YIMBY and RE developer in the Northeast specializing in historic tax credit development. Preserving https://xitter.cf/t.co/FIxxLwhwas
Northeast, USA
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Yesterday we closed on Atlantic Mills, a 350k sqft mill built in 1871.
The same family has owned the mill since 1951!
We’re keeping it as comm/flex space + would love #ReTwit ideas for potential uses of vacant space.
Our biggest and most exciting preservation project yet!
Eric Edelman retweeted
If your socialism opposes new apartment development because the developer might profit, your housing policy is that people should stay homeless until somebody builds with the correct feelings.
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A 🧵 on housing construction and rent data. Across the 100 largest U.S. metro areas, the 25 metros that permitted the most new homes from Jan 2024 through Sept 2026 saw rents rise a median 3.2%, while those that permitted the fewest saw rests rise 13.1%! Austin, with the sixth-most permits per resident, saw rents fall 6.6%. San Francisco, among the lowest permitters, had the biggest increase in rents at 19.7%. 1/3 @ReasonFdn
Eric Edelman retweeted
Imagine a historian in 2035 writing a political history of the 2020s, and he points out that every election, the out-of-power party won a cost-of-living election and then used their mandate to ignore or exacerbate affordability only to be destroyed in the next election, where voters again said “to be clear, I don’t want whatever bullshit you’re up to, I just want life to feel more affordable,” and then, once again, the winning politicians prioritized everything except affordability, and this story repeated itself over and over again.
One of my strongest held political opinions right now is: Democrats should do everything they can to avoid that history being written.
Eric Edelman retweeted
The biggest driver of Massachusetts’ housing affordability crisis is decades of underbuilding, particularly in Greater Boston, where housing production averages just 2 homes per 1,000 residents.
For perspective, Austin permitted 28.6 homes per 1,000 residents in 2024.
Eric Edelman retweeted
a certain kind of environmentalist will tell you we have ten years to decarbonize and then defend a review process that uses seven of them. the planet is on fire, please submit written comments before the close of the 90 day window
Eric Edelman retweeted
Last week's blue wave was powered by moderates, not progressives per @TheEconomist
Eric Edelman retweeted
it’s pretty telling that whenever they have to choose between the degrowth strand of environmentalism and labor, the American left always throws labor under the bus
Eric Edelman retweeted
Democrats won the Senate by winning voters outside our party. In four states where we flipped Republican seats, independents gave Democrats a big lead, and Republicans who crossed party lines helped turn that lead into a win.
Here’s what the exit polls show.
Kansas: Adam Hamilton won nearly two-thirds of independents and persuaded 12% of Republican voters to back him. He won by 5 points. Had those Republicans voted for the Republican nominee instead, Hamilton would have lost.
South Carolina: Annie Andrews won independents by 31 points and drew 11% of Republican voters. She won statewide by just 4.5 points. Those crossover votes were enough to turn a Republican hold into a Democratic pickup.
Iowa: Josh Turek won independents by 23 points and drew 7% of Republican voters. If those Republicans had voted for his opponent instead, the statewide margin would have swung by about 5 points, wiping out his 4-point win.
Texas: James Talarico won independents by 31 points. That advantage alone added about 9 points to his 12-point statewide margin. He also won 11% of Republican voters. Together, those two groups turned a competitive race into a decisive Democratic win.
That’s the Senate mandate our party must hear.
Centrist Democrats won tough races by giving independents and Republicans a reason to vote for them.
The DSA and the far left kicked up plenty of dust but did nothing to help our party nationally.
The candidates who flipped the Senate seats showed us how to win. Now, we should follow their lead by distancing ourselves from far left radicals and pursuing common sense policies improving the lives of all Americans.
Eric Edelman retweeted
Organizations nationwide are voicing their support for BAAJA.
From labor unions to small manufacturers to clean energy and climate groups, the country wants more affordable clean energy. 🧵
Eric Edelman retweeted
Just a reminder that James Talarico won Texas as a Democrat by a larger margin than Mamdani won NYC last year.
Eric Edelman retweeted
Democrats won overwhelmingly on a message of affordability and the first move by the incoming Speaker is to try to weaken a bill to reduce energy costs
Eric Edelman retweeted
The worst-performing Democrats in competitive Senate races were the candidates Bernie endorsed. (link in next tweet, no paywall)
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Sanders-endorsed candidates outperformed 2024 Democratic shares by about 5-6%.
Non-Sanders-endorsed candidates outperformed 2024 Democratic shares by about 14%.
People voted against Trump. They very much did not vote for the DSA.
Eric Edelman retweeted
Saying "no new housing unless it's Affordable housing" is essentially saying screw everyone who earns too much to qualify for subsidized or deed restricted housing but not enough to afford market-rate homes. It’s your teachers, nurses, firefighters, small business owners & more.
Eric Edelman retweeted
In the bluest state in the country, in the bluest tsunami you can imagine, Phil Scott still won. By being a pro-growth moderate. Aided by Democrats picking a candidate who is an anti-growth radical.
I am BEGGING both parties to learn from this!
Eric Edelman retweeted
it's always fun talking to people actually involved in municipal fiscal policy about the much derided childless 20something professionals...they pay taxes, they spend their money, they do not consume expensive, in-person services, they are the atlas holding us all up
Eric Edelman retweeted
once you realize the point of inclusionary zoning is to make it harder to build, you can achieve a state of zen and not get mad when you read stuff like this
Exclusionary zoning is bad.
But "inclusionary zoning," rather than being the opposite of bad exclusionary zoning, is just the same old exclusionary barriers to multifamily housing given a new name.
Just say no!
open.substack.com/pub/capita…
Eric Edelman retweeted
Exclusionary zoning is bad.
But "inclusionary zoning," rather than being the opposite of bad exclusionary zoning, is just the same old exclusionary barriers to multifamily housing given a new name.
Just say no!
open.substack.com/pub/capita…
Eric Edelman retweeted
I think the thing that kills me the most about towns/cities permitting departments…is they make ‘doing it the right way’ so unbelievably difficult sometimes.
Example: I am trying to install new digital menu boards. Simply replacing the old static ones for new digital ones.
Town:
-oh we need to run all new light pollution studies then
-oh we’re gonna check all your parking lot lights while we’re at it
-oh we need to double check this doesn’t hinder a ladder truck from driving over your building
-oh we need to inspect the footers before you pour any concrete
-no you absolutely can not assign the permit to a new certified vendor doing the identical work
-how many seats did you say were in the dining room? Might need to add a sprinkler system
-we need to bring in the signage department now too because digital menu boards are now considered signage
-are you bricking up the base of the footers? It’s not required by code, but we’re requiring it 🤗
Could have just done the whole thing in an afternoon & never heard a peep.
Now this project is on month 13, with 4 different permit offices involved, 3 engineers, and no end in sight
Eric Edelman retweeted
The housing affordability crisis won’t be solved overnight. Even if we start making the right decisions today, it will take 8-10 years to meaningfully address. The key is recognizing that housing supply has to be the overriding priority. We cannot allow special interests, political considerations, or competing agendas to distort the economics of building housing. If we are serious about affordability, we need to make it easier, faster, and more economically viable to build - and prioritize increasing supply above everything else