Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social journalism prof. @USCAnnenberg, founder Crosstown: data-driven local news (xtownmedia.com), ex-@WSJ. Lacking sense of humor.
Samuel Hughes @scp-hughes.bsky.social Head of Housing at the Centre for Policy Studies. Fellow of Create Streets. Interested in architecture, urbanism, history, philosophy, policy. 
Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social Algorithmist
https://moultano.wordpress.com/
Joe McReynolds @joemcreynolds.bsky.social Japan urbanism: Emergent Tokyo (2022). China-US NatSec: China's Evolving Military Strategy (2016), China's Evolving Information Warfare (2025). 摸着石头过河, learning as I go.
Ross Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social 🗳️ #DemocracyScience nerd for an incrementally better world, reporting from the intersection of info & action. Pro-🏳️🌈,🏳️⚧️, 🇺🇸, and 🇺🇳 🌎🌏🌍
🔎 Researcher @ discourselabs.org
🌇 Urbanist & governance reform advocate @ fairrepla.bsky.social
📍 San Francisco
Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social Reporter at the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Former @latimes.com reporter, native Kansan and green thumb. 🌱 Securely message me on Signal (ljn.11).
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social I make things, including bike rides, state housing laws, bread, and trouble. Quality varies with rainfall, political winds, and tire pressure. Run comms at @cayimby for the love of cities.
Los Angeles Times @latimes.com News from a West Coast perspective.
Read more at www.latimes.com.
Markus Johnson @markusja.bsky.social Abundant housing, abundant transit, & abundant bike lanes in our cities occupies a lot of my thinking. I'm sure other pieces of my personality will peek through over time.
Consider reading: https://medium.com/@markusjohnson2195
Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
Lars Doucet @larsiusprime.bsky.social Co-Founder at ValueBase.co
☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses.
UCLA Lewis Center @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social Studying housing affordability and transportation equity in the LA Region
Christian Solorio @solorio4housing.bsky.social Housing Advocate - Former AZ House of Representatives | Alhambra ESD Board Member | Architect for the Community | Running/Hiking
Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social Executive Director @opennewyork.city / former city worker
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Oren Hadar @futureis.la LA has the best bones of any city in the world. It can become a true world capital if we only let it. I write at https://futureis.la
Streets For All @streetsforall.org Building a transportation revolution in Los Angeles 🚎🚌🚲🛴👩🏻🦽🚶🏾🌳
streetsforall.org
Mott Smith @mottsmith.bsky.social Co-Founder of Amped Kitchens (http://ampedkitchens.com). Board Chair, Council of Infill Builders. Vice Chair, LA City Small Business Comm. Adjunct prof of Real Estate Dev, USC's Price School. Personal account. Posts are solely mine. Follow ≠ endorsement.
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social Housing scholar - California, Mexico, France, Hong Kong
Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social Working in transportation research to connect people to opportunities - accepting we can't fix much but trying anyway. Find my work with the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at www.lewis.ucla.edu 
Michael Lens @mc-lens.bsky.social Professor at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7
Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social Notorious GIS reply guy
YIMBY
I will come to your hearing, Berkeley politician
Vuvuzela owner
Father
@jeffinatorator on certain bird sites
Anne Paulson @annepaulson.bsky.social YIMBY, cyclist
was Krampus Snail on the old site, still a snail when I ride my Krampus
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
David Garcia @davidagarciajr.bsky.social Diego and Leonel's dad. Writer. Houser.
Deputy Director of Policy at the UC Berkeley Terner Center
Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social 6’7” California State Senator representing San Francisco 🏳️🌈 ✡️
Policy nerd & chronic legislative overachiever 🤓
Running for Congress to protect our democracy 💙
Vote Nov. 3, 2026 🗳️
Get involved ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/scottwiener
GeorgistSteve 🔰🏗️🌆🪩🗽 @georgiststeve.bsky.social Urban economist from Aotearoa living in Seattle. Share rents. Build homes.
Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social Investigative and policy reporter at Remapping Debate. Previously at CityLab, SF Examiner. Author of "The Unfinished Metropolis": https://shorturl.at/PInVb
patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; universal access, opportunity & upward mobility.
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
LindsayLovesBikes @lindsaysturman.bsky.social I love cities. Co-Host of podcast "Bike Talk." Advocating for the 15 minute cities and QUIMBY: Quality in my backyard. LCI-LA.com. Full of joy.
Ed Mendoza @edmendoza.bsky.social Senior Research Associate at @cayimby.bsky.social
Miriam Pinski @mirijulip.bsky.social I write about the driver's license, research transportation, advocate for safe streets and cloth diapers. Triple Bruin, now researcher at SUMC. 
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social CEO @nchousing.org, dad, pastor, musician 🎹, judoka 🥋, master gardener 🌻, and TCK 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇩🇪🇭🇺🇨🇦🇲🇦 #Antifascist
"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts... practice resurrection."
Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social Physician, researcher. Professor of Medicine at UCSF. Director of @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social and UCSF @arcforhealth.bsky.social. Passionate about ending homelessness. Views my own.
Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social Economist researching cities, transport, housing, & energy. I focus on New Zealand & Australia, with European dalliances. And some chaff.
tamika l. butler @tamikabutler.bsky.social Nebraska Always.
@StanfordLaw alum. Fighting racism, poverty & injustice. @UCLA Urban planning PhD. Mobility justice & dignity all day. All tweets/views my own.
Catherine Hernandez @hoodarchitect.bsky.social Talking ‘bout Architecture + Experience design
📍Tongva Land, South Central LA
Diane Yentel @dianeyentel.bsky.social President and CEO, National Council of Nonprofits
Former President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition (2016-2025)
Erika D. Smith @erika-d-smith.bsky.social Politics & Policy Columnist, West Coast, Bloomberg Opinion. erikadsmith@bloomberg.net
Past: Los Angeles Times🦅, Sacramento Bee, IndyStar, Akron Beacon Journal. Ohioan by birth. Proud Californian by choice. ✊🏾🏳️🌈
aysha khan @aysha.bsky.social editor @nextcity.org and analystnews.org
covering the path to flourishing cities and a just world 🏙️🌎
urbanism without equity is gentrification. housing is a human right. genocide is bad. nonprofit journalism is the future. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
nextcity.org/pitch
Mike Kingsella @mkingsella.upforgrowth.org Founder & CEO, @upforgrowthaction.bsky.social. I believe housing abundance unlocks opportunity for families, workers, and communities. Building the federal pro-housing coalition to deliver more homes and broader prosperity.
Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @openplans.org | Transportation, Housing, Walkable Cities.
Ahmad Abu-Khalaf @ahmadak.bsky.social Affordable housing & urban planning stuff…Personal views.📍Washington, D.C. 
Carolyn Whitzman @cwhitzman.bsky.social Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
Miguel A. Rodriguez, PhD @mroddc.bsky.social Head of Data Science & Geospatial @ Cushman & Wakefield | Economist & urban planner. Passion for cities, data, real estate, & transpo. 🚉 DC area's journeyman adjunct professor of planning and policy. 🎓. 🐶 are the best.
Greg Morrow @gregmorrow.bsky.social Faculty Director, Real Estate Development + Design; Associate Professor of Practice, Architecture, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Views are mine.
Brittany Bailey @beebailey.bsky.social Transportation nerd. Promenade Queen. Infrastructure Wonk. Staffer @MayorToddGloria , @YIMBYDemsSD. Streets should be safe for all ages & abilities.
Muhammad Alameldin @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social Director of Growth, California YIMBY.
Boardmember: Casita Coalition & First Congregational Memorial Tower.
Advisor to Student Homes.
They call me "The Condo Guy"
Adam Mongrain @adammongrain.bsky.social ED, More and Better Housing Canada
Montréal, Québec
EN/FR
Alex Fisch @alexfischca.bsky.social I like California a lot. Like A LOT.
Views expressed here aren’t even necessarily my own, let alone my employer’s.
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Alta, NYRB, The Atlantic, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.
rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social Lefty dad writing about politics at rondezvousWA.com.
Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline. Hot takes are my own.
Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social I discovered the surprising story of what really happened in 2008 (not enough housing) and accidentally became a housing policy guy.
https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Erdmann/author/B099P7SN1G
Daniel Herriges @dpherriges.bsky.social Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social Game dev, pro-housing activist. she/her
alex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social midnight at the laundromat and i’m staring at you pulling clothes from the dryer. doer of the politics of the urbanist pro-growth left. having fun in ward 1, washington, d.c., the best city in america.
Calvin Thigpen @calvinthigpen.com Transportation Policy and Planning Researcher | ex-Lime
Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social Lover of walking and biking, the Northwest, thoughtful policy, parking reform, climate action, and gueuze. Dad. Opinions are my own.
Greg Magofña @gmags.bsky.social Here for the housing
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social Co-founder IFP
Eli Dourado @elidourado.com On a sacred quest to increase the pace of economic growth at the Abundance Institute. On the side of the builders. tfp/acc 🚀
Laura Foote @laurafoote.bsky.social 
Springtime for Hegseth @schroedinger.bsky.social 2022 Diplomat of the Year
📍 Manhattan
Alysa Cisneros @alysa.bsky.social Sunnyvale councilmember, friendly neighborhood poster ~ MPP ~ Latina🇲🇽 ~ 🌈 ~ Antiracist ~ public policy analyst ~ qual/quant research design ~ prof ~ pro 🏘pro labor ✊🏽~ crow policy
“Lively local version of AOC” -angry resident 
Jesse Kanson-Benanav @jessekb.bsky.social Saying yes to homes for all across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Executive director of @abundanthousingma.org | http://linkedin.com/in/jesse-kb
Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social Sumo citrus influencer, bellwether of good music
Want to see a show soon? I got suggestions https://janes-going-out-guide.beehiiv.com/
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social Architect, developer, builder, placemaker, cyclist, Urbanist, planning commissioner seeking to build civilization...the neighborhood is the amenity. LGBTQIA+ & Black Lives Matter ally, keeping it real in Bothell, WA.
David J. Faber (🧦) @davidjfaber.bsky.social 
Adam Florek 🏳️🌈 @planningadam.bsky.social Urbanist with a soft spot for legacy cities, maps, and housing. OCD survivor.
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com It’s our city. Let’s build it up. 🚰 🌹🧦 🏗️🔰🚊
🔗 anthonyegill.bsky.social
🔗 linktr.ee/spokanerising
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social The future is urban. It's here, if we want it.
East Bay, CA
Rory Stolzenberg @rorystolzenberg.bsky.social renewable energy tech by day. legalizing housing by night. sometimes vice versa.
former planning commissioner in charlottesville
Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
danielkayhertz.com
Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi.bsky.social Housing Program Officer, Abundance & Growth Fund @ CG | Sr. Fellow @niskanencenter🏗️ | Urban Econ 🌐🔰🚋 | @worksinprogress contributor | @opennyforall member | @yimbytown alum | former @cbcny |
Legalize housing. Tax land. End poverty with cash
Daniel Pearson @dpearsonphl.bsky.social I’m an editorial writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer focused on urban policy-transit, housing, and planning
Rick Cole @urbanistcole.bsky.social Pasadena City Councimember. Former LA Deputy Controller and Deputy Mayor.
Nick Erickson @nserickson.bsky.social Executive Director, Housing Affordability Institute
Sr. Director of Housing Policy, Housing First Minnesota
Bring Back New Starter Homes
Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social Queens volunteer chapter leader for @opennewyork.org. YIMBY, pro-transit, pro-biking, anti-borders-and-cars. He/him
Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
iain @maccoinnich.bsky.social Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland
🏳️🌈🏴
Amy @amyliz.bsky.social Real estate geek | Flaneur | New Yorker | I love cities and nature
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted Midwesterner (formerly Twin Cities, Chicago). I write and research about housing and cities. PhD student at UW-Madison.
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
https://zakyudhishthu.github.io/
Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social We are a non-partisan group of advocates supporting more housing of all types for everyone in Metro Vancouver
Dan Keshet @dankeshet.bsky.social Austin urbanist
Kate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social Seattleite. Likes: maps, dogs, plants, ice cream, walkable cities. Dislikes: fascist takeovers, climate change, most zoning, beets
Hawking whistles since 2025 (@wawhistles.bsky.social)
🏢 David L 🚎 @davidl206.city Lawyer and dad in Seattle.
Always full of bus ideas…
…like the revenue-neutral central Seattle network in my pinned post.
I like new apartments because I want my city to welcome everyone.
Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
YIMBY Denver @yimbydenver.bsky.social Advocating for more people and fewer cars in Denver. Likes and reposts of candidates or elected officials are not endorsements. Become a member of YIMBY Denver at Yimbydenver.org