Question: What Is a YIMBY? (Hint: It’s Not Good)

A series of articles, resources, and videos discussing the so-called YIMBY-class of build-more activists.
What Is a YIMBY? (Hint: It’s Not Good)

By Patrick Range McDonald, Housing is a Human Right, July 14, 2021, Link: https://www.housingisahumanright.org/what-is-a-yimby-hint-its-not-good/

YIMBY Movement Is Not the Answer to Housing Crisis, Grassroots Activists Say

The answer to the U.S. housing crisis is simple and widely adopted elsewhere: more public housing.

By Laura Jedeed & M.K. Hawthorne,     Truthout, Published September 19, 2021, Link: https://truthout.org/articles/yimby-movement-is-not-the-answer-to-housing-crisis-grassroots-activists-say/

YIMBY, White Privilege, and the Soul of Our Cities

A common narrative being promoted about why there is a housing crisis ignores history and serves to assuage new residents’ guilty feelings. But we can craft a new narrative together.

By Fernando Marti, Shelterforce, Published: February 19, 2019, Link: https://shelterforce.org/2019/02/19/yimby-white-privilege-and-the-soul-of-our-cities/



Don't Fall Down the YIMBY Pipeline

By Radical Planning, Published February 8, 2022, Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHigcXE9ZzE

YIMBYism Is Code For Gentrification w/ David Fields

By Real Progressives, Published October 16, 2024, Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMd0HZA4CE

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