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BuildCasa

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BuildCasa

@BuildCasa

On a mission to build 100,000 starter homes in existing neighborhoods.

California

buildcasa.com

Joined September 2022

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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Feb 26, 2025
Thrilled to announce @BuildCasa's partnership with @ChanZuckerberg to build homeownership opportunities for low income Californians. These units will be built without government subsidies for a fraction of the cost of government funded affordable housing.
Fast Company
@FastCompany
Feb 26, 2025
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is investing $750,000 in BuildCasa, which aims to seamlessly add more affordable housing in residential areas. f-st.co/lnaAk1T
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Mar 20, 2024
BuildCasa is proud to be in the @FastCompany top 5 most innovative companies in urban development and real estate for 2024!
This startup is powering California's backyard building boom
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Jan 17, 2024
At @BuildCasa we just wrapped up our first year of operations and we're 1/1,000 of the way to our mission of creating 100K new homes in existing neighborhoods. More info in our blog The Upzone:
2023 BuildCasa Year in Review: Building the Missing Middle
From buildcasa.com
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Jan 25, 2024
What happens when a campaign for historical preservation in communities starts to lose its way? The YIMBYs come out. Our latest post on our new blog, The Upzone, explores the origins of the movement.
What does “Yes In My Backyard” (YIMBY) really mean?
From buildcasa.com
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Apr 5, 2024
Thank you for all of your help making SB9 a reality!
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Apr 5, 2024
Thanks @k_talerico at the @mercnews for diving deep on how @buildcasa is helping homeowners across California take advantage of new upzoning laws like SB9.
Live in a single-family home? This Bay Area company wants to give you $100,000 for the yard space...
From mercurynews.com
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
May 21, 2024
Thanks to @KennyKPIX at @CBSNews for diving deep into how @BuildCasa is helping California homeowners age in place by monetizing their extra lot space with SB9
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
May 28, 2024
Today's @WSJ piece on SB9 featured @BuildCasa and shared important perspective on how the CA legislature can improve the law to make sure more homeowners can take advantage creating new starter homes in the process. wsj.com/economy/housin…
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Oct 29, 2024
Thank you @acbowen at @KPBS for digging into how homeowners are starting to take advantage of SB9 a few years after the law passed.
Three years into California duplex law, San Diego homeowners start to cash in
From kpbs.org
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Jun 4, 2024
Great @BusinessInsider feature on Jeremy Cullifer, a Sacramento area homeowner who is monetizing his backyard with @BuildCasa to make homeownership more sustainable. businessinsider.com/california-hou…
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Apr 29, 2024
In 1894, you could build the simplest version of a Polish flat — a modest, modifiable cottage for middle class workers in turn-of-the-century Milwaukee — for the equivalent of $28,000. Why can't we do that today?
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In Milwaukee, the Polish Flat was the quintessential "missing middle" housing
The “raised cottage”, also sometimes referred to in Milwaukee as a “Polish Flat” was a house that would let families expand their homes as they grew.
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Dec 3, 2023
Replying to @scottbaileyBTV @CristinCulver and 2 others
We're kicking off a blog soon and will make sure to cover some of these topics!
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Oct 26, 2024
Replying to @Just4Profit and @KenjiCapital
Thanks for coming!
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BuildCasa
@BuildCasa
Feb 9, 2024
Since 1980, Calgary has added more than 70,000 units to core downtown neighborhoods by making it easier to split lots and build duplexes. Our latest post explores the lessons from a historical example of upzoning that worked.
A city planning policy shift in Calgary proves that upzoning works
From buildcasa.com
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