Jago Dodson

Very interesting to see this @NYCMayor COPA law giving non-profits first refusal on apartment sales.

My questions are what low-cost finance can the non-profits access, will rents be set on a cost-rent model, and how will surpluses be reinvested?

nyc.gov/mayors-office/…

There has been a large drop in investor dwelling loans in the September quarter ABS data. But it's likely too early to tell whether this is a permanent structural shift in borrower composition due to policy change, or rather short-term volatility.

abs.gov.au/statistics/eco…

Has Californian in-migration influenced the political balance in #Texas?

Somewhat at local scales, but minimal on aggregate, according to Gimpel and Shaw (2024).

Great to see a comprehensive bus network plan proposed for Melbourne's western suburbs as part of the 2026 Victorian election.

Though this should have been done at the start of Labor's first term in 2014, not at the tail end of their third.

theage.com.au/politics/victo…

One of the peculiarities of NZ elections is the very odd set of @ElectoralCommNZ rules preventing election campaigning on election day, lest voters be influenced.

Hard to see how these rules are compatible with freedom of political expression.

rnz.co.nz/news/politics_…