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
Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social Economics (PhD UBC), yimby, replication, effective altruism. blog.michaelwiebe.com
Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social Parking and local politics, mostly (and some dad-type jokes). President of the Parking Reform Network. Grist 50 Fixer.
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.
@aislinnclancy.bsky.social @aislinnclancy.bsky.social 
Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social Senior Economist @bcpolicy.bsky.social. PhD @UBCPoliSci. Former CCPA-BC. Social, economic & environmental justice. Views are my own. https://bcpolicy.ca/
Adrian @avantyghem.bsky.social 
jamie @hencheese.bsky.social (he/him)
Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social Toronto-based journalist, podcaster, and editor. Cities, Raptors, Leeds United, and two black cats named Hall & Oates.
I make an urban affairs podcast called Spacing Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spacing-radio/id1124077274
Jeff Allen @jamaps.bsky.social maps, graphics, cities (mostly toronto), ..
website: https://jamaps.github.io/
github: https://github.com/jamaps
~9-5 M-F: https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/research-type/data-visualization/
Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social I co-founded @cayimby.bsky.social to make California affordable and accessible for everyone.
Support pro-housing candidates: http://cayimbyvictoryfund.org
Affective Old Truant @effectivealtruist.bsky.social I'm an effective altruist mainly reading and boosting posts, but occasionally I'll muse and doodle about #EffectiveAltruism. I take a balanced approach, so will highlight under-represented views—my opinions will no doubt become apparent :)
Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social Expert en logiciel, amateur de ⚽️, papa deux fois.
Lives in beautiful Vancouver, cycles, screams at clouds.
Alex Horowitz @alexhrwtz.bsky.social Mostly housing policy and a little consumer finance at Pew. Personal account. 
Noah (YKF) @noahwr.bsky.social Just a chill guy who loves transit.
(Tram/LRT (or he/him whatever you prefer))
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Kitchener-Waterloo lead at More Transit Southern Ontario and member of the Tri-Cities Transport Advocacy group
Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz Transportation planner and economist. Founder, Siegman & Associates. Formerly Principal & Shareholder at Nelson\Nygaard. LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/5cekhrjh
Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social Scientist, cyclist, knitter. But only 2 out of 3 at any one time. 🔰
📌 Toronto
Canadian, & therefore treacherous @stoneape314.bsky.social Torontonian
Downtown Guelph @downtownguelph.bsky.social DGBA: Downtown #Guelph Bigotry Association
Sunny Ng @sunny.ng Accidental transit cartographer and game dev in Brooklyn.
Projects: @subwaynow.app, Subwaydle. he/him. 🇨🇦🇭🇰🏳️🌈
URL: sunny.ng
Laura Pin @lpin.bsky.social Settler in the Hammer. Associate Prof at Laurier in Waterloo, ON. Public policy, housing, budgets, inequality. Parent to one human & one cat. Coffee, bikes & unions. She/her.
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social Author of NIMBY NATION: The War on Growth That Created Our Housing Crisis and Remade American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2027). American historian and Klarman Fellow @Cornell. Learn more: JacobAnbinder.com
Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca Cartographer - Julie Witmer Custom Map Design - witmaps.ca
I like cycling, gardening, reading, kayaking, and puzzles; interested in urban planning and community building, specifically in Waterloo Region
Min Min Tong @mathwithmrstong.bsky.social Teacher in Waterloo Region, Canada. Herbivore. Born in Hong Kong🇭🇰 Former Torontonian 🏳️🌈 #Birding #FungiFriends #NoAI 🚫
Albert Huang - 黃忠堅 @albertzghuang.bsky.social Brock Elementary alum. Terra Social Purpose Real Estate ( terrahousing.ca ), housing affordability, finance, economic development. UBC Geography and Economics. Abundant Housing Vancouver - housing is good.
Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social UBC sociologist, demographer, housing & urban regulation scholar, author, immigrant, blogs at https://homefreesociology.com/
Tom Davidoff @tomdavidoff.bsky.social Economist at UBC Sauder 
Paul Williams @pewilliams.bsky.social Executive director, Center for Public Enterprise (publicenterprise.org)
Brooklyn, NY
Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social Toronto municipal policy wonk, engineer, urbanist, father.
Consider donating to effective charities: https://www.givewell.org/
Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social Political Science Prof and Laurier Research Chair | Federalism/Multilevel Governance | Political Economy | (Active) Transportation and Infrastructure Policy | Kitchener/Waterloo Region
More at https://tinyurl.com/4pzjpykm
Grimes @grimes.bsky.social Princess Puck 🧚🏻♀️
Mike Morrice @morricemike.bsky.social Running to lead @canadiangreens.bsky.social, previous Green Party of Canada Deputy Leader, Kitchener Centre Green MP 2021-25.
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Block 2, Haldimand Tract
https://linktr.ee/morricemike
Mike Doherty 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 @mikedoherty.ca My other computer is your cloud
#KW #WaterlooRegion #YIMBY #urbanism #cycling #transit #HousingTheoryOfEverything #AbundanceAgenda #cdnpoli #onpoli #SystemsThinking
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @pothen.bsky.social Counsel and Land Use and Land Development Program Manager for Environmental Defence. The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from Environmental Defence. he/him
Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus proponent. Former AIA Seattle President and Seattle Planning Commission Co-Chair
Basic Income Waterloo Region @basicincomewr.bsky.social Building a movement for economic security.
🏠 Stable housing | 💵 Livable Income | ✊ Dignity for all
👇 Learn how it works
basicincomewr.ca
Sean @highlybearded.bsky.social Aging hipster. Downtown Kitchener resident.
Union Co-operative @unioncoopwr.bsky.social Working to buy and build residential & commercial properties in Waterloo Region for permanent affordability and community ownership.
www.unionsd.coop
Beyond Housing @beyondhousing-ca.bsky.social Beyond Housing provides affordable rental housing for families seniors, and single people with low incomes in Waterloo Region. Our projects are viable, sustainable and include support services for our tenants. beyondhousing.ca
Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social #WaterlooRegion #Unsheltered #Grassroots #Community #HumanRights
Social Justice Advocate - Poverty & Housing
www.MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca
Kate Bueckert @katebueckert.bsky.social Guelph, Ont., mom, wife, ⚾️,🥎,🍻,📷, 📻. News nerd at CBC Kitchener-Waterloo. Go Blue Jays. I take a lot of photos. Mostly here for my own amusement but will occasionally post work-related stuff.
Meg RW @hedgewitch.bsky.social Mommy
Community Organizer - Climate, Abolition, Housing, Unions in Southern Ontario.
Very sweary.
Plants!
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca Advocacy for better public transport across Canada. Bringing people together by bus, train, ferry, and bicycle.
Martin Danyluk @martindanyluk.bsky.social Assistant professor, Concordia University. Baker of mediocre bread. I study cities, infrastructure, housing, supply chains, inequality. He/him.
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Ricardo Tranjan @ricardotranjan.bsky.social Ontario Research Director & Senior Researcher on Housing and Social Policy @policyalternatives.ca, PhD. EN/FR/PT/ES. Author of The Tenant Class.
Brooklin Wallis @handle.invalid Kitchener Ward 6 Candidate!
2025 Kitchener Centre ONDP Candidate
Chair of Kitchener's Climate Change Committee, Director at Spectrum WR, and Co-founder of ACORN Waterloo Region
Linktr.ee/brooklinWR
@martinasling.bsky.social @martinasling.bsky.social Co-founder of Waterloo Region Yes in My Backyard.
Sam Forster @samforster.bsky.social journalist 🇨🇦
Researching Urban Renewal (formerly 98 Acres in Albany) @urbanrenewal.bsky.social Expect maps, renderings, appraisal photos, and stories about people who lost homes and businesses to redevelopment. (Guest appearances by The Monster Cat.)
https://urbanrenewal.substack.com
https://98acresinalbany.wordpress.com
Shane Gates 🇨🇦 @shanegates.ca he/him 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Urban Planning 🚉
Rational Urbanist 🚇🌇🇺🇦 @glasscity.bsky.social Urban planner focused on people-first cities (read: reducing car dominance).
Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca https://linktr.ee/strongtownsottawa
We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/bank
Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social Chair of NoJetsTO. Ford is trying to ram jets down our throat, sign the petition at NoJetsTO.com!
Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social Doing everything I can to help people bike more and drive less. Obsessed with cargo bikes. Organizer, Yonge4All; Leader, KidicalMassTO; Contributor, ebikes-international.com.
Proud 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 mom.
Still COVIDing 😷💉
Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
he/him
Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social Chairman @EurasiaGroup. Board Director WWF. Climate, technology, and geopolitics. Priors: Principal Secretary to PM of Canada and Premier of Ontario, CEO WWF.
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects.bsky.social; president @architectsdca.bsky.social; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
The Urbanist [Unofficial] @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy Advocacy journalism for better cities.
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://theurbanist.org/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/theurbanist.org
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation. Pedagogy and rsearch methods nerd. SLO and Tahoe. "Tare-uh", She/her.
Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://linktr.ee/parkingreform
Segregation by Design @segbydesign.bsky.social Using data and historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
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. 🏘️
Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org. Retweets/posts are NOT endorsements.
Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social Ancienne Maire de Paris
Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.🗽CEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. 🚲🛴👷🏾Unapologetically Woke. 📣✊🏾🫶🏾
🇺🇸🇧🇧 📍Brooklyn
Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social 🏙️🚶🏾♂️🚍🚏🚇🚲💪🏾🏳️🌈 (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector
Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People
All views are mine.
https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
John J. Bauters @johnbauters.bsky.social America’s Bike Mayor / #GoOutside / 🌿🐺
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social Economist researching cities, transport, housing, & energy. I focus on New Zealand & Australia, with European dalliances. And some chaff.
Matt Clark @packetlost.bsky.social Can’t resist a good chat about inducing urban density and making our cities more inclusive and efficient. 🇨🇦🍪💻🐈⬛🐕
Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social 🍁 Toronto transit & urbanism nerd | 👨💻 Software Developer | 🌈 Your gay best friend
Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social Candidate for Waterloo City Councillor, Ward 5. WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026) and former Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
@annetinker.bsky.social @annetinker.bsky.social 
Candice Lepage @cinn48.bsky.social Guelph Geek Girl. Podcast listener and often host. Movies, food, music, and politics - in that order. Pronouns: She/Her
YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne People-led. Grassroots. For housing abundance.
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au Membership-based organisation for housing abundance. http://sydney.yimby.au
LucaGattoniCelli.substack.com @lucagattonicelli.bsky.social People need purpose
Catholic, econ
Senior Fellow for Housing, FREOPP.org
Founder Emeritus, YIMBYsOfNoVA.org
Co-Founder, http://DCAbundance.org
lucagattonicelli.substack.com
Love thy neighbor
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
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
Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com Executive director of the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org), stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.
Urban Cayman @projectend.bsky.social 
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
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
Erik de Vries @erikwdv.bsky.social Bikes, dad jokes, urbanism, and cats. Occasionally beer and baseball. Victoria and Ottawa are home.
Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social Building hater/appreciator out of Toronto. He/they. Hates your neighbourhood’s character, yes, specifically yours.
Dave Amos - City Beautiful @citybeautiful.nebula.tv Assistant professor, City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly SLO
Producer of YT channel City Beautiful
Paul (parking reform) Barter @paulbarter.bsky.social Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus.
Join Parking Reform Network!
https://www.reinventingparking.org/
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
fema 🚲 @fema.monster i read books, play games, and ride bikes
projects: @atls.city fema.monster
🏙️Urbanism+ Feed: tinyurl.com/bdzdhc3f
👮Abolition Feed: tinyurl.com/mrn64usc
☕Urbanism+ Donation: tinyurl.com/m5jrmc25
Discord .fema
Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end California's housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement. Learn more at https://cayimby.org.
Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social (he/him/dude)
Living in Philly, go birds
I also make the Armchair Urbanist series
https://linktr.ee/alanthefisher