Jonathan Berk
@berkie1
Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder @remainplaces
Allowing up to 4 homes per lot on just 6% of Massachusetts’ 1.6 million single-family parcels could create 222,000 new homes, enough to meet 2035 goals and a crucial step toward realizing needed flexibility in our constrained regional housing market. remainplaces.com/post/unlocking…
"Additive language, like 'allowing smarter, more efficient land use & more housing options,' emphasizes what pro-housing reforms enable rather than what they restrict, like 'eliminating single-family zoning.'"
“We were looking around thinking we had just left nonsensical Bay Area housing policies. Yet we arrived in Austin to find those same nonsensical policies.” @NicoleNosek417 @TXReasSolutions
Montgomery County Council voted today to allow middle housing, including duplexes, triplexes, townhomes and small multi-family buildings, along transit corridors across the County. 📍 Montgomery County, Maryland
Biogen’s global headquarters is located in Cambridge. The longer we delay in addressing our housing affordability and availability crisis, the more Massachusetts companies will expand to states that offer more housing options and demonstrate a path to producing more housing.
Another month, another $2B in biotech investment announced in North Carolina. Marks the 8th facility in the area from Biogen and a repeating theme of consistent follow on investments when we see companies come to NC.
Boston ranked the “most collision prone city in America.” The city’s “relative collision likelihood” sits 2.5x the national average. 📊 @Allstate
Active corners play a crucial role in the vitality of a neighborhood. 📍 South End, Boston
Following a transformation of St. Denis St., which included reducing vehicle lanes for safer pedestrian crossings & bike lanes, pedestrian traffic increased +65% while bike traffic increased +250%. St. Denis recently hit a single day record of 14,676 cyclists. 📍Montreal 🇨🇦
As mayor of San Jose, I cut red tape to make building ADUs easier, but one barrier remained: financing. The SUPPLY Act bill will help lower that hurdle, empowering homeowners to be part of the solution to our nation’s housing crisis.
"The SUPPLY Act aims to offer government-backed, flexible financing options to assist homeowners with limited means in overcoming what is frequently the final obstacle to starting construction on an ADU." @RepLiccardo @RepGarbarino
"By embracing a broad range of housing options in all neighborhoods, we not only better support the long-term financial stability of local governments for but also offer seniors the quality of life they deserve." remainplaces.com/post/america-i…
61 Belgrade Avenue in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood replaced a former funeral home with 31-units of rental housing just steps from the nearby Roslindale Village shops, restaurants and Commuter Rail Station. 📍Boston 📐 Zephyr Architects
A recent @BostonGlobe / @Suffolk_U poll found that "housing" is, by far, the most important issue facing Boston voters right now.
