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YIMBYs: Friend, Foe, or Chaos Agent? — Shelterforce Shelterforce

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The relationship between pro-building “Yes in My Back Yard” activists, longtime housing advocates, and anti-displacement organizers varies across the country, but has often been fraught with difficulties. Is there a way forward? Laura Foote (in yellow), director of YIMBY Action, at a counter-protest to a rally opposing statewide upzoning bill SB 827. Photo courtesy of Leslie Dreyer/Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco MIRIAM AXEL-LUTE PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 19, 2019 SHARE TOPICS FROM LEGACY ISSUE Laura Foote (in yellow), director of YIMBY Action, at a counter-protest to a rally opposing statewide upzoning bill SB 827. Photo courtesy of Leslie Dreyer/Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco This article is an exploration of how the YIMBY phenomenon is interacting with the affordable housing world, and people’s subjective experiences of its rise. It will not try to settle any of the underlying debates on research or policy. For more thoughts on supply and demand, housing markets, filt

Laura Foote (in yellow), director of YIMBY Action, at a counter-protest to a rally opposing statewide upzoning bill SB 827. Photo courtesy of Leslie Dreyer/Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco This article is an exploration of how the YIMBY phenomenon is interacting with the affordable housing world, and people’s subjective experiences of its rise. It will not try to settle any of the underlying debates on research or policy. For more thoughts on supply and demand, housing markets, filtering, local control and suing the suburbs, see shelterforce.org/tag/YIMBY . NIMBYism and exclusionary z

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