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YIMBY of Northern Nevada is a project of Regenesis in Reno. Our company is seeking funding from individuals and from local organizations looking for a way to help current and prospective employees find quality housing. |
YIMBY of Northern Nevada is a project of Regenesis in Reno. Our company is seeking funding from individuals and from local organizations looking for a way to help current and prospective employees find quality housing. <br /> |
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<big>Greater Reno is growing very rapidly<big> |
<big>'''Greater Reno is growing very rapidly'''<big> |
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<big>'''Build more housing'''</big> |
<big>'''Build more housing'''</big> |
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* We strongly support building new housing. We have a severe housing shortage. |
* <small>We strongly support building new housing. We have a severe housing shortage.<br /></small> |
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* If we continue to add 10,000 residents per year in Greater Reno and only add 4,000 housing units per year, the shortage will continue. |
* <small>If we continue to add 10,000 residents per year in Greater Reno and only add 4,000 housing units per year, the shortage will continue.</small><br /> |
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<big>'''Setting a goal by the numbers'''</big> |
<big>'''Setting a goal by the numbers'''</big> |
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* Our goal is to keep housing costs for owners and renters at or below 30% of gross income and combined housing and transportation costs below 45%. Households with costs above these two thresholds are considered burdened. |
* <small>Our goal is to keep housing costs for owners and renters at or below 30% of gross income and combined housing and transportation costs below 45%. Households with costs above these two thresholds are considered burdened. <br /> |
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* For the 76% of households in Greater Reno with less than $100,000 income, the goal is to bring combined housing and transportation to 45% of income for the majority. |
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* For the 76% of households in Greater Reno with less than $100,000 income, the goal is to bring combined housing and transportation to 45% of income for the majority. <br /> |
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* As solutions to our housing crisis roll out, the 24% of households in Greater Reno with more than $100,000 income will have an opportunity to drive their combined housing and transportation costs well below 45%. This will be especially true for the 6% of our neighbors living in households with more than $200,000 income. <br /> |
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⚫ | * Although all of our neighbors can contribute to creating a regenerative culture in Greater Reno by re-balancing their time and financial resources, the better off among us have a special capability to drive the Regenesis transformation. For insight on how we can all create a regenerative culture together, please contact us at Regenesis in Reno below. |
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⚫ | * Although all of our neighbors can contribute to creating a regenerative culture in Greater Reno by re-balancing their time and financial resources, the better off among us have a special capability to drive the Regenesis transformation. For insight on how we can all create a regenerative culture together, please contact us at Regenesis in Reno below.</small> <br /> |
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<big>'''Density is good'''</big> |
<big>'''Density is good'''</big> |
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* We are unapologetic urbanists who believe in the virtues of cities. More people living in close proximity to each other can improve their lives and the lives of those far beyond the centers of Reno and Sparks. |
<small>* We are unapologetic urbanists who believe in the virtues of cities. More people living in close proximity to each other can improve their lives and the lives of those far beyond the centers of Reno and Sparks. |
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* Density can be achieved by increasing housing within the McCarran ring road and along corridors stretching into outlying areas that already have infrastructure in place. |
* Density can be achieved by increasing housing within the McCarran ring road and along corridors stretching into outlying areas that already have infrastructure in place. |
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* Density is sustainability: it reduces urban sprawl, reduces water usage, uses energy more efficiently, and creates a smaller carbon footprint. |
* Density is sustainability: it reduces urban sprawl, reduces water usage, uses energy more efficiently, and creates a smaller carbon footprint. |
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* Density is opportunity: it increases access to jobs, supports diverse businesses, promotes innovation, and enables people to be more productive. |
* Density is opportunity: it increases access to jobs, supports diverse businesses, promotes innovation, and enables people to be more productive. |
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* People should be free to choose to live in places that are urban, compact and walkable, low-density and car-centric. They should also be free to choose to live in suburban or rural places. Not everyone wants to live in a dense city. However, current policies restrict the supply of urban housing, leaving suburban life as the only affordable option for many. |
* People should be free to choose to live in places that are urban, compact and walkable, low-density and car-centric. They should also be free to choose to live in suburban or rural places. Not everyone wants to live in a dense city. However, current policies restrict the supply of urban housing, leaving suburban life as the only affordable option for many. |
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<big>'''Housing is a home'''</big> |
<big>'''Housing is a home'''</big> |
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* It is not the role of the local government to maximize wealth for property owners. |
<small>* It is not the role of the local government to maximize wealth for property owners. |
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* Creating attainable housing for all and maximizing home values are incompatible goals – therefore public policy should be based on viewing homes as places to live, not as investments. |
* Creating attainable housing for all and maximizing home values are incompatible goals – therefore public policy should be based on viewing homes as places to live, not as investments. |
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* Housing is infrastructure. The primary community benefit of new housing is the housing. |
* Housing is infrastructure. The primary community benefit of new housing is the housing. |
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* Filtering exists. Today’s new, expensive housing becomes tomorrow’s inexpensive housing, as long as scarcity isn’t induced by restricting the creation of new housing. |
* Filtering exists. Today’s new, expensive housing becomes tomorrow’s inexpensive housing, as long as scarcity isn’t induced by restricting the creation of new housing. |
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* Local governments should fight blight by expanding economic opportunities and ensuring access to credit for residents, not by seizing blighted properties via eminent domain and razing them. |
* Local governments should fight blight by expanding economic opportunities and ensuring access to credit for residents, not by seizing blighted properties via eminent domain and razing them.</small> |
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'''Stop Displacement'''</big> |
'''Stop Displacement'''</big> |
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* Greater Reno has the physical space for more housing without displacing existing residents. |
* <small>Greater Reno has the physical space for more housing without displacing existing residents.<br /> |
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* We should maximize the number of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units as opposed to the percentage of BMR units in new projects. |
* We should maximize the number of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units as opposed to the percentage of BMR units in new projects.<br /> |
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⚫ | * Effective ways to protect and preserve existing affordable housing units include community land trusts, resident owned and controlled cooperatives, the Small Sites Acquisition Program, Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants Program (ROOTS), maintaining strong tenant protections, promoting homeownership, improving access to credit in minority communities, opposing abusive withholding of housing benefits, expanding federal funding for subsidized housing, providing lawyers for at-risk tenants and homeowners, and building more housing. |
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⚫ | * Effective ways to protect and preserve existing affordable housing units include community land trusts, resident owned and controlled cooperatives, the Small Sites Acquisition Program, Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants Program (ROOTS), maintaining strong tenant protections, promoting homeownership, improving access to credit in minority communities, opposing abusive withholding of housing benefits, expanding federal funding for subsidized housing, providing lawyers for at-risk tenants and homeowners, and building more housing.</small><br /> |
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<big>'''Zoning & Planning Policy Prescriptions'''</big> |
<big>'''Zoning & Planning Policy Prescriptions'''</big> |
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* We believe in long-term planning. Once a citywide or neighborhood plan is made, the process for building should be streamlined, well-defined and predictable. It should not impose significant delays on or add significant costs to a project, nor should individual property owners or neighborhood associations have the power to hijack it. |
* <small>We believe in long-term planning. Once a citywide or neighborhood plan is made, the process for building should be streamlined, well-defined and predictable. It should not impose significant delays on or add significant costs to a project, nor should individual property owners or neighborhood associations have the power to hijack it.<br /> |
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* As-of-Right building: development plans approved at the departmental level if the project is within existing zoning. |
* As-of-Right building: development plans approved at the departmental level if the project is within existing zoning.<br /> |
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<big>'''Join YIMBY of Northern Nevada'''</big> |
<big>'''Join YIMBY of Northern Nevada'''</big> |
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* The housing shortage is not an unintended policy failure. Greater Reno has a housing shortage because of decades of voting and organizing against housing. The solution is to organize for housing. |
* <small>The housing shortage is not an unintended policy failure. Greater Reno has a housing shortage because of decades of voting and organizing against housing. The solution is to organize for housing. <br /> |
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* We must mobilize our communities, employees of our businesses and other organizations, make our case in the media, write to legislators, support projects at hearings, support pro-housing candidates, and vote for more housing. |
* We must mobilize our communities, employees of our businesses and other organizations, make our case in the media, write to legislators, support projects at hearings, support pro-housing candidates, and vote for more housing.<br /> |
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• Enter name [required], email [required], phone [optional] |
• Enter name [required], email [required], phone [optional] |
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• For any questions or comments please contact: |
• For any questions or comments please contact: |