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Everyone has a:
- Right to housing: a safe home that meets their needs
- Right to opportunity: high-quality jobs, services, schools, and other public resources close to home
- Right to affordability: a home that costs no more than 25% of your income
That’s what we fight for.
- Right to housing: a safe home that meets their needs
- Right to opportunity: high-quality jobs, services, schools, and other public resources close to home
- Right to affordability: a home that costs no more than 25% of your income
That’s what we fight for.
Everyone agrees we need affordable housing — but how do homes actually become affordable?
In our newest blog, we break down filtering: the simple, well-researched way that building new homes today helps lower costs over time.
Read more about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/why-new...
In our newest blog, we break down filtering: the simple, well-researched way that building new homes today helps lower costs over time.
Read more about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/why-new...
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Everyone agrees we need affordable housing — but how do homes actually become affordable?
In our newest blog, we break down filtering: the simple, well-researched way that building new homes today helps lower costs over time.
Read more about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/why-new...
In our newest blog, we break down filtering: the simple, well-researched way that building new homes today helps lower costs over time.
Read more about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/why-new...
Yes Here. Yes Everywhere.
Save the date for Yes! The 9th Annual YIMBY Gala, a celebration of the cities we love and the future we still believe in.
📅 Friday, April 17, 2026
📍 Terra Gallery, San Francisco
Save the date for Yes! The 9th Annual YIMBY Gala, a celebration of the cities we love and the future we still believe in.
📅 Friday, April 17, 2026
📍 Terra Gallery, San Francisco
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Yes Here. Yes Everywhere.
Save the date for Yes! The 9th Annual YIMBY Gala, a celebration of the cities we love and the future we still believe in.
📅 Friday, April 17, 2026
📍 Terra Gallery, San Francisco
Save the date for Yes! The 9th Annual YIMBY Gala, a celebration of the cities we love and the future we still believe in.
📅 Friday, April 17, 2026
📍 Terra Gallery, San Francisco
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NEW POLL: 63% of New Yorkers support modernizing SEQRA environmental review to make it easier to build housing.
New Yorkers are facing an unprecedented affordability and climate crisis, and they don't want bureaucracy to stand in the way of solving it.
New Yorkers are facing an unprecedented affordability and climate crisis, and they don't want bureaucracy to stand in the way of solving it.
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW POLL: 63% of New Yorkers support modernizing SEQRA environmental review to make it easier to build housing.
New Yorkers are facing an unprecedented affordability and climate crisis, and they don't want bureaucracy to stand in the way of solving it.
New Yorkers are facing an unprecedented affordability and climate crisis, and they don't want bureaucracy to stand in the way of solving it.
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the generations of organizers who worked to expand freedom and opportunity.
YIMBYs remain committed to building communities where everyone has access to an equitable, inclusive community.
YIMBYs remain committed to building communities where everyone has access to an equitable, inclusive community.
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the generations of organizers who worked to expand freedom and opportunity.
YIMBYs remain committed to building communities where everyone has access to an equitable, inclusive community.
YIMBYs remain committed to building communities where everyone has access to an equitable, inclusive community.
#YIMBYWin 🏡
In fast-growing Sunbelt cities, rents are falling and landlords are offering free rent to attract tenants. Why? Because these cities built more homes.
This is what happens when supply starts to catch up with demand — regardless of what NIMBY opponents predict.
In fast-growing Sunbelt cities, rents are falling and landlords are offering free rent to attract tenants. Why? Because these cities built more homes.
This is what happens when supply starts to catch up with demand — regardless of what NIMBY opponents predict.
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
#YIMBYWin 🏡
In fast-growing Sunbelt cities, rents are falling and landlords are offering free rent to attract tenants. Why? Because these cities built more homes.
This is what happens when supply starts to catch up with demand — regardless of what NIMBY opponents predict.
In fast-growing Sunbelt cities, rents are falling and landlords are offering free rent to attract tenants. Why? Because these cities built more homes.
This is what happens when supply starts to catch up with demand — regardless of what NIMBY opponents predict.
More homes. Faster. Fairer. 🏡
After CEQA reform in California, New York is proposing environmental review reforms to speed up homebuilding. With a shortage of ~800k homes, smart reforms can cut delays and costs without sacrificing core protections.
Read more here: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
After CEQA reform in California, New York is proposing environmental review reforms to speed up homebuilding. With a shortage of ~800k homes, smart reforms can cut delays and costs without sacrificing core protections.
Read more here: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
More homes. Faster. Fairer. 🏡
After CEQA reform in California, New York is proposing environmental review reforms to speed up homebuilding. With a shortage of ~800k homes, smart reforms can cut delays and costs without sacrificing core protections.
Read more here: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
After CEQA reform in California, New York is proposing environmental review reforms to speed up homebuilding. With a shortage of ~800k homes, smart reforms can cut delays and costs without sacrificing core protections.
Read more here: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Housing abundance is the key to more connected communities. We all should welcome more teachers, firefighters, retail workers, and anyone else who is seeking to add to our communities!
Watch the full interview of YIMBY Action’s CA Director, Leora Tanjuatco Ross:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRm...
Watch the full interview of YIMBY Action’s CA Director, Leora Tanjuatco Ross:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRm...
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Housing abundance is the key to more connected communities. We all should welcome more teachers, firefighters, retail workers, and anyone else who is seeking to add to our communities!
Watch the full interview of YIMBY Action’s CA Director, Leora Tanjuatco Ross:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRm...
Watch the full interview of YIMBY Action’s CA Director, Leora Tanjuatco Ross:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRm...
Even a single grocery store can become a YIMBY fight. 🛒
Our Executive Director, Laura Foote, breaks down why the Marina District Safeway fight matters — and how showing up project by project is how housing laws turn into real homes.
Read more here: inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/fighting-o...
Our Executive Director, Laura Foote, breaks down why the Marina District Safeway fight matters — and how showing up project by project is how housing laws turn into real homes.
Read more here: inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/fighting-o...
Fighting Over the Development of a Single Grocery Store in San Francisco Is Exhausting, and Totally Worth It
The trench warfare strategy of Housing Activism
inpractice.yimbyaction.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Even a single grocery store can become a YIMBY fight. 🛒
Our Executive Director, Laura Foote, breaks down why the Marina District Safeway fight matters — and how showing up project by project is how housing laws turn into real homes.
Read more here: inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/fighting-o...
Our Executive Director, Laura Foote, breaks down why the Marina District Safeway fight matters — and how showing up project by project is how housing laws turn into real homes.
Read more here: inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/fighting-o...
Florida lawmakers have filed a bill to make it easier to build starter homes statewide. The Florida Starter Homes Act would reduce zoning barriers and help legalize more homes as housing costs rise. Read more here- flhousingactionlab.substack.com/p/florida-st...
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Florida lawmakers have filed a bill to make it easier to build starter homes statewide. The Florida Starter Homes Act would reduce zoning barriers and help legalize more homes as housing costs rise. Read more here- flhousingactionlab.substack.com/p/florida-st...
“I’m not a NIMBY, I just have concerns.” We hear this everywhere — and the result is the same: not enough homes.
Homes for all means apartments, neighbors, and welcoming more people in, not fearing them.
We’ll keep organizing for policies that say yes to more homes. 🏠
Homes for all means apartments, neighbors, and welcoming more people in, not fearing them.
We’ll keep organizing for policies that say yes to more homes. 🏠
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“I’m not a NIMBY, I just have concerns.” We hear this everywhere — and the result is the same: not enough homes.
Homes for all means apartments, neighbors, and welcoming more people in, not fearing them.
We’ll keep organizing for policies that say yes to more homes. 🏠
Homes for all means apartments, neighbors, and welcoming more people in, not fearing them.
We’ll keep organizing for policies that say yes to more homes. 🏠
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There are a whopping twenty candidates running for Asheville City Council this year! Our plan is to keep you informed on which ones support housing. Learn more:
ashevilleforall.org/2026-01-09-e...
ashevilleforall.org/2026-01-09-e...
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
There are a whopping twenty candidates running for Asheville City Council this year! Our plan is to keep you informed on which ones support housing. Learn more:
ashevilleforall.org/2026-01-09-e...
ashevilleforall.org/2026-01-09-e...
Cheers to big pro-housing wins and even bigger momentum ahead!
Thanks to supporters like you, 2025 brought upzoning wins, eliminated parking mandates, and 196+ pro-housing policies advanced nationwide.
Join YIMBY Action to keep building abundant, equitable housing.
Thanks to supporters like you, 2025 brought upzoning wins, eliminated parking mandates, and 196+ pro-housing policies advanced nationwide.
Join YIMBY Action to keep building abundant, equitable housing.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Cheers to big pro-housing wins and even bigger momentum ahead!
Thanks to supporters like you, 2025 brought upzoning wins, eliminated parking mandates, and 196+ pro-housing policies advanced nationwide.
Join YIMBY Action to keep building abundant, equitable housing.
Thanks to supporters like you, 2025 brought upzoning wins, eliminated parking mandates, and 196+ pro-housing policies advanced nationwide.
Join YIMBY Action to keep building abundant, equitable housing.
Tucson is saying yes to more housing options. 🏡
City leaders voted to allow middle housing across most of the city, expanding choices while keeping thoughtful design standards in place.
More homes. More flexibility. More opportunities. 💙
Read more here: www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/...
City leaders voted to allow middle housing across most of the city, expanding choices while keeping thoughtful design standards in place.
More homes. More flexibility. More opportunities. 💙
Read more here: www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/...
Tucson Expands Housing Options with Middle Housing Code Amendment
Starting in the new year, property owners across most of Tucson will have new flexibility to develop middle housing types on residential lots. This includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes,...
www.tucsonaz.gov
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Tucson is saying yes to more housing options. 🏡
City leaders voted to allow middle housing across most of the city, expanding choices while keeping thoughtful design standards in place.
More homes. More flexibility. More opportunities. 💙
Read more here: www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/...
City leaders voted to allow middle housing across most of the city, expanding choices while keeping thoughtful design standards in place.
More homes. More flexibility. More opportunities. 💙
Read more here: www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/...
#YIMBYWin 🎉
A former San Francisco movie theater site will be replaced with 9 stories of housing — exactly the kind of infill homebuilding our cities need.
This is what saying yes to homes looks like. 🏙️💙
Read the full story here: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...
A former San Francisco movie theater site will be replaced with 9 stories of housing — exactly the kind of infill homebuilding our cities need.
This is what saying yes to homes looks like. 🏙️💙
Read the full story here: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...
S.F. theater to be replaced by a 9-story family housing development in West Portal
A nine-story, 64-unit building will replace a long-closed movie theater that has had a presence in San Francisco for decades.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#YIMBYWin 🎉
A former San Francisco movie theater site will be replaced with 9 stories of housing — exactly the kind of infill homebuilding our cities need.
This is what saying yes to homes looks like. 🏙️💙
Read the full story here: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...
A former San Francisco movie theater site will be replaced with 9 stories of housing — exactly the kind of infill homebuilding our cities need.
This is what saying yes to homes looks like. 🏙️💙
Read the full story here: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...
California has passed sweeping housing reforms, but cities are still finding ways to slow them down.
An article featuring YIMBY Law explains why progress has stalled and what meaningful enforcement really looks like.
Read more about it here: www.governing.com/urban/califo...
An article featuring YIMBY Law explains why progress has stalled and what meaningful enforcement really looks like.
Read more about it here: www.governing.com/urban/califo...
January 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
California has passed sweeping housing reforms, but cities are still finding ways to slow them down.
An article featuring YIMBY Law explains why progress has stalled and what meaningful enforcement really looks like.
Read more about it here: www.governing.com/urban/califo...
An article featuring YIMBY Law explains why progress has stalled and what meaningful enforcement really looks like.
Read more about it here: www.governing.com/urban/califo...
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Some of this is familiar to people who have been involved in housing for a while - a great post to share with those new to the housing movement
What does "affordable housing' really mean? 🤔
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Some of this is familiar to people who have been involved in housing for a while - a great post to share with those new to the housing movement
What does "affordable housing' really mean? 🤔
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What does "affordable housing' really mean? 🤔
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
It’s a term that gets misunderstood a lot. Our latest blog breaks down the differences between subsidized housing and market-rate homes, and explains why we need both to address the housing crisis. 🏡
Read about it here: yimbyaction.org/blog/what-ma...
#YIMBYWin 🚆🏠
Big news for Illinois: Governor Pritzker just signed the NITA Act — investing in transit, repealing outdated parking mandates, and making room for more homes statewide.
More progress ahead. Read our full statement here: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
Big news for Illinois: Governor Pritzker just signed the NITA Act — investing in transit, repealing outdated parking mandates, and making room for more homes statewide.
More progress ahead. Read our full statement here: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#YIMBYWin 🚆🏠
Big news for Illinois: Governor Pritzker just signed the NITA Act — investing in transit, repealing outdated parking mandates, and making room for more homes statewide.
More progress ahead. Read our full statement here: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
Big news for Illinois: Governor Pritzker just signed the NITA Act — investing in transit, repealing outdated parking mandates, and making room for more homes statewide.
More progress ahead. Read our full statement here: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
YIMBY means homes for all. 🏡
This holiday season, we’re organizing in communities across the country to say yes to more homes and a future where everyone has a place to belong.
💙 Support our work HERE: yimbyaction.org?form=FUNYSWP...
This holiday season, we’re organizing in communities across the country to say yes to more homes and a future where everyone has a place to belong.
💙 Support our work HERE: yimbyaction.org?form=FUNYSWP...
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
YIMBY means homes for all. 🏡
This holiday season, we’re organizing in communities across the country to say yes to more homes and a future where everyone has a place to belong.
💙 Support our work HERE: yimbyaction.org?form=FUNYSWP...
This holiday season, we’re organizing in communities across the country to say yes to more homes and a future where everyone has a place to belong.
💙 Support our work HERE: yimbyaction.org?form=FUNYSWP...
#YIMBYWin 🥳
We're celebrating a big zoning win for SF — and preparing for more work ahead. Giving a huge shoutout to our @sfyimby.bsky.social chapter for leading locally. 💙🏡
The SF Board of Supervisors approved the SF Family Zoning Plan!
Read our statement: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
We're celebrating a big zoning win for SF — and preparing for more work ahead. Giving a huge shoutout to our @sfyimby.bsky.social chapter for leading locally. 💙🏡
The SF Board of Supervisors approved the SF Family Zoning Plan!
Read our statement: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#YIMBYWin 🥳
We're celebrating a big zoning win for SF — and preparing for more work ahead. Giving a huge shoutout to our @sfyimby.bsky.social chapter for leading locally. 💙🏡
The SF Board of Supervisors approved the SF Family Zoning Plan!
Read our statement: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
We're celebrating a big zoning win for SF — and preparing for more work ahead. Giving a huge shoutout to our @sfyimby.bsky.social chapter for leading locally. 💙🏡
The SF Board of Supervisors approved the SF Family Zoning Plan!
Read our statement: yimbyaction.org/blog/yimby-a...
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🚨 The War on Cars comes to Denver tomorrow, Fri Dec 12! Live show on how car dominance hits safety, health and housing.
Use code HOUSINGALLIES for $5 off. @yimbyaction.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Use code HOUSINGALLIES for $5 off. @yimbyaction.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
YIMBY Action Presents: The War on Cars LIVE in Denver
Join The War on Cars podcast and YIMBY Action for a live, in-person conversation on the future of urban life happening at History Colorado.This special event will feature a lively discussion on the up...
www.zeffy.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🚨 The War on Cars comes to Denver tomorrow, Fri Dec 12! Live show on how car dominance hits safety, health and housing.
Use code HOUSINGALLIES for $5 off. @yimbyaction.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Use code HOUSINGALLIES for $5 off. @yimbyaction.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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#News: We have filed a lawsuit challenging an Executive Order from Governor Gavin Newsom giving local governments discretion to limit or suspend SB 9 development in certain high fire hazard severity zones within the Los Angeles burn areas.
More 👇
www.yimbylaw.org/sb-9-lawsuit
More 👇
www.yimbylaw.org/sb-9-lawsuit
SB 9 Executive Order — YIMBY Law
www.yimbylaw.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#News: We have filed a lawsuit challenging an Executive Order from Governor Gavin Newsom giving local governments discretion to limit or suspend SB 9 development in certain high fire hazard severity zones within the Los Angeles burn areas.
More 👇
www.yimbylaw.org/sb-9-lawsuit
More 👇
www.yimbylaw.org/sb-9-lawsuit
Reposted by YIMBY Action
Reposted by YIMBY Action
Listened to a great episode of 'Infill: a YIMBY podcast" this morning. Discussing a 'legislative scorecard' for state legislators in Virginia, rating them on their support for housing. I am struck by how organized YIMBYs and @yimbyaction.bsky.social are in Virginia!?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-D4...
The Newest Tool for YIMBY Voters
YouTube video by YIMBY Action
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Listened to a great episode of 'Infill: a YIMBY podcast" this morning. Discussing a 'legislative scorecard' for state legislators in Virginia, rating them on their support for housing. I am struck by how organized YIMBYs and @yimbyaction.bsky.social are in Virginia!?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-D4...
Reposted by YIMBY Action
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.