Rollin Horton

Opinion | How elevator rules are throwing a wrench into America’s housing market The unintended consequences of a 1988 law are making housing less accessible and driving up prices.

US multifamily housing is less livable, less affordable, and less accessible than peer countries - and this is by choice.

we need better codes.

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Institutional investors together hold less than 1% nationally of the single family home stock. That small percentage provides a life line for families to access a housing types they wouldn’t be able to otherwise, and I don’t think we should take that away from them.

Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself.

One of the 2025 biggest housing learnings for me - institutional investors reduced segregation through SFH rentals www.npr.org/sections/pla...

America has a housing affordability crisis. Building houses for rent can help Developers are building more single-family houses for renting. That can lower prices for both renters and buyers.

Rental homes provide important housing options for people. Trumps effort to ban institutions from renting out single family homes will worsen the housing shortage and raise costs. As always, the consequences will fall most heavy on working and middle class people.

Lots of little mid-rise single-stair buildings in my neighborhood, but this trio might be my favorite

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We bombed a girls elementary school.

Good reason for Nashville to continue to adhere to our modal hierarchy to prioritize walking biking and public transit - transitioning to EVs by itself won’t do enough to protect nashvilles health and air quality

Is this me?

No surprise here!

I’ve got world tragedies interspaced with wholesome dog content

Building more housing by itself won’t be enough (and will have knock on negative effects), unless we also allow more traditional and more affordable housing types as well. This is something Nashville historically allowed that we need to rediscover

I couldn’t agree more - the status quo is unsustainable. Our zoning code channels new housing into two extremes - either large McMansions or luxury apartment buildings.

High housing costs are a material factor in individuals renting or buying homes in the surrounding counties rather than in Nashville. Nashville housing costs are roughly 40% higher than the state overall

Nashvilles high housing costs price people out into less welcoming communities.

The state of our union is unaffordable.

flex posts are fossil fuel infrastructure

Pretty cool

valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.

Open to ideas if we can restrict the latter cases as well

Still a significant concern about surveillance collection of individuals without their knowledge or consent and subsequently sharing on ad hoc basis with government or private actors, whether or not a crime has occurred

At least in Nashville I don’t think they would be able to integrate live or recorded video feed with MNPD systems given the robots necessarily film locations not owned by the camera operator.

shocked they didn’t have to go to 4 neighborhood association meetings and the Zoning Board of Appeals for this…

Nashville is a unique ecosystem immune to the forces of supply and demand

You’d be surprised. Our library parking garage got blown up.

It was considered at the previous planning commission meeting where we deliberated on east bend. This meeting it was been removed. I’m seeking clarification from planning staff and counsel

We are spending tens of millions of dollars to try to keep pedestrians away from a brand new downtown road.

6 US cities including New York picked to host soccer at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Six cities across the United States have been named as hosts of soccer games at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Wedgewood-Houston is getting the Olympics

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Is this where we can build housing?

Walkable neighborhoods don’t need to be a privilege reserved for the wealthy