YIMBY Action is a national network of people who advocate for abundant, affordable housing and inclusive, sustainable communities across the United States. We have over 57,000 activists in our network and 50 Chapters across the country. Through our network, chapters and activists have access to education, training, and tools to advocate for housing at the local, state, and federal levels. We bring people together to help create a future where everyone has access to stable housing and opportunity.
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Appreciate the service of all these wonderful local electeds who do the hard work of supporting more housing in their backyards. Group shot from last night’s League of California Cities YIMBY after party. California YIMBY YIMBY Action Abundant Housing LA
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Energizing YIMBY Action Prom at the stylish Terra Gallery & Event Venue on October 5, 2024! Community leaders and sponsors gathered to support the YIMBY movement, a pro-housing movement that encourages new housing, opposes density limits, and supports public transportation.
Major #YIMBYWin from our Orlando YIMBY chapter 🚨 Our volunteers have advocated for over a year in support of an affordable apartment proposal on land donated by Disney. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners has finally approved the project! 1,400 units of mixed income housing will be coming Central Florida, more than 1,000 of which will be reserved as affordable. The voices of advocates are helping us create a future where everyone has access to a home that they can afford. This is why the YIMBY movement is so important. https://lnkd.in/ehAWRdhZ
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Can we build our way out of the housing crisis - YES WE CAN! 🔥🔥🔥 An affordability crisis is raising rents and making home ownership impossible. Even presidential candidates are taking notice. Sonja Trauss is a key voice with YIMBY Action and YIMBY Law, and says the solution is pretty simple: Build more homes. Getting that done isn’t so easy. CNN talks with Trauss about the origins of the problem and potential solutions. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/eXYRKr4J
What can we do to to make homes in the D.C.-area more affordable? A few of our YIMBYs of NoVA chapter members have some thoughts 🧠 Building diverse kinds of housing and making it easier to build homes are key solutions to ensuring that we address our housing shortage. We've seen in studies and in several US cities that when we build more homes, we see benefits for housing prices. It's time for us to make changes that will improve our communities and take some of the financial pressure off of ourselves and our neighbors. Read the full opinion piece: https://lnkd.in/deVqWMbn
If you are an elected official headed to the League of California Cities Annual Conference, be sure to join us and some special guests for the Pro Housing After Party 🥳 We'll be chatting with Congressman Robert Garcia & Assemblymember Juan Carrillo about how cities can build more housing and connect with other pro-housing city officials. RSVP: https://lu.ma/mew9ys8m
New episode of Infill just dropped! 🎧 We spoke to author Max Podemski about his book "A Paradise of Small Houses," the history of housing in the US, and what lessons we can learn from the past. Check out the episode: https://lnkd.in/gTRinWw8
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A little WSJ story as the latest highlight for YIMBY's moment in the sun "YIMBY Action now has dozens of chapters across the country, and other grassroots groups have sprouted up alongside them. A 2022 Brookings Institution report found more than 140 local groups calling for housing reform, and the biennial “Yimbytown” national conference drew hundreds of participants to Austin, Texas, earlier this year. The movement is a bipartisan one; in states such as Florida, Texas, Montana and Utah, Republican policymakers have touted housing reform as a deregulatory measure that is good for the economy." https://lnkd.in/eHQHx5u7
Did you know conventional parking minimums can increase the rent or mortgage of an apartment or house by $200-$500 per month? Policies that require parking spots when we are trying to build new homes are the norm now, but they don't have to be forever. Imagine what our communities looked like if we focused more on building homes for people instead of cars. We would see more encouragement of dense housing projects in walkable neighborhoods. We'd see folks be able to rely less on cars and more on other forms of transportation like buses and bikes. We'd see a factor that increases our rent suddenly be removed. If you're ready to see a change, sign our petition to support the People Over Parking Act. Learn more about the federal bill and sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/gjFvsHCb