Lily Wu’s Post

San Diego's housing crisis is more than just a shortage—it's an affordability crisis. Mayor Gloria's push for dense development without proper infrastructure has led to a mass exodus and compromised our city's livability. We need a plan that prioritizes community input, enforces affordable housing promises, and streamlines the permitting process to ensure we meet our housing goals and protect our neighborhoods. As your Mayor, I'll focus on genuine solutions, accountability, and preserving what makes San Diego great. #larryturnerformayor #SanDiegoHousingCrisis #lt4sd #sandiego #sandiegopolitics #AffordableHousingSD

It's not just about checking out the house — make sure you check out the neighborhood too — whether it's the schools, safety and crime rates, community services, or property values and trends. The home might be perfect, but the neighborhood might not be. https://lnkd.in/g9JDNQrY #homeinspector, #homeinspections

How do you turn a sad desk lunch into an informative and energizing call to action? Join our virtual fireside chat on how CA can improve housing affordability! Tomorrow noon PT/3pm ET. Bring your thorniest questions.

📢 San Diego, Say "Yes" to More Homes! San Diego is in a housing crisis. Rents are soaring, pushing out longtime residents and making it nearly impossible for many to find an affordable place to live. It doesn't have to be this way. As YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) Democrats, we advocate for policy solutions to increase our housing supply. Every San Diegan deserves access to a safe, stable home they can afford. Our grassroots group is focused on building more housing for all San Diegans. That means: 🏘 Significantly more affordable housing reserved for lower-income families 🏢 More homes across all income levels to improve affordability 🚉 New housing built near public transit and job hubs 🌳 Sustainable, climate-friendly urban development We're taking this fight to city councils, planning commissions, the state legislature, and the streets through rallies and canvassing for candidates. But we need more neighbors like you to push for housing solutions that work for everyone. Join us at our regular meetings, events, and advocacy efforts so you can make a real-world impact. It's time to say "Yes" to more homes in San Diego! Follow this page to stay up to date and learn more.

Community planning rooted in the values and needs of its citizens. It’s what we do. Excited to partner with the City of Bellevue, Nebraska to create a comprehensive and long-range transportation plan. #CityOfBellevueNebraska #ComprehensiveAndTransportationPlan #CommunityPlanning #MakersOfBetter

Thanks to Rethink Real Estate and Eve Picker for helping to highlight how cities, counties, and states can create value for their residents using what they already own! Take a listen to our discussion and let me know if you want to learn more!

You may ask, why Habitat? The answer is simple. Lack of affordable housing can seep into every aspect of life. It forces families with low income to live in substandard rentals that consume much of their income for rent and energy costs. This leaves little money for food, healthcare, transportation and education. Families often move from rental to rental seeking lower housing costs, which triggers educational instability for children. Habitat brings families, community partners and volunteers together to construct affordable, energy-efficient homes that help families build stability, strength and self-reliance. In fact, the stability provided by homeownership is recognized as the leading factor in children’s academic success. #habitatforhumanity #habitatgvl #affordablehousing #yeahthatgreenville #youcangreenville #makegreenvillestronger #greenvillesc #habitatgreenville https://lnkd.in/eiuMYB5q

October is National Community Planning Month! Planning is essential for the health, safety, equity, and economic well-being of all people living in our communities. Across the country, communities celebrate planning in different ways. Earlier this month, Mayor Jan Kaplan proclaimed October as Community Planning Month in the City of Newport, Oregon! The City of Salem also celebrated by hosting their third annual Planner Palooza this year with games and opportunities to meet city planners. Planning does not stop at a geographic border, though. Communities are served best when planners take a broader viewpoint, encompassing regional and statewide perspectives. At DLCD, we are guided by 19 statewide planning goals, which address local processes for land use planning, state resource preservation, and guidance for urban, rural, and coastal development. Oregon land use requires comprehensive planning, which means communities must consider not only the many issues that affect their community, but the impacts their actions will have on neighboring communities, transportation, the land itself, and economic development. Learn more about community planning in Oregon at https://lnkd.in/grnRbu2M. #PlanningMonth #NationalCommunityPlanningMonth #CommunityPlanning #AmericanPlanningAssociation

Nearly every other effort at community betterment – economic growth, quality of life, early childhood learning and more, will be hindered if public safety is inadequately addressed. It is necessary to take a broad perspective of what constitutes public safety – yes, it includes law enforcement and fire suppression but also emergency planning, emergency communications, building codes and inspections, safe street design, safe collection and disposal of waste and the provision of safe drinking water to name but a few. Nonetheless, if people do not feel that they, their families and their belongings are safe in their homes, neighborhoods and businesses, few other efforts at community development will be as successful as they could otherwise be.

Ever questioned why people are being priced out of their own neighborhoods? Or why more than three unrelated people can’t live together? Or why it feels like you need a car to get where you want to go? The answer might be unexpected - usually, it has a lot to do with zoning laws! On Sunday, October 13, we’re launching our Bad Zoning is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Campaign. This public forum, hosted by Connections for the Homeless & Joining Forces for Affordable Housing, Evanston Community Foundation, and Evanston Cradle to Career, will lay out how important good zoning reform is in making our community stronger. Joining Forces will be releasing an Equitable Zoning Report with recommendations for zoning reform based on two years of research, along with a toolkit and calendar of workshops that cover zoning basics and how they affect the ways we live. Join us and help prepare Evanston for the future! RSVP here: qrco.de/nicethings #evanston #evanstonzoning #zoningreform