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May 28, 2025
Pro-Housing Power Building: How to Grow Your YIMBY Club IRL
Want to learn how to grow the YIMBY Power in your community? Read our tips for growing your list of pro-housing advocates.
By Andrew Gothard
May 12, 2025
Statement: YIMBY Action and Its Four Colorado Chapters Celebrate The Passage of Key Pro-Housing Legislation
By Jae Hendrix
Apr 15, 2025
Saving Church from State: how YIGBY can help faith communities do their best work
By Jack Farrell, YIMBY Law Research Attorney
Apr 02, 2025
Virginia General Assembly Fails to Advance Critical Housing Reforms, YIMBYs Urge Bold Action
Feb 25, 2025
Broken Legacies: Ongoing Impacts of Racist “Urban Renewal”
Feb 21, 2025
Statement: Housing Advocates Warn Cuts Would Increase Housing Prices for Millions of Americans; Urge Trump Administration to Preserve Federal Housing Programs, Staff.
YIMBY Action and its chapters across the United States urge the Trump Administration to preserve existing federal housing programs and staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). If the Trump Administration follows through on its intention to make massive cuts to HUD staffing and programs, housing prices will increase significantly for millions of Americans. These cuts will destabilize housing, increase homelessness, stall policy reforms across the country, and reduce the number of new homes—especially subsidized affordable homes—getting built.
Jan 28, 2025
Statement on the Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze and Its Harmful Impact on Housing
Jan 16, 2025
Policy Memo: LA Fires and Impacts on Housing
By Leora Tanjuatco Ross
Statement: YIMBY Action And Its Chapters Applaud New Housing Bill From California Senator Scott Wiener
Dec 23, 2024
YIMBY Blog: Why you (yes you!) should serve as a local commissioner
Now is the perfect time to get involved as a commissioner in your local jurisdiction. Here's the inside scoop
By Jane Natoli
Dec 09, 2024
Pro-Housing State Lawmakers Have a 95% Re-Election Rate
This report by YIMBY Action is the first systematic review of electoral outcomes for state lawmakers who have been sponsors of pro-housing bills that were enacted into law. Based on our analysis, we have found that support for state laws to allow more homes are not an impediment to lawmakers’ electoral prospects.
Dec 02, 2024
YIMBYs In Action: San Mateo
YIMBY volunteers dove into action this election season. We supported pro-housing candidates and ballot initiatives that aim to bring more homes and more neighbors to our communities. In San Mateo, California we saw a big victory.
Nov 28, 2024
How Transportation Planning Can Drive Sustainable Urban Development and Transform Housing
Guest Blog submitted by YIMBY Action Volunteer Talmage Melven
Aug 29, 2024
Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Housing
By Mariah Redfern
Jun 28, 2024
Statement: YIMBY Action and YIMBY Law Condemn Supreme Court For Further Criminalizing Homelessness In Grants Pass Decision
YIMBY Action and YIMBY Law condemn today's Supreme Court decision in today's Johnson vs Grant's Pass ruling. We need our elected officials and government agencies to take urgent action to help people with immediate housing needs and implement solutions to tackle our national housing shortage, which is raising prices and pushing Americans out of their homes.
May 31, 2024
Letter of Support For California Assembly Bill 1657
Apr 30, 2024
The Growing Diversity of the YIMBY movement
Alex Melendrez, our Equity Organizing Manager, discusses the early days of the YIMBY movement, how it has evolved to become more inclusive, and why diverse voices are essential to our work.
By Alex Melendrez
Mar 28, 2024
Spotlight: Women Leaders in the YIMBY Movement
Mar 22, 2024
Statement: YIMBY Action Welcomes President Biden’s Plan to Lower Housing Costs with Pro-Production Policies
YIMBY Action welcomes President Biden's plans to address the U.S. housing shortage at the federal level.
Feb 28, 2024
Spotlight: Black Leaders in the YIMBY Movement
YIMBY Action is proud to celebrate and uplift the voices of Black leaders in our movement.
Feb 08, 2024
Statement: YIMBY Action Congratulates Senator Scott Wiener On Appointment As Senate Budget Chair
YIMBY Action extends congratulations to long-time YIMBY advocate Senator Scott Wiener on his new role as Senate Budget Chair. We hope to see even more YIMBY-endorsed candidates like Senator Wiener rise to new leadership roles that will allow them to make a bigger impact in their pro-housing work.
Jan 08, 2024
Statement: YIMBY Law and YIMBY Action Support Homeless Housing in Millbrae, CA. YIMBY Law Defends Homes in Lawsuit
YIMBY Law and YIMBY Action support San Mateo County’s effort to convert a hotel into permanent supportive housing in Millbrae, CA. YIMBY Law and YIMBY Action condemn the City of Millbrae for attempting to halt the project.
Nov 10, 2023
Local Government Alliance
A YIMBY Action Coalition of Pro-Housing Elected Officials & Commissioners
Nov 03, 2023
Statement: YIMBY Action and its fifty Chapters support the Build Housing Near Transit Act
The Build More Housing Near Transit Act will incentivize local governments to enact pro-housing policies near transit corridors. This will significantly boost the creation of affordable, walkable neighborhoods while increasing transit ridership and reducing pollution.
Oct 13, 2023
Statement: Pro-Housing Coalition Denounces City of Los Angeles' Illegal Delay of Affordable Housing Project. YIMBY Law Considering Legal Action.
The Inner City Law Center, Abundant Housing LA, Urban Environmentalists, YIMBY Action, and YIMBY Law denounce the City of Los Angeles’ decision to delay the application and review process for 360 affordable homes at 8217 N Winnetka Ave in Canoga Park today. The coalition aims to ensure these homes and similar projects are approved and streamlined as outlined in the original form of the Mayor’s Executive Directive 1 (ED1).
Oct 11, 2023
Press Release: YIMBY Action Celebrates Governor Newsom Signing SB 423, SB 4, and AB 1633 into Law
YIMBY Action celebrates Governor Newsom’s announcement that he has signed SB 423 (Wiener), SB 4 (Wiener), and AB 1633 (Ting) into law. These bills will be transformational in getting more housing built in California, including affordable housing.
Sep 18, 2023
Press Release: Pro-Housing Coalition Announces Action at LA Hearing, Urges Mayor's Office to Approve 100% Affordable Housing
Los Angeles illegally delayed 1,500 affordable homes after walking back provisions in the Mayor’s Executive Directive 1 (ED1). The coalition is rallying at the hearing for two of these housing projects on Tuesday, September 19th. Activists hope the city approves these homes and adjusts the directive to its original form to allow similar projects to be approved in the future.
Sep 15, 2023
Statement: YIMBY Action Celebrates Landmark Year for California Housing Legislation
YIMBY Action applauds the Legislature’s commitment to addressing California’s housing affordability crisis. The successes of the 2023 legislative session demonstrate the increasing influence of the YIMBY movement on California housing policy.
Aug 03, 2023
Statement: President Biden’s Investments in Efforts to Increase Housing Supply and Lower Costs
May 26, 2023
Press Release: YIMBY Action & Chapters support three federal pro-housing bills
Mar 20, 2023
Statement RE: President Biden’s 2024 Budget
Feb 23, 2023
Statement RE: Opposing Anti-Immigrant Texas Senate Bill 147
Jan 30, 2023
Statement RE: White House Renter Protections & Blueprint for Renters’ Bill of Rights
May 26, 2022
Statement RE: The Biden Administration’s Housing Supply Plan
Apr 03, 2021
Stop Asian Hate
Mar 09, 2021
Should People Lose Their Jobs?
By Laura Foote
Feb 09, 2021
All Roads Lead to Housing
By Rudy Espinoza Murray
Dec 18, 2020
Infill housing is critical for a healthy region and climate
Oct 23, 2020
Vote for Housing to Vote for Climate in the Bay Area
Aug 04, 2020
Michael Lens on Making Urbanism Antiracist
Bridging the Gap Between Academia and the Planning Department
Jul 07, 2020
Making Urbanism Antiracist with Warren Logan
From “Avoiding Harm” to “Addressing Historical Wrongs”
Jun 25, 2020
Planning to Fail
ABAG is Literally Planning for 8 More Years of a Housing Shortage
Jun 19, 2020
Why Are We Still So Segregated?
Jun 05, 2020
Demanding Justice
Black Lives Matter
Apr 08, 2020
Bay Area COVID-19 Crisis Housing Information
Last Updated April 8, 2020
Dec 09, 2019
A Growing Intensity for Density
2019 Highlights from YIMBY Action & Yes In My Back Yard
Nov 06, 2019
Why I YIMBY.
Oct 18, 2019
The Growing YIMBY Movement
By Ernest Brown
Oct 17, 2019
Yes to People, Yes to Housing
May 21, 2019
Support the CASA Compact
Oct 29, 2017
After fires, Marin must allow housing
Sep 17, 2017
Legislature Gives Teeth to State Law: SB 167 & AB 678 Ensure Housing Accountability
Sep 14, 2017
Housing Package Passes! California Legislators Get Serious on Affordability
May 31, 2017
Residential Expansion Threshold
May 17, 2017
How do housing prices increase, exactly?
Apr 14, 2017
SB 167 & AB 678
Bills to Strengthen the Housing Accountability Act
Apr 13, 2017
SB 167 — Housing Accountability Act
