing supported it!
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Good work by GGWash digging into the written and verbal comments on the Chevy Chase Civic Center to find that there's significant support for more housing on the site.
61% of written comments to DMPED that had an opinion on housing supported it!
61% of written comments to DMPED that had an opinion on housing supported it!
This is some great reporting from @wcp.bsky.social, and it's awful we're losing $35M in affordable housing credits because of agency dysfunction.
But can anyone explain the issue being described here? Do we lose the 2020 credits or something?
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
But can anyone explain the issue being described here? Do we lose the 2020 credits or something?
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is some great reporting from @wcp.bsky.social, and it's awful we're losing $35M in affordable housing credits because of agency dysfunction.
But can anyone explain the issue being described here? Do we lose the 2020 credits or something?
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
But can anyone explain the issue being described here? Do we lose the 2020 credits or something?
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7742...
Great turnout for our Cleveland Park walking tour! Wonderful seeing everyone and talking about housing in Ward 3.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great turnout for our Cleveland Park walking tour! Wonderful seeing everyone and talking about housing in Ward 3.
Our Cleveland Park walking tour is Saturday! Come join us!
How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.?
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
Plus, plug into mutual aid, or learn jiu jitsu for a cause.
51st.news
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Our Cleveland Park walking tour is Saturday! Come join us!
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How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.?
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
Plus, plug into mutual aid, or learn jiu jitsu for a cause.
51st.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.?
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Our picks this week:
🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights
🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social
🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour
✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive
Cleveland Park walking tour this Saturday!
Join ANC Commissioner Jay Bose to see what the neighborhood could become with more housing. You'll also learn about the historical context of Ward 3 and why it has struggled (refused) to build.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Join ANC Commissioner Jay Bose to see what the neighborhood could become with more housing. You'll also learn about the historical context of Ward 3 and why it has struggled (refused) to build.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
DC YIMBYs Presents: Cleveland Park Walking Tour
Have you always wondered what life in D.C. is like north of Dupont Circle? This fall, the D.C. Zoning Commission is considering upzoning both Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue and potentially ...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Cleveland Park walking tour this Saturday!
Join ANC Commissioner Jay Bose to see what the neighborhood could become with more housing. You'll also learn about the historical context of Ward 3 and why it has struggled (refused) to build.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Join ANC Commissioner Jay Bose to see what the neighborhood could become with more housing. You'll also learn about the historical context of Ward 3 and why it has struggled (refused) to build.
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
Hard to overstate what a disaster this would be for DC. The way to solve the housing shortage is to build more housing, and this proposal would kill any new home production.
NEWS: D.C. activists are proposing a new ballot initiative that, if approved by voters, would impose a two-year rent freeze in the city (and again when inflation was high), impose a stricter income cap for affordable housing, and more.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hard to overstate what a disaster this would be for DC. The way to solve the housing shortage is to build more housing, and this proposal would kill any new home production.
This article is specifically about NYC, but DC also often requires special one-off zoning exemptions for apartments, which drives costs and kills housing
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This article is specifically about NYC, but DC also often requires special one-off zoning exemptions for apartments, which drives costs and kills housing
I HATE YIMBY Halloween.
What do you mean you're SB69!?
What do you mean you're SB69!?
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I HATE YIMBY Halloween.
What do you mean you're SB69!?
What do you mean you're SB69!?
Going through some of the letters submitted on the omnibus amendment (allows more in-law suites and other things). These stories show exactly why we need to build more homes in DC.
Want to help? Add your story by sending the letter below!
Want to help? Add your story by sending the letter below!
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Going through some of the letters submitted on the omnibus amendment (allows more in-law suites and other things). These stories show exactly why we need to build more homes in DC.
Want to help? Add your story by sending the letter below!
Want to help? Add your story by sending the letter below!
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Interesting: Today @mayorbowser.dc.gov is cutting the ribbon on an affordable senior housing development in Friendship Heights, the first project west of Rock Creek Park built with funds from the Housing Production Trust Fund, the city's main tool for financing affordable housing.
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Interesting: Today @mayorbowser.dc.gov is cutting the ribbon on an affordable senior housing development in Friendship Heights, the first project west of Rock Creek Park built with funds from the Housing Production Trust Fund, the city's main tool for financing affordable housing.
So many of our institutions are just blind to the housing crisis
IBC-G committee just voted to approve G143-25, which will – if ultimately approved (and most things are) – ban windowless bedrooms in apartment in the 2027 IBC. It was a close one and the chair had to break the tie. As written, it would apply to rehabs of existing buildings, not just new ones.
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So many of our institutions are just blind to the housing crisis
Huge win! Thanks to everyone who rallied neighbors, sent in letters, and testified to make this happen. A more vibrant DC is possible!
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Huge win! Thanks to everyone who rallied neighbors, sent in letters, and testified to make this happen. A more vibrant DC is possible!
Simply elasticize the housing stock
This really is it. If you live in a metro area with an inelastic housing stock you will see no benefit from low unemployment and higher wages, you'll just see higher housing prices. No progressive economic project can work until housing is fixed.
I am stubborn I still think Bidenomics was correct and it worked! People experienced lifestyle creep and depression, and/or lived in NYC where housing costs genuinely got untethered for completely separate reasons!
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Simply elasticize the housing stock
Check out these beautiful alley homes off U St!
If you think we should build more of these, sign our letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
If you think we should build more of these, sign our letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Check out these beautiful alley homes off U St!
If you think we should build more of these, sign our letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
If you think we should build more of these, sign our letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...
Can't wait to see everyone this evening!
Reminder we have a happy hour coming up this Wednesday, October 22. Come hang out and learn what we have going on!
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can't wait to see everyone this evening!
Baltimore eliminated parking requirements last night we really need to get our shit together
The Spaces for People act passed to third reader last night without any harmful amendments!
baltimore.legistar.com/LegislationD...
baltimore.legistar.com/LegislationD...
City of Baltimore - File #: 25-0065
Title: Zoning – Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements
FOR the purpose of repealing requirements for providing a minimum number of off-street parking spaces per use type; setting certain parki...
baltimore.legistar.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Baltimore eliminated parking requirements last night we really need to get our shit together
"Change the building code to allow more apartments with windows on multiple sides" is definitely better than my typical pitch on single stair.
"sunlight suite" is great branding we should all be plagiarizing
I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Change the building code to allow more apartments with windows on multiple sides" is definitely better than my typical pitch on single stair.
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"sunlight suite" is great branding we should all be plagiarizing
I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"sunlight suite" is great branding we should all be plagiarizing
Genuinely an absolute disaster. We're going to feel it in prices in the next few years. We need to allow a lot more building in the comp plan and reduce cost/delays from zoning/permitting to counteract the interest rate environment.
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Genuinely an absolute disaster. We're going to feel it in prices in the next few years. We need to allow a lot more building in the comp plan and reduce cost/delays from zoning/permitting to counteract the interest rate environment.