Jose Murillo
@JoseMurilloInSJ
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Believes that data and tech can be used to help poor communities of color
San Jose, CA
Joined August 2015
RT @the_transit_guy: In order to facilitate housing growth and infill development, South Bend offers 27 pre-approved housing plans, ranging…
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"He said in his newsletter that state housing officials should negotiate the purchase of up to 1 million factory-made backyard homes." @MattMahanSJ That would be incredible! Perhaps there's even a way to incentivize landlords to make the rent affordable on these units.
San Jose Mayor @MattMahanSJ said the Los Angeles wildfires created a rare opportunity for the state to build tens of thousands of new homes for displaced residents while simultaneously tackling the housing crisis.
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One of the two main predictors of the rate of homelessness is the cost of rent at the bottom 25% of the market. Focus needs to be also placed on how to make rent more affordable because as rents go up, the problem will only get worse.
For nearly a decade, Mountain View has poured money into trying to turn the tide of homelessness in the city. But it still has not been enough to stave off housing insecurity for a large number of residents. ✍️ @emargaretten, @mvvoice
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And we need these small spaces to help folks in neighborhoods with concentrated poverty launch more businesses.
Amsterdam has a tremendous density of small and boutique businesses thanks to the narrowness of its buildings. Small spaces are the perfect place for small businesses to experiment, and rent is often cheap enough to try those interesting things out without great pressure
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One of the things that sold me was the idea that you can build a lot of housing quickly, just smaller in scale and over a larger area. So instead of building a 5 story midrise with 80 units over 5 years you can unlock incremental developers to build 500 ADUs in just one year.
Legalizing incremental options does not stand in the way of large-scale housing development, but it means there's flexibility for the neighborhood to adapt to the residents' needs. This incremental intensification doesn't mean it happens slowly, but that it happens in stages.
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"Replacing mobile homes with modern manufactured homes is often more practical and cost-effective than extensive repairs." Interesting!
#Research shows that residents of mobile homes are disproportionately vulnerable to many #climate challenges. Learn more about how #communities can preserve affordability for mobile home residents while increasing resilience to climate-driven disasters.
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100% agree that we need to fix our bureaucracy. If we want to end concentrated poverty, we need to build a lot more housing - and quickly.
Hey @donovan — thanks for bringing this to my attention. Turns out we have some legislative work to do to fix this for everyone, but in the words of our planning director, you can fix this specific issue with a paper cutter. Here’s what I learned: California’s Subdivision Map Act (SMA) Section 66434 requires a one-inch margin (. Our muni code reflects the state requirement, but it’s not an issue for us—our staff asked you to change it because our experience is that the County consistently rejects maps of record because of incorrect margins, sizing, use of a blue ball point pen, not using a permanent Sharpie for signatures, etc. on the maps. Obviously, this is ridiculous. It’s the kind of needless bureaucracy that contributes to our housing shortage. I’m sorry we rejected your map. But if we hadn’t, the County would have rejected the map later and then added the time and cost of doing the entire process twice, so our team was trying to get ahead of that. That said, we should have better communicated why we did this and obviously we need to work together to improve the upstream regs and/or downstream process at the County. We’ll do some outreach to state and county reps, and if you’re interested in helping, just DM me. Seems like the pro-housing army on this thread might be able to help us, too. Good luck with the project. Thank you for investing in San Jose.
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RT @RobinHoodNYC: Robin Hood's and @CpspPoverty's latest Poverty Tracker report shows the staggering depth of NYC's racial wealth gap. 📉 M…
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RT @BrentToderian: The way cities are is never inevitable. They are a result of choices. What kind of city would you rather have? Paris w…
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RT @TaylorWAnderson: Developers in Portland have built 1,400 new missing middle housing units in its historically low-density residential n…
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There needs to be a better way for folks to be able to share their thoughts than having to attend long government meetings. This approach hurts neighborhoods where folks can't take time off from work to advocate for or against a policy.
Audiences at Silicon Valley government meetings are running into an increasingly common rule: no applause.
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@StrongTowns I definitely see the appeal! One thing I missed about college is the easy connection to other people. Personally, I would like to have some privacy (living space, bathroom, small living room, etc.) combined with some common space to spend with friends and loved ones.
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"Red and blue states alike are taking aggressive actions designed to boost the supply of housing and lower costs, a push complicated or undermined by the rising threats of floods and other disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires..."
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"The reduction of poverty through income transfers ... in itself is a good thing, but what we show is that beyond reducing hardship, these transfers have the ability to reduce that link between childhood poverty and adult poverty."
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Imagine having a cafe or a bike repair shop or a hair salon just minutes away from where you live! Even a small commercial kitchen would be incredible for all our food entrepreneurs!
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I wonder if the housing will be deed restricted so that it can remain affordable for the next round of homebuyers. One thing I've seen too often is affordable homeownership that is then sold in a few years for massive profits, which doesn't address the issue of affordable housing
Santa Clara County has few options for low-income homeownership, but one public transit agency aims to bring more housing to market.
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RT @SJSpotlight: Santa Clara County has few options for low-income homeownership, but one public transit agency aims to bring more housing…
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RT @povertynews: ‘Set Up to Fail’: A Mississippi mother on what the U.S. gets wrong about poverty. From @MsMagazine:
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RT @mnolangray: Policymakers in Los Angeles have been using "crisis" rhetoric on housing for decades, with little to show for it. In the af…
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