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YIMBY
Movement in support of infrastructure development
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- Housing policy (1)
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YIMBY movement (1) · Housing affordability (1) · NIMBYism (1) · Homeownership (1) · Housing policy (1) · Wealth inequality (1) · Real estate market (1) · Urban development (1)
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The YIMBY (; or yimby, an acronym for the phrase for "yes in my back yard") movement, or YIMBYism, is a pro-housing social movement that focuses on encouraging new housing, opposing density limits (such as single-family zoning) and other housing supply regulations, and supporting public transportation. It stands in opposition to residents it calls NIMBY ("not in my back yard"), referring to those who generally oppose most forms of urban development in order to maintain the status quo, typically low-density suburban housing.
As an organized movement in the United States, the YIMBY movement began in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 2010s amid a housing affordability crisis and has subsequently become a potent political force in local, state, and national politics in the United States.
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