Molly Goodman 🏘️
@mollygoodman.bsky.social
Think before you speak, read before you think & if you can't explain it simply then you don't understand it well enough 🌇 @abundanthousingma.org
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This is a phenomenal example of how people advocating for the "character of the neighborhood" are often actually advocating to *change* the character to be less dense and more suburban. Which, if you go play with the city's n'hood GIS explorer, is what has happened all over Boston!
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a phenomenal example of how people advocating for the "character of the neighborhood" are often actually advocating to *change* the character to be less dense and more suburban. Which, if you go play with the city's n'hood GIS explorer, is what has happened all over Boston!
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An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities:
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
💪
We'll post a list sometime soon but in addition to all the D vs. R stories tonight, in basically every nonpartisan election in the country today, the more pro-housing candidate won.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities:
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
💪
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Lots of advice for Dems flying around, but here's a modest suggestion: how about more fulsomely embracing the one non-fascist people-powered movement that's actually succeeding?
An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities:
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
💪
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
💪
We'll post a list sometime soon but in addition to all the D vs. R stories tonight, in basically every nonpartisan election in the country today, the more pro-housing candidate won.
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Lots of advice for Dems flying around, but here's a modest suggestion: how about more fulsomely embracing the one non-fascist people-powered movement that's actually succeeding?
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Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
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Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
www.urban.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
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Lmao who are the special interests pushing single-stair reform? Small scale multifamily infill developers who don't exist yet?
NFPA responds to this Pew study showing modern multi-family housing is safer than detached houses with a column attacking single-stair reform.
Affordability arguments are "dubious" and pushed by "special interests" — citing high profits for… single-family homebuilders.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
Affordability arguments are "dubious" and pushed by "special interests" — citing high profits for… single-family homebuilders.
www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-a...
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Lmao who are the special interests pushing single-stair reform? Small scale multifamily infill developers who don't exist yet?
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🚨 BIG NEWS!!
Salem, MA voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new multi-family housing! So what does this mean for Salem? 🧵 (1/4)
bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...
Salem, MA voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new multi-family housing! So what does this mean for Salem? 🧵 (1/4)
bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...
Salem eliminates parking minimums for new development, in bid to make housing cheaper - The Boston Globe
Salem is the latest Greater Boston municipality to make such a move.
bostonglobe.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS!!
Salem, MA voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new multi-family housing! So what does this mean for Salem? 🧵 (1/4)
bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...
Salem, MA voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new multi-family housing! So what does this mean for Salem? 🧵 (1/4)
bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...
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Massachusetts needs more housing, not more roadblocks. 🏘️
Chip in today to help elect pro-housing champions:
secure.actblue.com/donate/abund...
#YIMBY #mapoli #AbundantHousing
Chip in today to help elect pro-housing champions:
secure.actblue.com/donate/abund...
#YIMBY #mapoli #AbundantHousing
Donate to Abundant Housing Massachusetts Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee
Show your support with a contribution.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Massachusetts needs more housing, not more roadblocks. 🏘️
Chip in today to help elect pro-housing champions:
secure.actblue.com/donate/abund...
#YIMBY #mapoli #AbundantHousing
Chip in today to help elect pro-housing champions:
secure.actblue.com/donate/abund...
#YIMBY #mapoli #AbundantHousing
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This November, city council races across Massachusetts will decide whether we build the housing our communities need — or keep falling behind.
That’s why we launched Abundant Housing MA IE PAC: to back pro-housing candidates and ensure champions win seats.
That’s why we launched Abundant Housing MA IE PAC: to back pro-housing candidates and ensure champions win seats.
September 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This November, city council races across Massachusetts will decide whether we build the housing our communities need — or keep falling behind.
That’s why we launched Abundant Housing MA IE PAC: to back pro-housing candidates and ensure champions win seats.
That’s why we launched Abundant Housing MA IE PAC: to back pro-housing candidates and ensure champions win seats.
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The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours
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ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.
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California is on track to lose Congressional seats. We are aging as a state—all because we aren’t building housing.
California should be a place where graduates, seniors, families and workers can afford to live and thrive. That will take building much more housing, much quicker.
California should be a place where graduates, seniors, families and workers can afford to live and thrive. That will take building much more housing, much quicker.
September 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
California is on track to lose Congressional seats. We are aging as a state—all because we aren’t building housing.
California should be a place where graduates, seniors, families and workers can afford to live and thrive. That will take building much more housing, much quicker.
California should be a place where graduates, seniors, families and workers can afford to live and thrive. That will take building much more housing, much quicker.
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It is only barely hyperbolic to say NIMBYism and the downstream effects of making affordable housing inaccessible are why Democrats have lost so much ground.
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It is only barely hyperbolic to say NIMBYism and the downstream effects of making affordable housing inaccessible are why Democrats have lost so much ground.
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A new state has joined the single-stair club: New Hampshire now allows four stories of multifamily, four units per floor, with a single stair. And it’s the cleanest code section there is – same conditions as for three stories. www.centerforbuilding.org/trackers?tra...
Center for Building in North America
The Center for Building is a non-profit that conducts research on building codes and advocates for reform in North America.
www.centerforbuilding.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A new state has joined the single-stair club: New Hampshire now allows four stories of multifamily, four units per floor, with a single stair. And it’s the cleanest code section there is – same conditions as for three stories. www.centerforbuilding.org/trackers?tra...
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I’ve helped co-moderate two City Council forums the past two nights. My general takeaway is that I’m at the point where I can’t support candidates, even ones I like personally, whose first instinct is No. As in No to new housing, No to bus lanes, etc. We have enough No in our city. We need more Yes.
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’ve helped co-moderate two City Council forums the past two nights. My general takeaway is that I’m at the point where I can’t support candidates, even ones I like personally, whose first instinct is No. As in No to new housing, No to bus lanes, etc. We have enough No in our city. We need more Yes.
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📢 The new State of the Nation’s Housing report from @harvard-jchs.bsky.social confirms housing costs are out of control.
MA must act NOW to legalize more housing & invest in homes that people can afford.
Check out @mollygoodman.bsky.social blog post ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/the-state-of...
MA must act NOW to legalize more housing & invest in homes that people can afford.
Check out @mollygoodman.bsky.social blog post ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/the-state-of...
The State of the Nation’s Housing: Why Massachusetts Needs Bold Action on Housing
www.abundanthousingma.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📢 The new State of the Nation’s Housing report from @harvard-jchs.bsky.social confirms housing costs are out of control.
MA must act NOW to legalize more housing & invest in homes that people can afford.
Check out @mollygoodman.bsky.social blog post ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/the-state-of...
MA must act NOW to legalize more housing & invest in homes that people can afford.
Check out @mollygoodman.bsky.social blog post ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/the-state-of...
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A recent poll found 22% of Massachusetts voters saw housing as the single biggest issue facing the state government.
@abundanthousingma.org @massincpolling.bsky.social
@abundanthousingma.org @massincpolling.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A recent poll found 22% of Massachusetts voters saw housing as the single biggest issue facing the state government.
@abundanthousingma.org @massincpolling.bsky.social
@abundanthousingma.org @massincpolling.bsky.social
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Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development."
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development
Voters strongly support land use policy changes that would make multifamily development easier in Massachusetts, according to a statewide survey commissioned by Abundant Housing Massachusetts (AHMA).
bankerandtradesman.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development."
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
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Good morning! New MPG poll out today, for @abundanthousingma.org, finds strong support for more housing, even at the local level.
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development
Voters strongly support land use policy changes that would make multifamily development easier in Massachusetts, according to a statewide survey commissioned by Abundant Housing Massachusetts (AHMA).
bankerandtradesman.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Good morning! New MPG poll out today, for @abundanthousingma.org, finds strong support for more housing, even at the local level.
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
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Big news for housing advocates: New polling shows strong, bipartisan support for more housing across Massachusetts—even when it means changes to neighborhood character or local control. The momentum is real, and it’s growing.
www.abundanthousingma.org/resources/20...
www.abundanthousingma.org/resources/20...
2025 Polling Results
New statewide poll finds that majorities of MA voters support building more homes compared to preserving neighborhood character
www.abundanthousingma.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Big news for housing advocates: New polling shows strong, bipartisan support for more housing across Massachusetts—even when it means changes to neighborhood character or local control. The momentum is real, and it’s growing.
www.abundanthousingma.org/resources/20...
www.abundanthousingma.org/resources/20...
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81% of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a recent
@massincpolling.bsky.social / @abundanthousingma.org poll support "state lawmakers passing a bill to make it easier to build more homes, and a greater variety of housing options, in Massachusetts."
@massincpolling.bsky.social / @abundanthousingma.org poll support "state lawmakers passing a bill to make it easier to build more homes, and a greater variety of housing options, in Massachusetts."
May 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
81% of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a recent
@massincpolling.bsky.social / @abundanthousingma.org poll support "state lawmakers passing a bill to make it easier to build more homes, and a greater variety of housing options, in Massachusetts."
@massincpolling.bsky.social / @abundanthousingma.org poll support "state lawmakers passing a bill to make it easier to build more homes, and a greater variety of housing options, in Massachusetts."
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"the coddling of the american conservative" would be such a good book
the extent to which conservatives are CODDLED in the academy in a way that no one else is. the coddling of the american conservative. and then when they have to face the same pressures as literally anyone else, how they scream and cry and sob about how unfair it all is.
yeah, I'm out of sympathy.
yeah, I'm out of sympathy.
April 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"the coddling of the american conservative" would be such a good book
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🚨2025-2026 Statewide Policy Agenda Alert!
We have developed our most ambitious and comprehensive policy agenda yet!
🏘️An Act to Promote Yes in My Back Yard
🏘️An Act to Study Single-Staircase Residential Buildings
🏘️An Act to Establish an ADU Trust Fund
www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-pr...
We have developed our most ambitious and comprehensive policy agenda yet!
🏘️An Act to Promote Yes in My Back Yard
🏘️An Act to Study Single-Staircase Residential Buildings
🏘️An Act to Establish an ADU Trust Fund
www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-pr...
2025-2026 Priorities
www.abundanthousingma.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨2025-2026 Statewide Policy Agenda Alert!
We have developed our most ambitious and comprehensive policy agenda yet!
🏘️An Act to Promote Yes in My Back Yard
🏘️An Act to Study Single-Staircase Residential Buildings
🏘️An Act to Establish an ADU Trust Fund
www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-pr...
We have developed our most ambitious and comprehensive policy agenda yet!
🏘️An Act to Promote Yes in My Back Yard
🏘️An Act to Study Single-Staircase Residential Buildings
🏘️An Act to Establish an ADU Trust Fund
www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-pr...
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The gerontocracy has real consequences: The House just passed their budget resolution -- a vote that would have likely failed if every Democratic seat was filled.
Remember: We've got three Dems missing -- one who's out from illness and two others from members who died in office.
Not great.
Remember: We've got three Dems missing -- one who's out from illness and two others from members who died in office.
Not great.
April 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The gerontocracy has real consequences: The House just passed their budget resolution -- a vote that would have likely failed if every Democratic seat was filled.
Remember: We've got three Dems missing -- one who's out from illness and two others from members who died in office.
Not great.
Remember: We've got three Dems missing -- one who's out from illness and two others from members who died in office.
Not great.