Josh Zakim
@joshzakimExecutive Director, @HousingFwdMA. Board @TheZakimFund. Affordable Housing Developer. Attorney. Former Boston City Councilor. USA Boxing Certified Coach.
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This is what happens when you actually let developers build housing. In Austin, rent has dropped 15% from its peak and buildings are offering multiple months FREE! 🤯
The Austin, TX rental market is collapsing before our eyes. With the median apartment rent dropping 15% over the last 2+ years. The vacancies have skyrocketed. Rental concessions are everywhere. Rents are now only 9.8% higher than pre-pandemic. Meaning that many Austin…
"The lot fit 9 McMansions. They built 44 small homes for locals instead" A great lesson out of New Hampshire on smart rezoning for affordable housing creation. #Housing #ZoningReform #AffordableHousing youtu.be/HI0yNaIAtDY?si…
New York City built more housing in the 1920s alone than it has built in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s COMBINED. Nobody alive knows what an actual urban housing boom looks like.
In NYC the real estate boom has raised rents as most new constructions are luxury buildings which incentivize existing landlords to raise their rent to the new average. planetizen.com/blogs/128443-u….
Great explanation of why it can be so hard to build new housing in our cities. This @nytimes summary focuses on the process in New York City, but the same challenges exist in Boston and other large cities. #ZoningReform #AffordableHousing #Housing nytimes.com/2024/11/14/nyr…
Do "landlords" profit by keeping vacancy higher? Common sense, science, math, and Econ 101 all say no. But conspiracy theorists say yes, so NMHC did a research paper on the topic. They found, not surprisingly, that higher vacancy is correlated with lesser rent growth. When…
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“Needham does not have enough housing, and we don’t have enough housing choices to allow our residents to be healthy & socially thriving.” - Select Board Vice Chair Frail Town Meeting voted 118-90 to approve an MBTA Communities rezoning that went above & beyond requirements.
Thank you to all the folks that came out to our Back Bay fall reception. #mapoli #bospoli @DAKevinHayden @RonDurk @ElectCartwright @joshzakim
A recent @WCVB / @UMassPoll survey of 700 Massachusetts residents found that 53% support "requiring cities & towns served by the MBTA to create zoning that allows for new multi-family housing." ...only 21% oppose it.
It's great to see so many cities & towns across the Commonwealth adopting MBTA Communities compliant multi-family zoning. New production is the only way to solve our #housing shortage and affordability crisis! #MaPoli #AffordableHousing housingforwardma.org/mapping-mbta-c…
Love to see headlines like this, rightfully framing the apartment supply surge's impact on rents.
How about ‘terrorist who killed Americans & Israelis’?
I am appalled that the @BostonGlobe would publish this antisemitic column by @leung Complaining that there are now too many Jews in leadership at Harvard. Disgusting. An apology & retraction would be appropriate, but I won’t be holding my breath… bostonglobe.com/2024/09/16/bus…
Great news! The @MassGovernor has approved 225 liquor licenses for your neighborhood! Expect new restaurants and bars in Hyde Park, Roxbury, Dorchester, East Boston, and more. Get ready for revitalized local spots, job growth, and a stronger economy. Cheers to new opportunities!
Amazing how much housing gets built when we remove artificial regulatory barriers. Just by allowing triple deckers as of right Somerville is dramatically lowering the price of housing! #ZoningReform #Housing #AffordableHousing bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…
As of 12 p.m. Boston Voters have cast 38,314 ballots. This includes all ballots scanned across the city and ballots counted at Central Tabulation in City Hall. You have until 8 p.m. to vote. For a list of precincts counted at Central Tabulation, visit ow.ly/uct650Tezkh
Vice President Harris is right: Hamas is an evil terrorist organization with American blood on its hands. Her strong statement and unwavering commitment to freeing the hostages is one that must be spread everywhere. Thank you, @VP, for your leadership.
Gee whiz! Supply-demand really is a thing 🤠 Look how far Austin, TX is on both multifamily units permitted vs rent growth YoY. The bigger question for us YIMBYs is how we convince a broader coalition of citizens of these facts.
In July, Trump held a commanding one-point lead over Joe Biden. Now, Kamala Harris holds a narrow four-point lead over Trump.
On Wednesday, 8/28 #YIMBYsForHarris will hear from State Rep. Andy Vargas @RepAndyVargas, who was a key advocate for the $5.16 billion MA Affordable Homes Act, including 49 policy reforms to make building homes easier in the Commonwealth. 🎉 Register @ yimbysforharris.com
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