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What I’ve learned after a year covering housing

Abundance is mainstream, but it is fragile.

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Halina Bennet
Sep 12, 2026
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Multifamily housing under construction. (Photo by Dan Reynolds Photography via Getty Images)

I’ve been writing a weekly housing update for about a year now.

Over those 12 months, I’ve watched the housing abundance agenda go from being championed by a handful of already-YIMBY-pilled leaders to becoming the heart of the single most significant piece of hous…

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