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How California is Making Landlords Rich
How California is Making Landlords Rich
My parents left LA in 1990 because it was too expensive. They told me shrewd investors bought up real estate in San Diego, San Francisco…
Scott Fitsimones
Jun 2, 2021
Stop Asian Hate
Stop Asian Hate
A statement from YIMBY Action
YIMBY Action
Apr 2, 2021
Should People Lose Their Jobs?
Should People Lose Their Jobs?
Somehow It’s a Controversial Question. Written by Laura Foote
YIMBY Action
Mar 9, 2021
All Roads Leads to Housing
All Roads Leads to Housing
How 2020 made me housing insecure and drove me into the pro-housing movement.
Rudy Espinoza Murray
Feb 8, 2021
I’ve experienced homelessness and it is unacceptable. That’s why I’m a YIMBY.
I struggled with drug use at one point in my life, and on several occasions, I became homeless as a direct result of my drug use. Before I…
Angela Griffin
Jan 21, 2021
Infill housing is critical for a healthy region and climate
Infill housing is critical for a healthy region and climate
We need to change the way we build and change the environmental rhetoric around new housing.
Zack Subin
Dec 18, 2020
Vote for Housing to Vote for Climate in the Bay Area
Vote for Housing to Vote for Climate in the Bay Area
Local environmentalists are ignoring the biggest opportunity to reduce emissions with local policy
Zack Subin
Oct 23, 2020
Four Homes, Four Years: The saga to build four homes at 1846 Grove St.
Four Homes, Four Years: The saga to build four homes at 1846 Grove St.
How “missing middle” housing gets lost in San Francisco, illustrating everything that’s wrong with the city’s housing process
Sam Deutsch
Aug 18, 2020
Michael Lens on Making Urbanism Antiracist
Michael Lens on Making Urbanism Antiracist
Bridging the Gap Between Academia and the Planning Department
YIMBY Action
Aug 4, 2020
Making Urbanism Antiracist with Warren Logan
Making Urbanism Antiracist with Warren Logan
From “Avoiding Harm” to “Addressing Historical Wrongs”
YIMBY Action
Jul 7, 2020
Planning to Fail
Planning to Fail
ABAG is Literally Planning for 8 More Years of a Housing Shortage
Sara Ogilvie
Jun 24, 2020
Why Are We Still So Segregated?
Why Are We Still So Segregated?
We know deep down that most predominantly white areas have better infrastructure, education, food, and comforts of life than do most…
Elizabeth Jean Miller
Jun 18, 2020
Demanding Justice
Demanding Justice
YIMBY Action stands with the protestors demanding justice across our country. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery…
YIMBY Action
Jun 5, 2020
A Growing Intensity for Density
A Growing Intensity for Density
2019 Highlights from YIMBY Action & Yes In My Back Yard
YIMBY Action
Dec 9, 2019
Why I YIMBY
Why I YIMBY
A friend of mine said he wanted to get into activism, and he wondered how I got into it and what motivates me. He said the reply was good…
Adam Buchbinder
Nov 6, 2019
Yes to People, Yes to Housing
Yes to People, Yes to Housing
Laura Foote on YIMBY
YIMBY Action
Oct 17, 2019
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