And look at what Texas actually built: 985,595 of those 2.77M permitted homes (35.5%) were multifamily apartments.
Multifamily made up 68% of all new housing permitted in Dallas County (151k units), 62% in Travis/Austin (159k), 49% in Bexar/SA (61k), and 44% in Harris/Houston (200k).
Multifamily made up 68% of all new housing permitted in Dallas County (151k units), 62% in Travis/Austin (159k), 49% in Bexar/SA (61k), and 44% in Harris/Houston (200k).
Preferably not suburban sprawl like Texas but hell even the suburbs vote Democratic because the Republicans are insane authoritarian freaks.
Moral of the story:
You want a blue wall?
BUILD
HOUSING
FOR
YOUNG
PEOPLE
You want a blue wall?
BUILD
HOUSING
FOR
YOUNG
PEOPLE
November 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
And look at what Texas actually built: 985,595 of those 2.77M permitted homes (35.5%) were multifamily apartments.
Multifamily made up 68% of all new housing permitted in Dallas County (151k units), 62% in Travis/Austin (159k), 49% in Bexar/SA (61k), and 44% in Harris/Houston (200k).
Multifamily made up 68% of all new housing permitted in Dallas County (151k units), 62% in Travis/Austin (159k), 49% in Bexar/SA (61k), and 44% in Harris/Houston (200k).
How denser multifamily housing helped clean up Lake Washington
How denser multifamily housing helped clean up Lake Washington
Conventional wisdom holds that as cities grow, nearby bodies of water suffer from increased pollution. According to a 25-year study by King County scientists published in the peer-reviewed journal Ecosphere last year, Lake Washington grew clearer, less nutrient-polluted, and measurably … Continue reading →
dlvr.it
November 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
How denser multifamily housing helped clean up Lake Washington
Run it through the Fed and mandate that it print money to finance new multifamily during downturns. Get in folks, we are derisking housing construction.
November 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Run it through the Fed and mandate that it print money to finance new multifamily during downturns. Get in folks, we are derisking housing construction.
oh hey. my book talks directly about this.
(and how passivhaus and allowing multifamily off arterials helps solve this)
(and how passivhaus and allowing multifamily off arterials helps solve this)
"High levels of transportation noise penetrating a person’s home increase risk of heart attack, stroke and heart disease... This noise poses a heart hazard even for people whose sleep doesn’t seem to be disturbed by it, researchers found."
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
oh hey. my book talks directly about this.
(and how passivhaus and allowing multifamily off arterials helps solve this)
(and how passivhaus and allowing multifamily off arterials helps solve this)
Confidence in the market for new multifamily #housing weakened in Q3 in the NAHB Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The production and occupancy components were both down 5 points. https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/11/multifamily-developer-confidence-weakens-in-third-quarter
November 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Confidence in the market for new multifamily #housing weakened in Q3 in the NAHB Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The production and occupancy components were both down 5 points. https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/11/multifamily-developer-confidence-weakens-in-third-quarter
Apparently, our watersheds like condos and density too!
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/11/how-...
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/11/how-...
How denser multifamily housing helped clean up Lake Washington
Conventional wisdom holds that as cities grow, nearby bodies of water suffer from increased pollution. According to a 25-year study by King County scientists published in the peer-reviewed journal …
www.capitolhillseattle.com
November 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Apparently, our watersheds like condos and density too!
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/11/how-...
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/11/how-...
Like a giant LEGO set.
“In factories throughout Sweden, workers assemble modular rooms that will become components of new homes…The modules are then trucked to their final destinations, hoisted up by crane and arranged into place to form whole single-family or multifamily buildings.”
Why don’t we?
“In factories throughout Sweden, workers assemble modular rooms that will become components of new homes…The modules are then trucked to their final destinations, hoisted up by crane and arranged into place to form whole single-family or multifamily buildings.”
Why don’t we?
Sweden builds houses and apartments like Lego sets. Why don’t we?
Zara Larsson isn’t the only Swedish export America should be obsessed with.
www.vox.com
November 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Like a giant LEGO set.
“In factories throughout Sweden, workers assemble modular rooms that will become components of new homes…The modules are then trucked to their final destinations, hoisted up by crane and arranged into place to form whole single-family or multifamily buildings.”
Why don’t we?
“In factories throughout Sweden, workers assemble modular rooms that will become components of new homes…The modules are then trucked to their final destinations, hoisted up by crane and arranged into place to form whole single-family or multifamily buildings.”
Why don’t we?
Choosing trees is a choice cities can make.
The city (and people who elect green leaders) choose to give space to and invest in bikes & green space in this major transit/freight/car arterial full of multifamily housing in Utrecht's Overvecht neighborhood
It's the right choice for a livable future.
The city (and people who elect green leaders) choose to give space to and invest in bikes & green space in this major transit/freight/car arterial full of multifamily housing in Utrecht's Overvecht neighborhood
It's the right choice for a livable future.
November 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Choosing trees is a choice cities can make.
The city (and people who elect green leaders) choose to give space to and invest in bikes & green space in this major transit/freight/car arterial full of multifamily housing in Utrecht's Overvecht neighborhood
It's the right choice for a livable future.
The city (and people who elect green leaders) choose to give space to and invest in bikes & green space in this major transit/freight/car arterial full of multifamily housing in Utrecht's Overvecht neighborhood
It's the right choice for a livable future.
Hopefully this cost stability leads to more housing construction (especially infill and multifamily housing construction) over the next 3 years.
November 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Hopefully this cost stability leads to more housing construction (especially infill and multifamily housing construction) over the next 3 years.
the young left of center PMC understandS that homelessness is a political choice, and that apartments/condos/multifamily are actual, real homes, not just transitional housing for the temporarily embarrassed who can't afford a single family home
November 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
the young left of center PMC understandS that homelessness is a political choice, and that apartments/condos/multifamily are actual, real homes, not just transitional housing for the temporarily embarrassed who can't afford a single family home
🇺🇸 Six people were killed and nine injured in a fire at a multifamily row house in Brooklyn, New York. More than 200 emergency personnel responded. Investigators found a lithium-ion battery but haven’t yet confirmed that as the cause.
November 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
🇺🇸 Six people were killed and nine injured in a fire at a multifamily row house in Brooklyn, New York. More than 200 emergency personnel responded. Investigators found a lithium-ion battery but haven’t yet confirmed that as the cause.
i've been informed that trying to build multifamily housing elsewhere while opposing it in your neighborhood is actually just the definition of NIMBY. we regret the error.
November 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
i've been informed that trying to build multifamily housing elsewhere while opposing it in your neighborhood is actually just the definition of NIMBY. we regret the error.
Plymouth's planning board just greenlit a groundbreaking multifamily zoning amendment, paving the way for larger buildings in commercial zones—what does this mean for the future of housing in the area?
Click to read more!
#PlymouthGraftonCounty #NH #CitizenPortal #HousingInnovation
Click to read more!
#PlymouthGraftonCounty #NH #CitizenPortal #HousingInnovation
Board forwards multifamily zoning change to allow buildings over six units in commercial zones
To comply with recent state legislation, the planning board voted to place on the town meeting warrant an amendment allowing multifamily dwellings exceeding six units per building in commercial zones, while keeping some special-exception review in industrial-commercial areas.
citizenportal.ai
November 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Plymouth's planning board just greenlit a groundbreaking multifamily zoning amendment, paving the way for larger buildings in commercial zones—what does this mean for the future of housing in the area?
Click to read more!
#PlymouthGraftonCounty #NH #CitizenPortal #HousingInnovation
Click to read more!
#PlymouthGraftonCounty #NH #CitizenPortal #HousingInnovation
Kind of psychotic how much multifamily got built on Yerba Buena though, lol. Pack that shit into the Sunset
November 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Kind of psychotic how much multifamily got built on Yerba Buena though, lol. Pack that shit into the Sunset
Maple tree turning fall colors with a multifamily development behind it.
Build more density in streetcar suburbs commercial nodes!
Build more density in streetcar suburbs commercial nodes!
November 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Maple tree turning fall colors with a multifamily development behind it.
Build more density in streetcar suburbs commercial nodes!
Build more density in streetcar suburbs commercial nodes!
California condo building has collapsed, and advocates blame a 2002 law that invites lawsuits over defects.
Condos were 3% of new multifamily homes in 2011-2021, versus nearly 40% in Canada.
A reform bill died this year; sponsors will try again.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Condos were 3% of new multifamily homes in 2011-2021, versus nearly 40% in Canada.
A reform bill died this year; sponsors will try again.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM
California condo building has collapsed, and advocates blame a 2002 law that invites lawsuits over defects.
Condos were 3% of new multifamily homes in 2011-2021, versus nearly 40% in Canada.
A reform bill died this year; sponsors will try again.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Condos were 3% of new multifamily homes in 2011-2021, versus nearly 40% in Canada.
A reform bill died this year; sponsors will try again.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
🇺🇸 Six people were killed and nine injured in a fire at a multifamily row house in Brooklyn, New York. More than 200 emergency personnel responded. Investigators found a lithium-ion battery but haven’t yet confirmed that as the cause.
November 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
🇺🇸 Six people were killed and nine injured in a fire at a multifamily row house in Brooklyn, New York. More than 200 emergency personnel responded. Investigators found a lithium-ion battery but haven’t yet confirmed that as the cause.
#Multifamily #RentalMarket
CoStar has upgraded its U.S. multifamily outlook, forecasting lower vacancy and stronger rent growth through 2027. Improving demand and fewer new apartment deliveries are helping the market recover from recent oversupply.
costargroup.com/pres...
CoStar has upgraded its U.S. multifamily outlook, forecasting lower vacancy and stronger rent growth through 2027. Improving demand and fewer new apartment deliveries are helping the market recover from recent oversupply.
costargroup.com/pres...
November 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#Multifamily #RentalMarket
CoStar has upgraded its U.S. multifamily outlook, forecasting lower vacancy and stronger rent growth through 2027. Improving demand and fewer new apartment deliveries are helping the market recover from recent oversupply.
costargroup.com/pres...
CoStar has upgraded its U.S. multifamily outlook, forecasting lower vacancy and stronger rent growth through 2027. Improving demand and fewer new apartment deliveries are helping the market recover from recent oversupply.
costargroup.com/pres...
#Multifamily #RealEstateInvesting
The U.S. multifamily market is showing signs of rebalancing, with rents edging higher and new construction slowing. These changing supply and demand conditions could help support stronger rental fundamentals heading into 2027.
cbre.com/press-relea...
The U.S. multifamily market is showing signs of rebalancing, with rents edging higher and new construction slowing. These changing supply and demand conditions could help support stronger rental fundamentals heading into 2027.
cbre.com/press-relea...
November 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#Multifamily #RealEstateInvesting
The U.S. multifamily market is showing signs of rebalancing, with rents edging higher and new construction slowing. These changing supply and demand conditions could help support stronger rental fundamentals heading into 2027.
cbre.com/press-relea...
The U.S. multifamily market is showing signs of rebalancing, with rents edging higher and new construction slowing. These changing supply and demand conditions could help support stronger rental fundamentals heading into 2027.
cbre.com/press-relea...
Oh, what’s this “live in an actual house” bit? These are big cities with great multifamily housing. Living among the people you serve is the idea here.
That means no room for your personal watercraft, ATV’s etc. Want that lifestyle? Work for an exurban PD.
That means no room for your personal watercraft, ATV’s etc. Want that lifestyle? Work for an exurban PD.
November 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Oh, what’s this “live in an actual house” bit? These are big cities with great multifamily housing. Living among the people you serve is the idea here.
That means no room for your personal watercraft, ATV’s etc. Want that lifestyle? Work for an exurban PD.
That means no room for your personal watercraft, ATV’s etc. Want that lifestyle? Work for an exurban PD.
Row house fire in Brooklyn kills 6 people and injures 9
Row house fire in Brooklyn kills 6 people and injures 9
A fire in a multifamily row house in New York has killed six people and injured nine others.
www.1011now.com
November 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Row house fire in Brooklyn kills 6 people and injures 9
Case Study Collection: Room Heat Pumps for Multifamily Retrofits - Urban Green Council www.urbangreencouncil.org/room-heat-pu...
Case Study Collection: Room Heat Pumps for Multifamily Retrofits - Urban Green Council
How do room heat pumps perform once they’re installed? Explore our room heat pump case studies.
www.urbangreencouncil.org
November 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Case Study Collection: Room Heat Pumps for Multifamily Retrofits - Urban Green Council www.urbangreencouncil.org/room-heat-pu...
Talk to PeerSense about ground up multifamily projects. If you sponsor a large commercial multifamily deal, send the unit mix and construction schedule to start a focused capital conversation:
November 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Talk to PeerSense about ground up multifamily projects. If you sponsor a large commercial multifamily deal, send the unit mix and construction schedule to start a focused capital conversation:
It will be interesting to see them all get subdivided into multifamily units over the next 30 yrs so they can get 3-4x the housing sales on the same piece of land
November 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
It will be interesting to see them all get subdivided into multifamily units over the next 30 yrs so they can get 3-4x the housing sales on the same piece of land