The YIMBY movement, known for countering NIMBYism in San Francisco, faces challenges in maintaining a moderate coalition. Critics highlight the difficulty in building affordable housing without public subsidy. YIMBY advocates emphasize the need for significant political power to overcome opposition to new housing.
Some of the YIMBY people seem to think you can just snap your fingers and build 5,000 houses in a single day once a law changes. We should absolutely change laws and regulations to increase supply, but we have a housing emergency right now, which requires: 1) Banning or severely…
Maybe it cogently summarizes the current housing landscape, but this article’s proposed solutions are kooky. Rather than calling market-based YIMBY regulatory strategies what they likely are — the least worst solution to our nationwide housing… https://t.co/xqsJcj1LCE
The entire point of the YIMBY movement is that it takes an enormous amount of political power and organization to overcome opposition to building any new housing. https://t.co/HBcUUSDiuB
The relationship between housing supply and affordability needs to be qualified by short vs long term. Bc of the cost to deliver new housing, it's nearly impossible to build affordably for low-income people without public subsidy. This is what YIMBY critics are pointing to.
The YIMBY movement has been extremely effective at pushing back against entrenched NIMBYism, especially in San Francisco. But pro-housing advocates need to temper some of these policy positions to avoid splintering the moderate coalition that has enabled these wins to date.…