Sarah Holder
co-hosting the big take podcast + reporting for
@citylab / @business on urban policy. write me sholder6@bloomberg.net
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- with HUD's rollback of fair housing enforcement and its plans to add rules that could kick millions off aid in the news, take some time to read our story on the upheaval at the agency and how it could make the housing crisis worse: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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- we profiled Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner at a crisis moment for affordable housing — and, sources say, for HUD: tinyurl.com/2njxm2m3
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- Reposted by Sarah HolderWithout federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk. Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
- Reposted by Sarah HolderModerated by @sarahholder.bsky.social a panel of experts including Arthur Gailes, Angela Habr, & Hannah Love, will examine how cities attract and retain skilled workers at different life stages.
- Looking forward to this discussion next week!
- How do #cities attract & retain skilled workers at different life stages? On 7/10 @ 11 AM CT join the Chicago Fed for a virtual event to hear research from Sr. Economist Jason Faberman and a panel of experts moderated by @sarahholder.bsky.social Register: www.chicagofed.org/events/2025/...
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- ben's book breaks a lot of new ground and adds more history and texture to the "abundance"-y conversation around why American cities got so stuck, and what it would really take to make them better!
- Reposted by Sarah HolderToday marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
- spoke with @markgurman.bsky.social about his latest story, covering how Apple fell so far behind in the genAI race -- and what's at stake if they can't catch up podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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- had the pleasure of moderating this conversation with @zoetillman.bsky.social @gregstohr.bsky.social @eelarson.bsky.social earlier today on all the lawsuits and court challenges the trump administration is facing rn. Have a listen! www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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- talked to zach mider about a bonkers scheme originating from a former comedy writer to sell americans cheap, often bare-bones health insurance by using a loophole in Obamacare. yup. follow along with the big take podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1oIL...
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- instead of checking your 401k… listen to our big take episode about how experts say regular people should be navigating the stock market rn podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- abundance..meet momentum (via @benschneider.bsky.social) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- i truly feel we're in a post april fools day world
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- one of the HUD discrimination cases the trump admin is reportedly rolling back? the case against a Dallas HOA that used rental rules to kick out Black families: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Federal investigators spent years on two major housing discrimination cases in Texas, finding what they believed were stark civil rights violations. Then the Trump Admin assumed office and quietly took steps that officials think will likely kill both cases. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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- wrote about a new documentary following these artists who set up a whole apartment in a mall in providence and hung out there for four years. it’s zany and profound! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?" (From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...) - Reposted by Sarah Holder[Not loaded yet]
- where NYC's upzoning unlocks more housing, and where developers are already taking advantage: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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- on yday's big take podcast, the great @akshatrathi.bsky.social helped us make sense of trump's climate agenda, or lack thereof, and what it could mean for global green investments, the energy transition, and disaster response: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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- spoke to the mayor of an automotive industry-heavy Michigan near Detroit about what tariffs on Canada will mean for his residents, businesses, and local budget. “Prices are gonna change pretty dramatically, pretty quickly," he said, "and I think our region’s going to be one of the hardest hit.”
- Cool to see democrats coalescing around a unified strategy oh wait
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- me: there’s tissues everywhere! bf: interesting use of passive voice
- craziest thing about the new season of love is blind is that they have finally licensed real music… but it is still interspersed with made up Netflix music…
- will DOGE come for homelessness services? providers around the country are concerned about whether $3.6 billion in promised CoC grants — in rental assistance, senior housing, veteran homelessness programs, etc — will arrive on time. w/ @kristoncapps.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- talked to a poultry farmer and the Odd Lots team, @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social, about what's going on with egg prices right now podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- had a fever dream in which a beautiful Verizon representative visited me at my home and gave me a flip phone, freeing me
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- "The Trump admin is laying the groundwork for state and local law enforcement officers to participate in mass deportation efforts, an unprecedented move that could deputize 1000s of officers with the power to arrest immigrants across the US." via @folaak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- In 2022, @kristoncapps.bsky.social and i started writing about an HOA in the Dallas suburbs that tried to ban low-income Section 8 renters from its community. While three-quarters of residents were white, nearly 95% of voucher-holders were Black.
- In 2023, Texas passed a law that would make it illegal for any HOA to prevent landlords from renting to Section 8 voucher-holders. But we found that, in the lead-up to the enforcement of the law, several HOAs had such restrictive rental rules on the books www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
- and now, in 2025, HUD has charged the Texas HOA with housing discrimination, finding that its Section 8 rental ban was designed to keep out Black renters. Among the evidence: scores of racist and threatening social media posts: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- the Providence HOA isn't the only party HUD charged with discrimination. FirstService Residential Texas, its property manager, was also charged with violating the Fair Housing Act. That company is part of the largest HOA management company in North America: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- 🚨congestion pricing update 🚨 - cars entering zone below 60th st ⬇️ 8% - private cars traveling down Lex ⬇️, yellow cabs⬆️ - no matter who's driving, trips were generally faster during congestion pricing’s first week vs. same time last yr via CityLab: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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- "State Farm, for instance, canceled almost 70% of its policies in the biggest zip code in the Pacific Palisades. At the same time, the [state-sponsored insurance plan] grew 85% in that area." spoke with @leslieatlarge.bsky.social about the disaster in Los Angeles: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- Reposted by Sarah HolderI don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false. As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.
- Reposted by Sarah HolderLA. Please stay safe today. This app has been very helpful. And, get a bag ready to go in case things escalate in your area. And, FYI Planet Fitness is offering free access to their showers, wifi, and charging stations. app.watchduty.org
- the rise and fall of trudeau, and what comes next for canada, on yesterday's Big Take pod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
- career highlight: interviewed Timbaland for an episode about how AI is changing the music industry! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- love this @johnsurico.bsky.social story about the roundabout, but also about our crisis of faith in government and whether it's reversible. "Its design forces you to contend with the fact that you’re not alone out there, and trusts that you’ll yield in return." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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- there's always that one guy in book club www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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- read @benschneider.bsky.social in the SFChron! "San Francisco’s new breed of skinny buildings will hardly amount to the environmental or social catastrophe that some fear. They’ll represent the opposite: helping more people to live on less land for less money." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
- great piece on the "human doom loop" set off by the pandemic, and how american cities are making it worse — but if designed differently, could make it better slate.com/business/202...
- we explained the recent boom in stock buybacks on the big take.. how they work, how they got so popular, and how they favor short-term shareholder gain at the expense of the rest of the economy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- "left unsaid is a harsh reality for the nation’s biggest metropolis: smaller cities that recently revamped their zoning codes far outdid New York City’s changes." www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/03/n...
- loved talking to @amandamull.bsky.social about air travel these days and why it's so frustrating and bad for most of us and so cushy and comfy for others! this episode has everything: capitalism.. Delta skymiles rewards.. smoking on planes.. listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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- creating a wedding registry on ZoLa
- came to the unfortunate realization that there's no other way to describe what i have been doing with the lyrics of no good deed goes unpunished than holding space....
- DOCTOR DILLAMOND!
- Reposted by Sarah Holderhere's one to watch: Cambridge MA is contemplating six-story, by-right zoning for the entire city -- "advocates say [it] would be among the broadest zoning reform efforts tried in an American city" www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/21/b...
- Our episode from Friday explores NYC's notorious broker fee system, how it works, and how it's set to change. Featuring councilmember @chiosse.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
- "All 271,186 ballots cast in Ada County in the Nov. 5 election will be published on an interactive website... publishing both data sets side by side and making them easily searchable online is a way to build confidence that ballots are being counted appropriately." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
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- “About half of the projected units of housing potentially buildable under City of Yes could be at risk of not moving forward,” depending on how much of the city holds onto its parking minimums, per @thecity.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/19/p...
- posting is embarrassing enough without having to post the same thing on two identical platforms...
- does everyone realize a man has also lost in every single US presidential election since washington
