Posted January 20, 20214 yr I thought I would start a new thread focused on YIMBY movements and other efforts to reform zoning and allow more development (or denser development) in cities. To start off — Sacramento just eliminated single-family zoning citywide!
January 20, 20214 yr Related to the recent proposed development in Ohio City and Facebook pushback, I just checked out the city of Cleveland’s zoning. It’s truly absurd how minuscule the area zoned for multi-family is.
January 20, 20214 yr Meanwhile, in Columbus... New Group Formed to Take On NIMBYs A new group has formed to advocate for more housing in urban Columbus. The founders of the organization, called Neighbors for More Neighbors Columbus, are hoping to push back against the Not-In-My-Backyard arguments that tend to dominate most discussions of new development in the city’s established neighborhoods. “We’re here to raise the voice of community members who want to see more and diverse housing stock,” said Mindy Justis, a Downtown resident who is serving as spokesperson for the new group. “Our founders have been part of these conversations in our respective neighborhoods for years and saw the trend of pro-housing voices being drowned out by negativity.” Those conversations historically have taken place almost exclusively within the context of specific development proposals – a developer wants to build something, and the neighbors who are most upset about the idea organize to oppose it, voicing their concerns in meetings and online as the proposal works its way through what can be a long and complicated approval process. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-group-formed-to-take-on-nimbys-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 20, 20214 yr a lot of sf bay area action on this topic -- there is yimbytown and a yimbycon too: https://yimbyaction.org an oldy, but goody -- Rise of the yimbys: the angry millennials with a radical housing solution https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/02/rise-of-the-yimbys-angry-millennials-radical-housing-solution political issue: YIMBY, White Privilege, and the Soul of Our Cities By Fernando Marti - February 19, 2019 https://shelterforce.org/2019/02/19/yimby-white-privilege-and-the-soul-of-our-cities/ pro developers: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/yimby-groups-pro-development/532437/ and an alternate take: The Only Thing Worse Than A NIMBY Is A YIMBY Pro-development activists try to trick you into thinking it helps the poor to destroy neighborhoods to make way for luxury condos. We need a radically democratic preservationism. Nathan J. Robinson filed 09 January 2021 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/the-only-thing-worse-than-a-nimby-is-a-yimby
February 9, 20214 yr I always wondered how great it is, from an investor's perspective - converting single family houses into multiple units. Is there a lot of money in it, considering all of the electrical and plumbing work?
December 8, 20222 yr This seems like the best place to post this, I thought it was interesting. Granted it's a YouGov survey, so take it with a grain of salt.
December 13, 20222 yr Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Seeks to Expand Housing by Curbing Zoning The move is a step in the right direction. It also highlights how the issue cuts across ideological lines. https://reason.com/volokh/2022/12/09/virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-seeks-to-expand-housing-by-curb-zoning/ Over the last few months, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has made a push to try to liberalize zoning and other land-use regulations that block the construction of new housing in the state. In August, Youngkin told a state Senate committee that "[t]he cost to rent or buy a home is too expensive," and emphasized that "[w]e must tackle root causes behind this supply and demand mismatch; unnecessary regulations, overburdensome and inefficient local governments, restrictive zoning policies, and an ideology of fighting tooth and nail against any new development." More recently, in November, he put out a "Make Virginia Home" plan, which seeks to promote land-use deregulation in a wide variety of ways, thereby curbing "NIMBY" ("not in my backyard" restrictions on housing construction). ... When Youngkin attacks NIMBYism, he sounds a lot like Barack Obama, who recently decried "NIMBY attitudes" and "regulations" that "make it very difficult to integrate communities and allow people to live close to where they work." The measures Youngkin is considering are similar to those recently enacted in liberal blue states, such as Oregon and California. A recent Virginia Mercury article that dubbed Youngkin the state's "YIMBY-in-Chief" compared him to liberal California Democrats, who have recently pushed through major zoning reforms. ... Previous Virginia efforts at zoning deregulation came primarily from the left, and often faced right-wing opposition. ... On the other hand, there is also a long history of left-wing NIMBYism. ============================================ It's still probably too much to hope for that we would see Ohio state-level Republicans push a YIMBY law curbing local powers to throw roadblocks to development, especially in urban areas that constantly shoot themselves in the foot and simply push development out into ever-more-distant townships by restricting development where development should actually go. But if it can happen in both California and Virginia, maybe it can happen here, too.
February 12, 20232 yr New Zealand showing the world how it’s done. It’ll be interesting once California’s more recent legislation starts to have similar impacts. Just letting people build solves so many problems. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
February 24, 20232 yr Attention UO Data Bros: Partying With the New YIMBYs on the Block The data bros, jaded brokers, and occasional lefty ready to build, baby, build. Our too-damn-high rent is creating more “pro-housing” activists by the day — whether they’re lifelong New Yorkers being priced out of their neighborhoods or Morgan Stanley interns griping about commuting from Sunset Park — and Open New York thinks they’re all members in the making. They could be right. As the night’s mingling kicked off, a guy in a rugby shirt surveyed the crowd approvingly: “This is definitely the most people I’ve seen at a happy hour!” https://www.curbed.com/2023/02/open-new-york-yimbys.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
June 8, 20232 yr When it comes to housing, most people are actually YIMBYs. Interesting polling results here. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
June 18, 20231 yr NIMBYs should be forced to live under a crappy HOA so they can deal with the consequences of persnickity proclivities.
May 13, 20241 yr Great news out of Minnesota today. This means that Minneapolis’ wonderful plan for improving density and transit is back on. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
November 16, 2024Nov 16 Pleasantly surprising take from the Republican nominee for Secretary of the interior and governor of North Dakota.
November 16, 2024Nov 16 2 hours ago, Ethan said: Pleasantly surprising take from the Republican nominee for Secretary of the interior and governor of North Dakota. Sadly this side of him will probably be shut down by Trump in favor of big oil advancement.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 On 2/11/2023 at 8:14 PM, Boomerang_Brian said: New Zealand showing the world how it’s done. It’ll be interesting once California’s more recent legislation starts to have similar impacts. Just letting people build solves so many problems. In the spirit of learning from what’s working, here’s a great podcast on the housing reforms in New Zealand and how they’ve improved affordability. Jerusalem Demsas is one of the best journalists on this topic today. How to Solve a Housing Crisis Good on Paper Jerusalem Demsas, The Atlantic New Zealand was in a major housing crisis. But then the Pacific nation actually took ambitious steps to address it. The researcher Eleanor West recounts the policy wins and political pitfalls of what happened—and what lessons the United States and other countries could learn. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-on-paper/id1746176654?i=1000679872091 Show page for this episode: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/12/housing-crisis-new-zealand/680940/ When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
December 10, 2024Dec 10 I’m interested in seeing if the recent updates in New York will have similar effects.
February 16Feb 16 I finally ended up listening to this podcast. It's great, and more grounded in reality than most conversations I've seen on this topic. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/sam-bowman-overcoming-nimbys-housing-policy-proposals/
February 19Feb 19 On 2/16/2025 at 10:07 AM, Ethan said: I finally ended up listening to this podcast. It's great, and more grounded in reality than most conversations I've seen on this topic. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/sam-bowman-overcoming-nimbys-housing-policy-proposals/ I’m really enjoying this housing policy podcast. Thx for posting! When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
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