Jesse Kanson-Benanav @jessekb Twitter profile

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

7 months

Another way to look at this: without these gleaming towers for the ultra-rich, they'd still be here in Boston but just outbidding you and me and pushing us out of more moderately priced homes in our neighborhoods.

Rebecca Ostriker

@GlobeOstriker

7 months

Gleaming towers for the ultra-rich have sprouted across the Boston skyline, with many condos selling for $2 million and more. Who can afford that? Just 1.7 percent of Boston households.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

I'm so tired of people in luxury single family homes decrying the creation of new condos in their neighborhoods. I challenge you to find a single family home of any vintage that is less expensive than a new condo in the same neighborhood.

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@jessekb

2 years

I support direct action and we're in a climate emergency where extreme measures are necessary, but there's something off about climate activists blocking the bike lane only

Matt Reed

@MattReedNews

2 years

Looks like @bostonpolice were able to stop the group from putting down barrels on Summer Street #WCVB

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@jessekb

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James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

29 days

What is the most beautiful building on Earth?

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Have the words "eliminate exclusionary zoning" ever appeared in a Presidential transition plan before? You love to see it.

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@jessekb

5 months

Thx to zoning reform in Mpls, average rents grew slower (1%) over 5-years than is allowed in a single yr under their neighbor St. Paul's strict 3% rent cap. Evidence keeps coming: housing abundance stabilizes rents & reduces homelessness. Supply skepticism is not evidence-based.

Pew States

@PewStates

5 months

These reforms have boosted Minneapolis' housing availability: • Eliminate parking mandates • Encourage apartments in commercial corridors • Establish height minimums near jobs and transit • Permit duplexes, triplexes on *all* lots

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

Big storm tomorrow? Every convo in Boston today: "2015 2015 2015, 2015." "2015 2015 2015 2015, 2015, 2015 2015" "2015 2015?" "2015 2015 2015. 2015, 2015 2015. 2015." "2015 2015 2015 2015. 2015 2015 2015?" "2015, 2015 2015, 2015 2015" "2015 2015 2015, 2015, 2015..."

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

This is what Comm Ave looks like in my dreams

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

@grescoe

3 years

This is what a city *can* look like. #Amsterdam

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@jessekb

3 years

I will never understand my fellow "progressives" who think it's in any way progressive to try to control who has a right to live in their community, and what kinds of homes they can live in.

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@jessekb

3 years

An emoji history of Boston Mayors: 👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨👨🧑🏿

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

Massachusetts should build lots more housing so that we can welcome migrants across the Commonwealth with open arms, without hesitation. Hell, we should charter the flights from FL and TX. We'll be a lot stronger for it.

Julian Cyr

@JulianCyr

2 years

Developing situation on #MarthasVineyard where migrants arrived via charter flight from TX this afternoon. Islanders working hard to provide food + shelter — TY @MVCommServices Sheriff Ogden @DukesCountyEM @DukesOffice #mapoli

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

Damn this is really shitty news. The Field and now People's Republik. The scene of a lot of my 20s exists only in memory now #cambma

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 months

What goes on here?

flargo🇵🇸

@sorkincel

2 months

I like how consistently I can get engagement by circling an area of a map without a well known city and asking this

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@jessekb

2 months

Building more homes lowers rents. Full stop. Don't let anyone lie and tell you that building homes raises costs. If that were the case, Austin would be among the most expensive cities in the country instead of seeing rents drop by 7%.

M. Nolan Gray

@mnolangray

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"Austin is adding homes more than twice as fast as the national average and nearly nine times faster than San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego...Austin rents have come down 7 percent in the past year."

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

I support affordable housing but

status annoyicus

@medburnbook

4 years

give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Population density (per sq mile): United States: 87 South Korea: 501 Can we disposed of the tired rhetoric about Covid infections being tied to density and urbanity?

Ryan Struyk

@ryanstruyk

4 years

New coronavirus cases reported yesterday: United States: 52,104 cases South Korea: 63 cases

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

6 years

Just walked past an elderly gentleman in Harvard Yard holding a small boom box blasting @Marketplace with @kairyssdal

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@jessekb

4 months

No voters in Milton seem really committed to building affordable housing like they claim

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@jessekb

5 months

Um, despite what the State House closed captioning says I was definitely proud to testify in support of the Affordable HOMES Act

Progressive Mass

@ProgressiveMass

5 months

. @jessekb of @AbundantHomesMA emphasizes the importance of legalizing ADUs by right because they provide the flexibility homeowners need as well as new rental housing. #mapoli

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@jessekb

1 year

The whole @mbta slowdown is crazy, but even worse is that they announced it after 10pm last night meaning many people could show up to the T for their morning commute, not even knowing how long it'll take and be late for work. Totally disrespectful of riders!

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Sanders drove to the polls. Warren walked. Just saying.

Paul Murnane

@paulmurn

4 years

Drives himself to the polls ⁦ @BernieSanders ⁩ @nytimes “He drove himself there, in a light blue Subaru Forester. On its rear window was a Bernie 2020 bumper sticker.”

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

5 years

I'm a fan of @AOC but part of her @NPR iview abt the Green New Deal this AM gave me pause. In ref to Trump's border wall she said: "instead of using all that concrete...why don't we use it to build more roads." How can we be talking "Green" New Deal and building roads?

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@jessekb

2 years

Good night, sweet prince

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@jessekb

2 years

Local media does us such a disservice when they uncritically report the goings on of neighborhood associations as if they are factual reflections of the opinions of all who live in that nghbhd, rather than the rantings of a few who have the privilege to show up and dominate.

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@jessekb

3 years

Homes for people > storage for cars

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@jessekb

10 months

All this attention on the cop-ejecting metal slide at City Hall Plaza is ignoring the real story that just a few feet away they installed two slide for kids made of concrete

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

In the midst of dual housing & climate crises, Boston's ZBA just denied a proposed 38-unit development in Roslindale Village with 40%+ affordable homes, adjacent to commuter rail and multiple high frequency bus routes because...it didn't have any parking.

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@jessekb

2 years

Awesome open streets in JP today! #streetsforpeople

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@jessekb

6 years

From 1945-1984: * Downzoning occurred in nghbds on avg 71% white * Refused upzoning occured in nghds avg 74% white * Areas adopting exclusionary zoning were significantly whiter than areas where decisions increased density

When Black Lawmakers Get Elected, Zoning Decisions Change

Bias in land use decisions is difficult to measure, but new research in Durham reveals that race has been a significant factor.

www.bloomberg.com

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@jessekb

9 months

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

9 months

Why did human beings stop building wonders?

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@jessekb

3 years

A bunch of Cambridge homeowners getting together for a "stop unaffordable housing" rally in response to a proposed end to apartment bans there is the epitome of clueless.

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@jessekb

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Lydia DePillis

@lydiadepillis

2 months

Name a more magnificent city hall than Milwaukee’s

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

Really not pleased to learn my State Rep helped kill a proposed development with 40%+ affordable homes and below market commercial rents for multiple POC-owned business in a transit-rich area...because of parking.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Remember 2017 when Bernie endorsed 5 candidates for Cambridge City Council? 4 of them won and then 3 of those went on to kill citywide by-right, higher density zoning overlay for 100% affordable housing developments.

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@jessekb

1 year

According to the "we can't build our way out of this" crowd, permitting fewer homes overall should have made Boston more affordable. So...how's that going?

Josh McCabe

@JoshuaTMcCabe

1 year

Boston is not doing its share of the work to address Massachusetts housing crisis. New residential units approved down for third year in a row. 2020: 10,123 2021: 6,643 2022: 3,247

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@jessekb

3 years

I am incredibly disappointed to learn that @TurtleSwampBrew and their landlord Monty Gold have both filed lawsuits to stop @JP_NDC 's development of 38 new affordable homes for low-income seniors at 3371 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain. #bospoli

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@jessekb

1 year

Big 1970s Boston energy

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@jessekb

2 years

Almost 24 hours later and I still can't get over the twitter convo I saw yesterday where someone said new development here causes "20-somethings to vomit in alleys." As if no one ever threw up on Boston streets before a decade or two ago.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

I can't get over it. I'm infuriated. By opposing a large multifamily development in the heart of Harvard Square, the Cambridge Historic Commission is sending a clear message that they agree with the plethora of NIMBY groups that say Cambridge is full.

Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

This is bad. Really bad. The Cambridge historic commission might use it's power to effectively kill much-needed new homes just a stone's throw from Harvard Station, the third busiest station in the MBTA system. Read John's thread for more details.

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@jessekb

3 years

Yes in my back yard. Literally.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

I'm very excited to share this professional news.

Abundant Housing Massachusetts

@AbundantHomesMA

3 years

Abundant Housing Massachusetts is pleased to announce that Jesse Kanson-Benanav has been named our Executive Director! @jessekb #mapoli

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@jessekb

4 years

The triple decker is Boston's iconic architecture; our historic "missing middle" housing, first built en masse to house Boston's growing working class & has served generations of families since. But if you live in any of the areas in red it is illegal to build in your area today.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

10 months

It's a @bostonpolice burrito emergency! Apparently traffic rules & the safety of my family & others on our narrow, one-way street doesn't matter when cops need their dinner.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

5 months

I hope Zoom fired, or at least seriously reprimanded, the engineer that decided the best time for app updates is when you're logging into a meeting (usually a few mins late)

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@jessekb

5 months

The fact that one needs multiple zoning variances to build a triple decker in Boston is an indictment of our entire system.

Georgie

@SRichardGeorge

5 months

Anyone on here live in Uphams Corner? Im in the process of proposing a triple decker to the City on a 2500 SQF lot. It’s a 3F zone and will need support for the approval process as I will need zoning relief on a handful of variances.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

🚨 JUST IN: Cambridge City Councilors @realBurhanAzeem @MarcGov @qzondervan propose eliminating all parking minimums for new development throughout the city! Would be a victory for affordability and sustainability if adopted. Hopeful precedent for Boston?

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@jessekb

5 years

👏 Make 👏 it 👏 permanent 👏

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@jessekb

11 months

Sad to see a local biz close, but knowing Turtle Swamp chose to sue to block affordable homes for seniors in a pandemic/housing crisis makes me feel less bad. Can't help wonder if that doomed them w/much of their progressive JP customer base. I certainly haven't been back since.

hiddenboston

@hiddenboston

11 months

News: Turtle Swamp Brewing is ceasing operations.

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@jessekb

1 year

Just so it is known - the successful rent stabilization policies in Oregon and California were accompanied by statewide upzonings to allow the construction of more moderately priced homes like 4plexes on most residential lots.

WBUR

@WBUR

1 year

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan seeks to cap rent increases across the city at a maximum of 10% in high-inflation years. It largely mirrors a draft version that floated into the public sphere last month with some changes around who is exempt.

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@jessekb

3 years

👏🏻 Apartment 👏🏻 buildings 👏🏻 are 👏🏻 homes 👏🏻

Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

In the @BostonPlans meeting about this development and someone just said it doesn't fit the character of the block because it "looks like an apartment building, not like a home" and now I want to throw my computer out the window.

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@jessekb

6 months

Zoning boards, building commissioners, etc., should never be in the business of defining "family"

blackjew 🏳️‍⚧️

@blackjew

6 months

Welp the Worcester Zoning board was on the verge of upholding our building commissioners determination that a brother and sisterbare unrelated and a couple who are refugees who escaped together are unrelated, violating our rooming. The result will be eviction. Merry Christmas

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@jessekb

3 years

The fact that the Cambridge Zoning Board and NIMBYs together effectively killed 48 new affordable, transit-oriented homes is absolutely appalling.

Alanna Mallon

@Ammallon

3 years

Update on the 2072 Mass Ave project: #CambMA

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@jessekb

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How much do you want to bet that today they all own $2M homes in Weston and their radicalism is having "In this house we believe..." or BLM lawn signs but are doing everything in their power to stop the proposed 40B and avoid compliance with MBTA Communities?

Boston

@BostonMassUSA

1 month

Protestors on Boston Common wave Vietcong flag during demonstration after Ohio National Guard killed four unarmed students at Kent State on May 4, 1970. 📷 Spencer Grant

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

11 months

Weird flex of political power for an organization to try to expel one of only two (?) members of their organization elected to the state legislature. Definitely not a move that will make more candidates/elected progressives want to identify with them.

Mike Connolly

@MikeConnollyMA

11 months

Recently @Boston_DSA members elected new leadership, and one of their first orders of business is to schedule a vote to expel me from the organization. A resolution with seven charges has been drawn up and presented to DSA's membership. Charges include: support for Governor Maura

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@jessekb

3 months

To the person that recently doxxed me on a public (hence, not hiding the name) listserve: no, I don't think we should rezone my very transit accessible neighborhood for 55 to 85 foot buildings... I think we should go higher.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 months

I'm honored to have the opportunity to serve our Commonwealth and help solve our severe housing shortage as a member of the new Unlocking Housing Production Commission. We obviously have a lot of work to do. Thank you @MassGovernor for the appointment!

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@jessekb

2 years

New condos are not for everyone, and we need lots of new home types for households of all income levels, but to say the crisis is driven by the few new homes that are built rather than boomers hoarding wealth in SFHs that are too big for their needs is some galaxy brain stuff.

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@jessekb

3 years

Andrew Yang is getting a lotta crap for saying Time Square is his favorite subway station. What station would someone be attacked for as "not a real Bostonian" if they said it was their favorite MBTA station? My guess is Assembly Row.

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@jessekb

7 months

@Go_Ask_Alis None of the five towers highlighted in this article replaced any middle housing.

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@jessekb

2 years

Great to be at City Hall this AM to join @MayorWu as she signed into law the zoning change eliminating costly parking mandates for affordable housing. As @KenzieBok said, this is a step toward greater equity in Boston as we put homes for people above storage for cars. #bospoli

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@jessekb

1 year

I hate our liquor licensing system in Boston, where closing a bar in one neighborhood results in the licensing being sold to another business clear across town.

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@jessekb

5 years

I know there's been a lot of back-and-forth on YIMBY/housing Twitter recently about branding. Call me whatever you want. I just want everyone to have a home.

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@jessekb

5 months

My triple decker was built in 1896 and is inches from our next door neighbor (we can reach out and touch each other through our kitchen windows), and the building takes up about 90% of the yard. This IS the historic neighborhood character throughout much of Boston.

Nana 🌈

@matsmom

5 months

@jessekb It depends on what size “triple decker”. Near me one was built that fills the entire lot with only inches between it and neighboring houses. It actually fills what was the yard and goes past the house behind it, blocking a window.

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@jessekb

3 years

Just saw an email sent by a former Cambridge City Councilor to the Planning Board opposing the special permit for an adult use cannabis shop at Winthrop Park in Harvard Square because it does not fit the character of the area as well as...the **Staples store** it will replace. 🙄

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@jessekb

7 months

Hmm, how could they miss including a triple decker

Mass.gov

@MassGov

7 months

👋 Hi, Massachusetts! You may have noticed our new banner, which highlights some of the things that make the Commonwealth so great. Can you identify the symbols and what they represent? Beginning this afternoon, we’ll add the answers here as a thread 🧵 #Massgov #Massachusetts

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@jessekb

3 years

This is bad. Really bad. The Cambridge historic commission might use it's power to effectively kill much-needed new homes just a stone's throw from Harvard Station, the third busiest station in the MBTA system. Read John's thread for more details.

John Hawkinson

@johnhawkinson

3 years

The #cambma Historical Commission is about to CONTINUE its hearing on the Raj Dhanda 57 JFK proposed residential expansion (in 2016 office expansion was approved), over concerns about height (adding 4 new stories), development of details, & others.

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@jessekb

2 years

These towns are exclusive by design. Take a look at their 40B compliance which requires 10% subsidized housing in every MA municipality, or the existence of zoning to allow more moderately priced multifamily homes within their borders. Most of these towns have neither.

MASC-SchoolCommittee

@MASCSchoolComm

2 years

School rankings and segregation: Want to buy a home near a Mass. ‘best’ public high school? Look to spend $1M

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@jessekb

1 year

Happy father's day! Yesterday, my dad used a 25 year old, $22.46 gift certificate that wasn't even made out to him at a restaurant to pay for a portion of his birthday dinner.

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@jessekb

2 years

Today I was invited to speak at an event in April alongside a Harvard GSD prof that is calling for a GLOBAL moratorium on new building construction. This should be interesting....

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@jessekb

1 year

More things in Boston need to be approved over the opposition of (often incredibly unrepresentative of their neighborhood at large) neighborhood associations.

Adam Gaffin

@universalhub

1 year

Taco place with 2 a.m. closing time approved in the Fenway over opposition of neighborhood association

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@jessekb

5 months

The @MassAGO @AJCampbellMA is not holding back when it comes to enforcing compliance w/the MBTA Communities Act multifamily zoning mandate. The law and obligations of each of the 177 communities is clear. Check out the letter she sent to Milton yesterday! Thank you, AG Campbell!

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@jessekb

4 years

Boston's most common housing type, the triple/three-decker, should be the bare *minimum* allowed in *every* *single* *neighborhood*. #ReLegalizeTheThreeDecker

A Better Cambridge

@ABetterCambMA

4 years

Hey Twitter, let's remind everyone why we're here! What's your most YIMBY housing opinion? Why?

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@jessekb

3 years

Big YIKES to the people on the Jamaica Plain Facebook group comparing the proposed microunit development with no parking about 50 feet from Forest Hills Station to prison cells.

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@jessekb

4 years

Victory celebrations in #JamaicaPlain right now @universalhub @02130News

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@jessekb

3 months

Hunter📈🌈📊

@StatisticUrban

3 months

Apparently, everyone has a favorite building. Spill it, peeps.

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@jessekb

4 years

My SuBjEcTiVe pErSoNaL aEsThEtIcS aRe MoRe ImPoRtAnT tHaN bUiLdInG hOmEs FoR eVeRyOnE 🥴

Cambridge Day

@CambridgeDay

4 years

Opinion: Developer built a permanent insult in Porter Square; don't let it happen again down Rindge Avenue. See . #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

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@jessekb

11 months

The replies to this tweet are so unhinged from reality. Prob a bunch of conservatives in NH that haven't actually stepped foot in Boston for 10 years.

Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭

@MayorWu

11 months

Hey Boston! Summer is officially here—the perfect time to learn to bike, host a block party, play a sport, attend a concert, explore a new neighborhood & so much more—& it’s all here for you on Stay cool & have a fun, safe summer! ☀️

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@jessekb

8 months

I don't actually know anything about this project, but the many people in the replies saying "why" clearly haven't priced a hotel in the City of Boston recently.

Only In Boston

@OnlyInBOS

8 months

Construction will begin by the end of this year to convert this narrow alleyway in Downtown Boston into a 7-story hotel featuring 24 rooms.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

This is huge. Still digging into the details but it appears Housing Choice will likely become law, requiring only simple majority vote for zoning changes that allow affordable, multifamily and transit-oriented development in communities across the Commonwealth.

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@jessekb

4 years

I'm glad that I could contribute to this necessary article. While not only black people benefit frm affordable housing, because of multigenerational, structural racism they are disproportionately represented among its resident. As a white person I will...

Housing will test white support for Black lives - The Boston Globe

White people are rallying against racism, but will they finally make it much easier for minorities to move into their neighborhoods?

www.bostonglobe.com

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@jessekb

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In Boston, we're talking about rent stabilization schemes designed to allow rents to INCREASE by ~10% every year! Why is it so hard for us to talk about doing things that are proven to DECREASE housing costs? Reform zoning to allow more homes of all types, at all income levels.

Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

1 month

Austin continues to be a national leader on zoning reform. Last year they built more homes than any other city in America. Instead of rents going up which some claim building new homes causes, average rents are DOWN 7% since last year. Boston/MA could learn from them.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

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Can you believe it? My 2 year old's daycare asked us to provide PROOF that he's been vaccinated against certain childhood illnesses because apparently there is some sort of VACCINE MANDATE if you want to go to day care or school in Massachusetts!

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

So many major American cities, including those with extreme housing crises (👋 Boston) just got lapped by this little city of 200k people.

Jonathan Berk

@berkie1

2 years

The "Building Opportunity and Choices for All initiative" unanimously passed Spokane City Council last night. The zoning ordinance allows duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes and townhomes in all residential zones.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

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Jaywalking isn't inherently bad. It was a concept pushed by the nacient car industry to gain supremacy in the streets. Streets are for people. Let's get back to our roots, Boston.

GBH

@GBH

2 years

A Sunday stroll down memory lane... Boston circa 1903. No sound. Just an incredible amount of jaywalking. (🎞 via @GBHArchives )

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Wow, @marty_walsh announces that @Suffolk_U is stepping up in coordination with @HealthyBoston and @PineStreetInn to convert a dorm into temporary shelter with 170(?) beds for our homeless neighbors in this time of crisis.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

5 years

Inventory up, prices down. Hmmm... 🤔

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

1 year

Thank you @MassAGO @AndreaForAG for this this very clear advisory statement: the MBTA Communities multifamily zoning mandate is LAW that towns MUST follow. Opt-out is NOT an option, and if you try your town may be subject to Civil Enforcement Action.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Wealthier, white, male homeowners dominating all local decisions about planning & development is anti-democratic.

Cameron Murray

@DrCameronMurray

4 years

Is the YIMBY movement anti-democratic? The vibe I get is "we must override local democracy because people keep voting for the wrong thing - protecting their local amenity" Just saying.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

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IANAL, but my reading of AG's suit is that, if Milton does not adopt compliant zoning w/in 3 mos of an injunction, the town will effectively be unable to enforce zoning in areas covered by MBTA CA - half mile around any station on the Milton side of the Mattapan line.

Jonathan Berk

@berkie1

3 months

BREAKING: Campbell Sues Milton Over Snub of State Housing Law “The MBTA Communities Law was enacted to address our region-wide need for housing, and compliance with it is mandatory.”

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

You know the classic Boston triple decker but have you ever seen a Saint Paul quadruple decker?

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

Complex public policy questions shouldn't be decided by popular vote. We have representative democracy for a reason. Many ppl have told me they're really confused about ?s 2 & 3 this year that they'll either just blank or vote no in protest. This does not lead to good outcomes.

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

Wait wuuuut is going on with this bathroom?

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

6 years

Chelsea Zoning Board denies permits for a 42-unit apartment building by one of the leading non-profit affordable housing developers in Greater Boston because it was rental not ownership. Not everyone can own and renters deserve homes too. #WhyWeYIMBY

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

I am not a Christian, but @NPRinskeep 's conversation with DC Episcopal Archbishop Marianne Budde about the death of George Floyd, the protests that followed, and Trump's abuse of the Christian bible and Episcopal Church last night moved me to tears.

Peaceful Protesters Tear Gassed To Clear Way For Trump Church Visit

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington about the president's visit to St. John's Church amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.

www.npr.org

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

3 years

Loving this vintage MBTA ad that was just posted in a railfan Facebook group. That slogan 🤣 "We're Trying" Minimal effort as it may be, don't we all wish it were still the case?

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 months

Obviously Massachusetts. A global intellectual hub, economic engine, and has cultural relevance to rival California or New York

Hayden Clarkin

@the_transit_guy

2 months

What is the smallest state that punches the most above its weight?

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

6 years

I got to explore the abandoned T tunnel under Government Center (Scollay Square to Adams Station) with @WelcomeToDot

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

2 years

I don't want to be the one to tell unhoused folks in Boston that they need to move to Gary, Indiana.

Michael Harriot

@michaelharriot

2 years

There are an estimated 600,000 homeless people in America There are more than 15 million empty housing units in America. Good morning

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

4 years

Quoting John Lewis to oppose affordable housing in wealthy suburbs like Arlington and Belmont is another level

Alex Pinto

@ad3pinto

4 years

@jessekb Update on how this dynamic is going north of the city: quoting John Lewis to rally opposition of a 40b project in another town

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Jesse Kanson-Benanav

@jessekb

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I know it's not the worst transit problem we face in MA, but we really need to have a public conversation about getting people to move further into the train and not crowding the doors.

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