The On-Ramp
Vince has been endorsed by Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire.
The Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire sent me six questions. I answered them honestly. Then we sat down together — and the conversation that followed got to the heart of what responsible growth actually looks like in Sioux Falls.
Before the endorsement, there was a questionnaire.
Six questions about housing, permitting, development fees, and what kind of council member I'd be for the building community. I answered them honestly. They liked what they heard — and I'm proud to share that Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire (HBASE) has officially endorsed our campaign through a campaign contribution from the Sioux Empire Friends of Affordable Housing PAC.
I want to be clear about what that means. This campaign isn't beholden to HBASE's interests. What this endorsement tells me is that their interests and ours already align — responsible growth, more housing supply, and a city that stays affordable for the families building their lives here. They read our platform and recognized themselves in it. That's how endorsements should work.
Our foundation is still what it's always been — more than 120 individual donors, neighbors, and small business owners who believed before there was anything to believe in yet. That doesn't change. This campaign has been people powered from the start, and that's exactly how I'll govern.
Teddi and Todd were generous in sharing why. They talked about the idealism of this campaign. The fresh ideas. And the fact that I'd be bringing new people to the table at City Hall — voices that haven't always had a seat there.
That last part stuck with me. Because that's not just a campaign promise. That's the whole point.
Then we sat down and talked.
The balance that nobody wants to get wrong.
Sioux Falls is growing. New jobs are bringing new families, and new families need places to live. But growth only works if we're thinking about everybody, not just the people arriving, but the people already here.
The elderly resident who's been in the same neighborhood for 40 years. The first-time buyer trying to get into a market that keeps moving away from them. The family that moved here for a job and needs a home at a price that doesn't undo everything they came for.
That balance was at the center of our conversation with HBASE.
Sioux Falls can be a city where growth works for all of them. But it doesn't happen by accident. It takes zoning and permitting that makes it faster and less costly to build starter homes and workforce housing, not just the projects that pencil out for larger developers. It takes infrastructure that runs ahead of growth instead of chasing it.
I've called this Responsible Growth from day one. HBASE reminded me why those two words belong together.
We also need more builders.
Here's the piece of the conversation I keep coming back to.
Supply is the problem. Everyone agrees on that. But you can't solve a supply problem if the only people who can take on a housing project are the ones who already have the scale to absorb the risk.
We talked about what it would look like to create a real on-ramp for young builders, people with the skills and the drive who need a path in. Startup developers. Smaller outfits who can take on the infill lots and affordable housing projects that larger developers often pass on.
That's not just housing policy. That's workforce development. That's people-first policy that builds the city from the inside out.
I don't have a complete answer yet. But I believe the right people are in the room to build one, and I'm committed to being part of that work.
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It's always been our city, and now is our moment.
Let's rise together. ☀️
— Vince Danh
Candidate, Sioux Falls City Council At-Large | June 2, 2026