Danny Hidalgo

Danny Hidalgo

@dhidalgo.bsky.social

Political Scientist at MIT. Academic focus is on Latin American politics. Advocacy focus is on housing policy in Cambridge, MA and beyond.

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Danny Hidalgo
@dhidalgo.bsky.social

We're hiring a Research Support Associate at MIT Political Science. Work with me, In Song Kim, Rich Nielsen, and Naoki Egami on methods and political economy. Great opportunity for those considering a PhD in the social sciences. One-year position with possible extension.

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◥◤Kriston Capps 250
@kristoncapps.bsky.social

Back on the beat with a story about a dramatic upzoning for Cambridge. It's now legal to build up to four stories, by right, citywide, with an affordable-bonus up for two more stories. How Cambridge leapfrogged every YIMBY reform to build Haussmann for Harvard: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comHow Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY MoldBy making buildings up to four floors legal by right across the city, the hometown of Harvard and MIT has set a new benchmark for the abundant housing movement.

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Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem
@burhanazeem.bsky.social

I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

Danny Hidalgo
@dhidalgo.bsky.social

A big development in Cambridge politics today: At the ordinance committee hearing on ending exclusionary zoning, pro-housing advocates actually outnumbered opponents 38-28. If you know local housing politics, you know how rare this is - especially for a Wednesday at 2pm. Times are changing.

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Volha Charnysh
@vcharnysh.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉 The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run. 📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] See thread below:

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