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In 2024, this city passed the “City of Yes” zoning reform, which aims to enable up to 82,000 new housing units. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this city. In January 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul (“HOH-kull”) lifted a pause on a congestion pricing plan that charges cars up to $9 to enter this city via the Lincoln Tunnel or Holland Tunnel.
ANSWER: New York City [or NYC; prompt on Manhattan by asking “what larger city is that part of?”]
[10h] The City of Yes website uses this alliterative two-word term, coined by Daniel Parolek, for moderately sized apartment buildings near transit, whose absence under existing zoning law drives up housing costs.
ANSWER: missing middle housing
[10m] This other city’s HOME initiative abets missing middle housing. Rents fell sharply in 2024 in this city where progressive Congressman Greg Casar once served on city council, which is expanding a section of Interstate 35 south of Pfluger·ville.
ANSWER: Austin, Texas
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateColumbia B100010E
British ColumbiaToronto B1010020EH
Chicago AMichigan10101030EHM
Cornell AWaterloo A1001020EM
Georgia StateOhio State100010E
Georgia TechNorth Carolina B10101030EHM
Illinois ARIT1001020EM
IndianaYale10101030EHM
Iowa StateFlorida10101030EHM
MITIllinois B100010E
MarylandVanderbilt1010020EH
MinnesotaColumbia A1001020EM
North Carolina AOttawa10101030EHM
NorthwesternJohns Hopkins10101030EHM
Penn StateChicago B100010E
RutgersToronto C100010E
StanfordUCF100010E
UC Berkeley AWaterloo B1001020EM
UC Berkeley BVirginia Tech1001020EM
WUSTL ACornell B10101030EHM
WUSTL BWinona State10101030EHM

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2120.95100%62%48%