Bend YIMBY
Advocating for housing of all shapes and sizes for everyone who wants to live in Bend
- Bend YIMBY News: bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...
- Great point from @melaniekebler.bsky.social Having people of all walks of life is very much part of a complete community. Listen to the full comment here: www.youtube.com/live/eLSdylf...
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- 2025 in review for Bend YIMBY. It was a rough year in a lot of ways, but a pretty good one for housing. bendyimby.com/2026/01/01/2...
- Bend YIMBY News roundup, holiday bonus edition: bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...
- Some critical distinctions inside! We battle for and about this issue frequently and as we’ve recently found from some research in Portland technically affordable can still be unattainable for many.
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- Everyone is welcome - come check out all the creative gingerbread creations this (Tuesday) evening!
- Looking forward to seeing everyone next Tuesday at our annual Gingerbread Housing competition! 5:30 at Wildwood Bar and Grill (Box Factory) Bring your completed creations - judging by Councilor Megan Norris
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- Jackstraw
- ND in a nutshell
- Well look at that... plenty of new homes gives renters more choice, stopping rent hikes 🤔 bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
- Latest news roundup from Bend YIMBY. Including our November 11th meetup to talk Neighborhood Commercial bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...
- This is a great thread to help understand why some of our victories in the policy arena don’t always immediately translate to housing being built. Single stair convo anyone?
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- Come hear about Neighborhood Commercial in Bend from Kristin at @landwatch.bsky.social ! Next Tuesday, November 11th, at 5:30 PM at Wildwood Bar and Grill (Box Factory)
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- Huge. Time for us to do the same, because waiting for it to come from the state may take a long time.
- They beat us to it
- Having just spent a week in NYC this 1000x over. And figure out a way to return some streets in the other boroughs back to the people.
- The Feds are NIMBYs
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- All the latest YIMBY News from Bend, Oregon and elsewhere bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...
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- Nice small-scale win here in Bend. Mary Hearn, a local infill home builder, had an empty lot she wasn't able to use. Now a few people have a safe, stable place to live. Via @jheylin.bsky.social www.bendsource.com/news/localne...
- This evening we will be remembering our friends, family, neighbors and everyone else who has been pushed out of Bend because of high housing prices. Bevel Brewing at 6PM, Monday October 6th
- Thanks to the work of @landwatch.bsky.social creating this page explaining the idea of "re-legalizing" neighborhood commercial in Bend. Please sign the petition! www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/neighborhood...
- Anyone in Bend know some people in California who might be willing to call? No one here has any California connections... right? 🤔
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- Our latest news roundup from Bend, Oregon and elsewhere, including details about our latest meetup tomorrow (Wednesday) bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...
- Check out chapter lead Ian on KTVZ! ktvz.com/news/bend/20... Speaking in support of an ADU design library
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- Next meetup: Ian and @jheylin.bsky.social just got back from @yimbytown.bsky.social in New Haven, and are going to lead a discussion about what they learned, who they met and what's happening in other places. Should be really interesting! September 24, 5:30 PM on, Wildwood Bar and Grill
- Zero. Nowhere to go but up.
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- Sorry couldn’t resist after reading Newport Market’s messsge today
- Our former rep lives in Arizona? Who knew?
- And one of our own will be a presenter! @jheylin.bsky.social
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- Single stair code reform is on our doorstep. The expected pushback is coming from the fire bureau. What’s your best response to their argument?
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- Great piece that explains so much public investment behavior right now. We posit that part of the problem is that the markets are only now starting to feel the impacts of the bizarre economic demands of the administration and the first major impacts will be obscured by false data.
- An absurdly backwards way of funding the system. EV owners already pay a significantly higher registration fee that disincentivizes lower VMT. Why not dump the gas tax and charge all vehicles a weight/mile fee like we’ve long done for freight? Drive a heavy vehicle lots of miles pay more $.
- Guess which age group is the fastest growing homeless segment?
- How about a place of worship attached to Bruno’s? Although here it probably should be next to Deschutes.
- Reposted by Bend YIMBYWhat's wild about the 85th percentile is that lots of US states use it to set all speed limits, but the original idea (from the 1930s) was to let observed driver speeds shape speed limits on **rural roads**. It was never intended for urban areas w/pedestrians & cyclists!
- LVT to the rescue
