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TEMPE YIMBY STATEMENT ON SB 1117 VOTE
Read more: TEMPE YIMBY STATEMENT ON SB 1117 VOTEWe are greatly disappointed by Monday’s vote in the Arizona Senate. We had hoped that our legislators were ready to get to work on finally dealing with our housing crisis after years of neglect and inaction. We thought that our senators might take heed of the example of other states who have dealt with the…
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Understanding How Supply & Demand Impact Housing Affordability
Read more: Understanding How Supply & Demand Impact Housing AffordabilityIn discussions surrounding housing affordability, the concept of supply and demand is often mentioned. You may have heard that zoning laws restrict the supply of housing, that state zoning bills will increase the supply, and that this new supply will lower prices. Basically, the more housing supply there is, the lower housing prices will be.…
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SB 1117: A Very Good Housing Bill
Read more: SB 1117: A Very Good Housing BillUPDATE 4/14: The Arizona Senate voted down SB 1117 last night, continuing a shameful pattern of inaction on the housing shortage. Read our statement on this here. Solving our housing crisis means making it easier to build more housing in places where people want to live. SB 1117 would be a major step towards this.…
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A look ahead at Arizona’s housing legislation
Read more: A look ahead at Arizona’s housing legislationFrom tenant protections to criminalizing homelessness, the Arizona legislature starts thinking about housing. The Arizona Legislature has started 2023 off with a bang, putting forward over twenty bills pledging to finally tackle one of the biggest issues in the state: housing. These bills propose a variety of solutions, such as investments in affordable housing and…
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Newsletter July 26, 2022
Read more: Newsletter July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Hello Neighbors, It has been 53~ weeks since we published our last weekly email, so we’ve learned our lesson and will not promise how frequently these emails will be. Our hope for the newsletter, like our hope for the new Tempe Streetcar, is that we can decrease the time between arrivals and…
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Weekly Update – August 8th, 2021
Read more: Weekly Update – August 8th, 2021Sunday August 8th, 2021 Strap in neighbors, this is a long one. As the first Tempe YIMBY newsletter, written during the precipice of an eviction crisis and multiple major federal and city initiatives, we have an unusually large amount to cover this week. Some of it will spill over in to next week, but here…
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2020 Tempe Election Endorsements
Read more: 2020 Tempe Election EndorsementsFOR COUNCIL: CASEY CLOWES Clowes was the obvious choice even before our straw poll. She is running for council on an explicitly urbanist platform. She looms over the field in terms of policy proposals and other candidates would do well to read over her blog posts and perhaps borrow a few ideas. She understands the…
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Tempe YIMBY Straw Poll Results
Read more: Tempe YIMBY Straw Poll ResultsSee the results of our Tempe election straw poll.
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Tempe Proposes Lower Speed Limits
Read more: Tempe Proposes Lower Speed LimitsThe City of Tempe has recently proposed lowering speed limits throughout the city as part of its Vision Zero plan. This plan seeks to achieve a reduction in fatal and serious crashes. The proposal would lower speed limits on most north Tempe arterial roads from 40 to 35 MPH with slightly lower limits on select…
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The Tempe Maker District
Read more: The Tempe Maker DistrictThe Tempe Maker District amendment proposes to re-zone the 600-acre area between Priest, Southern, Broadway, and the Kyrene train tracks. Despite the small area affected, the plan is a bold and necessary step for Tempe to meet its housing and industrial needs for the next 20 years. First, the specifics: The plan would rezone 70…
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