Somehow It’s a Controversial Question. Written by Laura Foote — Is economic collapse good? No. No, it isn’t. Stuart Schuffman is only the latest to float the benefits of recessions — lower rents, “those people” leaving town, “taking back their city.” …

You fueled our movement and made 2020 YIMBY Action’s most successful year to date! — The YIMBY movement has changed everything. Without the YIMBY movement, I don’t know what we would do. — Scott Wiener, CA State Senator I truly think this is one of the most important transformative justice movements of our time. — Lori Droste, Berkeley City Council member

Across the United States this November, Americans rejected the idea of building walls of exclusion. Hard-fought, steady progress to advance the pro-housing movement was made. All in all, YIMBY Action and our energized membership helped elect 82 candidates who will push for more housing in their communities. This year we…

Trump vs. Biden on Housing — Last month, Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud about exclusionary zoning, admitting its purpose is to keep the rich from being “bothered” by the presence of lower-income neighbors. …

How a proposal for 315 apartments came to embody the California Housing Crisis and the burgeoning YIMBY movement — Lafayette, CA has become the unwilling poster-child of California’s raging housing shortage and the debates about “local control” vs. the state interest in alleviating the housing crisis. One proposal for 315 apartments has led to over a decade controversy, numerous articles in publications big and small, acclaimed books featuring the…

Going Beyond Labels and Making the Human Case for Housing — As the horrific murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery launched a nationwide reckoning with the depth of structural racism, YIMBYs knew we also had to do our own reckoning. We are part of an urbanist movement with a long legacy of building spaces that have marginalized…

Bridging the Gap Between Academia and the Planning Department — As the horrific murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery launched a nationwide reckoning with the depth of structural racism, YIMBYs knew we also had to do our own reckoning. We are part of an urbanist movement with a long legacy of building spaces that have marginalized…

What Your Dollars Have Accomplished — Dear members and supporters, A year ago this month, I joined the YIMBY Action team full time to lead growth and fundraising. I joined with a clear and ambitious mandate: take YIMBY Action to nationwide scale. We set January 1, 2020 as the start of our growth phase: 2020 would…

From “Avoiding Harm” to “Addressing Historical Wrongs” — As the horrific murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery launched a nationwide reckoning with the depth of structural racism, YIMBYs knew we also had to do our own reckoning. We are part of an urbanist movement with a long legacy of building spaces that have marginalized…