Alex Horowitz
@AlexHrwtz
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Consumer finance, housing. Views mine. RTs & likes = requests for babysitting help.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2010
RT @usmayors: @monroefortulsa @MikeJohnstonCO @mayorcoreywoods @mayordcreeves @KathyMSheehan This morning, @MayorToddGloria, @KirkPWatson,…
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RT @NAACP_LDF: As families nationwide struggle with the cost of housing, large majorities of Americans across races and ethnicities support…
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RT @SueUrahn: In the @NYtimes, Pew’s @AlexHrwtz discusses why converting vacant office buildings into affordable, dorm-like apartments coul…
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"... Since the early 1990s, the candidate for New Rochelle mayor who has been perceived as more pro-development has won every election, usually by a wide margin. But if you were to only observe public hearings and social media posts, you’d have a very different expectation.
Rents rose 31% in the U.S. from 2017 to 2023. But not in New Rochelle, NY. There, rents rose only 7%. And *not coincidentally,* housing supply grew at more than double the national rate. How did former mayor @NoamBramson do it?
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RT @KilHuh: How can we make it easier to build and create more housing that's affordable? My colleague Alex Horowitz @pewtrusts shares one…
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@aarmlovi Can confirm. Our proposal is so much nicer than this! Much nicer than most college dorms and everyone has a large single.
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Sharp insight from Adam Millsap here. Office to co-living could make an appreciable dent in the housing shortage. People need more housing options and removing regulatory barriers based on personal preferences is the right call.
In my latest @Forbes piece I discuss a new report from @pewresearch that shows the feasibility & benefits of transforming #office space to co-living #residential space. We need to build more to bring prices down, and this would help. #housing #zoning
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@lohplaces Thanks, Tracy! Most exciting result to me was that 4x-13x more homes can be built with the same subsidy dollars vs. studio apartments.
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@EAngelides @pewtrusts @gensler_design Thanks, Eleni! In Denver we estimate the same level of subsidy for someone earning 35% AMI could produce 1 studio apartment or 13 adaptive reuse co-living units.
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A few highlights: Cost per unit: 2x-4x lower Subsidy dollars: go 4x-13x further Unit count per building: 3x higher Affordable at: 30%-50% AMI Cost per square foot: 25%-35% lower
🏢🔑Empty offices could hold the key to denting our housing shortage and reducing homelessness. With affordable rents and efficient layouts, this approach would support students, veterans, and retirees, while revitalizing downtown areas. @gensler_design
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Fact check: true!
Damn, Walz mentioned that Minneapolis building housing dropped rents.
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RT @salimfurth: NEW RESEARCH with Eli Kahn: 50 housing supply bills passed legislatures in the first half of 2024, compared to 30 the year…
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RT @MarketUrbanism: This morning the New York Times published my guest essay about my research on elevators in North America: why we have s…
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Allowing apartments near commerce improved affordability in cities like Minneapolis, Tysons, Portland, and New Rochelle. States like California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, and Montana passed laws to replicate that success. Good reason to think it will work.
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RT @zyudhishthu: What really happened when Minneapolis upzoned its neighborhoods in the 2040 Plan? We didn't get a lot of duplexes and trip…
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RT @pewtrusts: *New* Not quite YIMBY, not quite NIMBY. 30% of Americans support allowing more apartments near transit and job centers b…
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RT @pewtrusts: 60% of Americans were worried about housing costs in 2022 (@PewResearch)—and concerns remain high. June is #HomeownershipMo…
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Great to join you and share @pewtrusts research on how places that have enacted zoning reforms have seen increased housing supply and improved affordability. Housing costs are holding back families—lots of work still to do!
The cost of housing is a big concern for voters this election year. Home prices in the U.S. jumped 6.5 percent in March as interest rates remained at their highest levels in more than two decades.
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RT @pewtrusts: The research makes it clear: Zoning reform helps ... ✔️ Make homeownership attainable ✔️ Lower rents ✔️ Reduce homelessness…
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