Welcoming Neighbors Network
A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. Also, memes.
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Coalitions and their leaders fighting for housing abundance across the United States.
@torrleonard.bsky.social
The topics of… Housing, transportation, unions, gun control, policing, health care, vaccines, civil rights, voting rights, education, taxation, climate change, alternative energy, and... music! All my WSJ links are gift-links. A unit of pressure.
@dannytenenbaum.bsky.social
Former state legislator. Rider of almost every escalator in Montana. All about housing.
@shelterwf.bsky.social
Housing-focused/politically active. Confronting housing inequality in Whitefish/fighting for homes for all of us. Membership at http://shelterwf.org.
@nathandugan.bsky.social
Mountain town housing and climate advocate. Co-founder and President of @shelterwf.bsky.social. Home health physical therapist.
@astoriahousing.bsky.social
Pro-housing advocates in Astoria, Oregon. https://www.astoriahousing.org
@yappelbaum.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
@harvard-jchs.bsky.social
We strive to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities, and we conduct rigorous research to advance housing policy and practice. www.jchs.harvard.edu
@isaiahmn.org
We are building people power across race, age, faith, and geography to make Minnesota a place where everyone can thrive. 🏡🌎⚖️ www.isaiahmn.org Non-partisan affiliate of @faithinmn.org and @faithinmnaction.org
@cityjane.bsky.social
>>Working to Expand Housing Access for All Texans Executive Director, Texans For Housing ~ https://https://www.texansforhousing.org/ AURA Board member ~ https://aura-atx.org Co-Chair, YIMBYtown 2024
@ahacohousing.bsky.social
Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio. Data, education, tech assistance, & advocacy... together. Also see: Rentful614.com & Bloom614.com
@1000oregon.bsky.social
Oregon's land use watchdog since 1974. We work to make this state a place Oregonians are proud to call home. linktr.ee/1000Friends
@texansforhousing.bsky.social
Texans For Housing advocates for housing reforms across Texas, allowing the creation of more and diverse styles of housing. We are united in a commitment to expanding housing opportunities, broadening affordability & expanding housing types.
@justupthepike.bsky.social
maryland policy director @ggwash.org, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull parent, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. no growth has to mean less is less. they/them.
@desegregatect.bsky.social
Join the pro-homes movement in CT! #YIMBYtown2025 is coming to New Haven - stay tuned for details! 🏘️🚍🍕 Links: https://desegregatect.start.page
@solorio4housing.bsky.social
Housing Advocate - Former AZ House of Representatives | Alhambra ESD Board Member | Architect for the Community | Running/Hiking
@sweep2001.bsky.social
Promoting greater efficiency, clean transportation, and beneficial electrification in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. swenergy.org
@montgomery4all.bsky.social
Montgomery for All is a grassroots, community-led group advocating for sustainable and inclusive land use, housing, and transit policies in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery for All is organized and supported by the Coalition for Smarter Growth.
@tonybyrne.bsky.social
Pro: Housing | Transit | Renewable Energy | Racial & Generational Justice. Founder, @RealStoryGroup - Advisor to #MarTech stack leaders. Book: THE RIGHT WAY TO SELECT TECHNOLOGY http://amzn.to/2vWc5Li Born at 322ppm. MKE > YYZ > DCA he/him
@abundanthousingma.org
We are a statewide coalition of pro-housing advocates and organizations, standing up for abundant housing for all in communities across Massachusetts.
@amb.fyi
how can we stroppy strangers live together without doing each other too much violence? | homes not highways | born 350ppm | still got hope so i think we’ll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi 📍st johns, pdx
@cutterwgonzalez.bsky.social
They/them. Texan. Storyteller, musician, geographer. Comms @welcomingneighbors.us.
@thejeffbyrnes.com
🎸 🎻 bassist 👨🏻💻 SRE manager @ athenahealth 🏗️ Steering Committee member & co-founder of Somerville YIMBY 🎮 video gamer 👔 snappy dresser 📚 avid reader 🗺️ Somerville, MA, USA
@5thsq.org
Philadelphia's urbanist PAC. Better transportation, land use, & public space for the people. Weekly Newsletter: http://5thsq.org/join
@westnorth.com
Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, single-issue #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU 🚄🚋🚴♂️🌇🏗️🚰🏳️🌈 Words @ggwash.org @citybuilder.bsky.social
@alexbaca.bsky.social
Mad online about land use, but not paid to tweet (views are mine and you choose to read them, for free). I work for @ggwash.org and live in a duplex with a white picket fence. Ward 1 exceptionalist in Washington, D.C.
@somervilleyimby.org
Somerville residents advocating for smart growth that benefits everyone. https://somervilleyimby.org
@triangleblogblog.bsky.social
A civic news cooperative in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. We are funny people who care about civics and North Carolina. triangleblogblog.com
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@swolecialism.bsky.social
i lost the ability to read in a freak clean and jerk accident in 1989. please be gentle. he/him
@sashaperigo.bsky.social
Writer, housing policy advocate, and data analyst. Former comms EBHO & Tenants Together, columnist for the SF Examiner, & homelessness co-chair with DSA SF. Stanford computer science alumna. Antifascista siempre. 🌹🏳️🌈
@jmhodges.bsky.social
I like to be called Jeff. https://www.somethingsimilar.com DM for Signal username San Francisco, CA
@blindeke.bsky.social
Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
@lukehanson.bsky.social
Co-chair of @sustainstpaul.bsky.social. Interested in urbanism, housing, and streets in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
@alexgoyette.bsky.social
He/him. Dad x2, Immigration & GBV Advocate, Alexandria Lead at YIMBYs of NoVA. Go Bills. Personal account only Sign up for Alx YIMBY action alerts: https://www.yimbysofnova.org/sign-up-for-action-alerts
@jannefrommpls.bsky.social
Abundant housing. Justice. Dismantling oppression. Mpls politics. Observations from Zürich. She/her.
@sustainstpaul.bsky.social
We champion abundant housing, low-carbon transportation, and sustainable land use in the City of Saint Paul through education, advocacy and political action.
@matthutchins.bsky.social
Seattle architect, urbanist and Planning Commissioner advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. AIA Seattle President, Seattle Design Festival President, AIA Strategic Council. Passivhaus designer.
@zyudhishthu.bsky.social
Sidewalk enthusiast and former St. Paulite. I like to write about housing policy, especially in the Twin Cities. Nowadays I’m an economics research assistant in Chicago https://pencillingout.substack.com/
@jennyschuetz.bsky.social
Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
@nhyouthmovement.bsky.social
@pnwelcome.bsky.social
Housing is a human right. Fighting for four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
@theurbanistagenda.com
The Urbanist Agenda Podcast, hosted by Not Just Bikes https://theurbanistagenda.com
@ansel.lundberg.com
YIMBY in Sacramento. professional electric grid understander. sharks 🦈🏒 and kings 💜🏀 fan. he/him