Emily Hamilton
@ebwhamilton.bsky.social
Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
In the 2000s, a proto-YIMBY bill would have prevented Texas localities from mandating HOAs in new subdivisions.
From Beyond Privateopia
From Beyond Privateopia
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In the 2000s, a proto-YIMBY bill would have prevented Texas localities from mandating HOAs in new subdivisions.
From Beyond Privateopia
From Beyond Privateopia
At the same time, the share of adults living with their parents has increased big time. For some of these people this is a happy choice, but for many others, this living situation reflects difficulties they're having pursuing their personal and professional ambitions.
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At the same time, the share of adults living with their parents has increased big time. For some of these people this is a happy choice, but for many others, this living situation reflects difficulties they're having pursuing their personal and professional ambitions.
Because this skew has met declining household sizes, the country now has a real abundance of units with lots of bedrooms compared to households with lots of people:
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Because this skew has met declining household sizes, the country now has a real abundance of units with lots of bedrooms compared to households with lots of people:
It’s always interesting to me that this nazi aesthetic had a little moment in post-WWII DC
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It’s always interesting to me that this nazi aesthetic had a little moment in post-WWII DC
I have the trick or treater most likely to fret about the safety of new multifamily housing on a video call while driving a car
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have the trick or treater most likely to fret about the safety of new multifamily housing on a video call while driving a car
Ok woah woah woah. I will not allow my thread to be a platform for pumpkin slander, especially not in the month of October. I support unconstitutional exactions, specifically for the sake of Yayoi Kusama pumpkins everywhere.
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ok woah woah woah. I will not allow my thread to be a platform for pumpkin slander, especially not in the month of October. I support unconstitutional exactions, specifically for the sake of Yayoi Kusama pumpkins everywhere.
The ways that Texas NIMBYs are finding to make apartments more expensive to build are are funnier than what coastal NIMBYs come up with reason.com/2025/10/14/t...
by @christianb.bsky.social
by @christianb.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The ways that Texas NIMBYs are finding to make apartments more expensive to build are are funnier than what coastal NIMBYs come up with reason.com/2025/10/14/t...
by @christianb.bsky.social
by @christianb.bsky.social
Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
I love Jon Klassen! We Found a Hat is probably in my top 10 picture books.
And another great hat, iykyk
And another great hat, iykyk
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I love Jon Klassen! We Found a Hat is probably in my top 10 picture books.
And another great hat, iykyk
And another great hat, iykyk
There's lots of cool survey data in @bobbyfijan.bsky.social and @lymanstoneky.bsky.social's new report on family-friendly apartments. Most surprising to me is the parents do not place a huge premium on a short commute compared to non-parents. ifstudies.org/report-brief...
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There's lots of cool survey data in @bobbyfijan.bsky.social and @lymanstoneky.bsky.social's new report on family-friendly apartments. Most surprising to me is the parents do not place a huge premium on a short commute compared to non-parents. ifstudies.org/report-brief...
✨ Topical Zoning Trivia ✨
Quantico has a zoning ordinance, but they don't publish a zoning map, and after multiple requests to the locality we weren't able to get our hands on it. So it's a little hole in the National Zoning Atlas: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
Quantico has a zoning ordinance, but they don't publish a zoning map, and after multiple requests to the locality we weren't able to get our hands on it. So it's a little hole in the National Zoning Atlas: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
✨ Topical Zoning Trivia ✨
Quantico has a zoning ordinance, but they don't publish a zoning map, and after multiple requests to the locality we weren't able to get our hands on it. So it's a little hole in the National Zoning Atlas: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
Quantico has a zoning ordinance, but they don't publish a zoning map, and after multiple requests to the locality we weren't able to get our hands on it. So it's a little hole in the National Zoning Atlas: www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
Even Lowly Worm notices that firefighters will take any excuse to tear down a door
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Even Lowly Worm notices that firefighters will take any excuse to tear down a door
What movie do you consider “perfect?”
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What movie do you consider “perfect?”
Late Night Infill Friday.
I just learned about this YIGBY project, an LDS church with a large meetinghouse space plus 342 apartments in Crystal City.
I just learned about this YIGBY project, an LDS church with a large meetinghouse space plus 342 apartments in Crystal City.
September 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Late Night Infill Friday.
I just learned about this YIGBY project, an LDS church with a large meetinghouse space plus 342 apartments in Crystal City.
I just learned about this YIGBY project, an LDS church with a large meetinghouse space plus 342 apartments in Crystal City.
This is a fun little read for people who are interested in the intersection of free range kids and the built environment. But wow, this take that phones would help get kids away from TVs did not age well
September 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is a fun little read for people who are interested in the intersection of free range kids and the built environment. But wow, this take that phones would help get kids away from TVs did not age well
Infill Friday.
About 30 apartments are almost done at the site of my former rowhouse and four of its neighbors in NE DC. Exterior second stairs are a common thing for midrise infill in DC.
About 30 apartments are almost done at the site of my former rowhouse and four of its neighbors in NE DC. Exterior second stairs are a common thing for midrise infill in DC.
September 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Infill Friday.
About 30 apartments are almost done at the site of my former rowhouse and four of its neighbors in NE DC. Exterior second stairs are a common thing for midrise infill in DC.
About 30 apartments are almost done at the site of my former rowhouse and four of its neighbors in NE DC. Exterior second stairs are a common thing for midrise infill in DC.
Great piece on the intersection of housing, demographics, and schools in Australian cities by Katie Roberts-Hull.
What's worse for neighborhood incumbents than school crowding? School closures.
inflectionpoints.work/articles/the...
What's worse for neighborhood incumbents than school crowding? School closures.
inflectionpoints.work/articles/the...
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great piece on the intersection of housing, demographics, and schools in Australian cities by Katie Roberts-Hull.
What's worse for neighborhood incumbents than school crowding? School closures.
inflectionpoints.work/articles/the...
What's worse for neighborhood incumbents than school crowding? School closures.
inflectionpoints.work/articles/the...
Found some material for Illinois’ banned books list @isanobody.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Found some material for Illinois’ banned books list @isanobody.bsky.social
I think the commonwealth desperately needs procedural simplification to help upzoning stick in addition to the legal perseverance @profschleich.bsky.social recommends: www.theargumentmag.com/p/yimbys-bea...
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I think the commonwealth desperately needs procedural simplification to help upzoning stick in addition to the legal perseverance @profschleich.bsky.social recommends: www.theargumentmag.com/p/yimbys-bea...
Great post from @kevinerdmann.bsky.social on the postwar downzonings that made the first round of zoning look super permissive. Bluesky hasn’t seen enough of this chart. kevinerdmann.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Great post from @kevinerdmann.bsky.social on the postwar downzonings that made the first round of zoning look super permissive. Bluesky hasn’t seen enough of this chart. kevinerdmann.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
This post about my new ADU policy brief with Kol Peterson includes an image file with the complete data on how state policies vary: marketurbanism.com/2025/08/29/s...
August 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This post about my new ADU policy brief with Kol Peterson includes an image file with the complete data on how state policies vary: marketurbanism.com/2025/08/29/s...
One of the big selling points of model building codes is that they can lead to uniform rules across the country. But this doesn’t work when almost every state/locality wants to put their own spin on things.
This was one cause leading to a preemptive federal building code for manufactured housing.
This was one cause leading to a preemptive federal building code for manufactured housing.
August 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One of the big selling points of model building codes is that they can lead to uniform rules across the country. But this doesn’t work when almost every state/locality wants to put their own spin on things.
This was one cause leading to a preemptive federal building code for manufactured housing.
This was one cause leading to a preemptive federal building code for manufactured housing.
That's where our new analysis comes in, looking at state ADU policy with respect to things like setback requirements, height limits, utility hook ups, impact fees, and condoization.
August 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
That's where our new analysis comes in, looking at state ADU policy with respect to things like setback requirements, height limits, utility hook ups, impact fees, and condoization.