How to Create Abundant Housing With Annie Fryman

The Rhys Show

In this episode, architectural designer and public policy professional Annie Fryman joins us to talk about how to create abundant housing, the housing policies she led to address the California housing shortage by increasing housing supply, and how she managed permitting time to go down from 8 1/2 years to 60 days. Currently, Annie is the Director of Cities at Abodu, a Bay Area based company that builds affordable and high-quality accessory dwelling units in California and Washington. We dive deep into her work at Abodu implementing some of the laws she made helping people push through housing, the role of prefab, modular & manufactured ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) and why she switched from the world of policies to startups. Roote has a civic abundance project which is creating infrastructure and coordination to help all cities thrive. There is a civic dashboard that we are trying out framing towards abundant housing . Learn about our project here: https://www.roote.co/civic-abundance SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/PDAPkhNxrC Who is Annie Fryman? Annie Fryman is the Director of Cities at Abodu. Formerly she led housing, land use, and transportation policy for California Senator Scott Wiener (successful legislator on housing affordability in the United States). She was the policy staffer designing, writing, and negotiating Senate Bills 35 and 828, and continues to advise public, non-profit, and private sector partners on their use and implementation. Annie has also worked as an academic researcher at Stanford University focusing on the social and economic fabric of vibrant Black neighborhoods during Jim Crow. Annie studied Architectural Design in the Civil Engineering program as an undergraduate at Stanford University and is frequently called in as a guest lecturer for undergraduate and graduate level courses in law, design, and public policy. Topics: Welcome Annie Fryman to The Rhys Show!: (00:00:00) Roote’s civic abundance project: (00:02:23) What a city should look like around housing according to Annie: (00:03:04) Walkable cities with six story buildings with retail on the bottom: (00:06:19) Senate Bills & if they create more housing: (00:13:57) Zoning and housing quota law: (00:27:03) Abodu, making ADUs & switching from policies to startups: (00:39:02) Where Annie got her agency from: (00:51:52) Connect with Annie Fryman: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-fryman-59974961/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anniefryman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ann.fryman Abodu Web: https://www.abodu.com/