Eight states have recently passed laws allowing smaller homes like duplexes and townhomes, also known as “middle housing,” in areas previously restricted to only large, expensive houses. In “Missing No More: Planners Should Harness Private Developers to Build Middle Housing,”…
New State Legislation to Align Housing, Climate, Environmental Goals
AB 609 from Asm. Buffy Wicks Puts the “E” Back in CEQA Streamlined Review for New Homes that Reduce Pollution, Sprawl, and Other Impacts Read more about AB 609 here. Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY and State Assemblymember Buffy…
Legislation Introduced to Create “Building Homeownership for All” Program
AB 595 will create more homeownership opportunities for working families Sacramento, CA – Today, California YIMBY joined Assemblymember Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale), and their fellow co-sponsors California Community Builders and UnidosUS, to announce AB 595, which seeks to expand affordable homeownership…
The Homework: February 14, 2025
Welcome to the February 14, 2025 Main edition of The Homework, the official newsletter of California YIMBY — legislative updates, news clips, housing research and analysis, and the latest writings from the California YIMBY team. News from Sacramento The deadline…
The Impact of Land Use Planning on Wildfire Risk: A Study in Southern California
Over the past three decades, most new homes in California have been built in or near the wildland-urban interface (WUI). As catastrophic fires in the WUI grow worse with climate change, effective fire-risk reduction strategies are essential. In Land Use…
Calling the Bluff: First the Reforms, Then the Funds
Housing costs are a contentious political issue in most American cities. Demands for building more “affordable housing” run up against a variety of politically-powerful stakeholders, who are ambivalent (at best) about neighborhood change; many constituents are fiercely opposed to even…
California YIMBY Statement on Passing of Donald Shoup
UCLA Urban Planning Professor Transformed California, National Land Use “Professor Shoup was a testament to the value of transformative policy backed by solid analysis“ SACRAMENTO – Today, California YIMBY issued the following statement on the news of the passing of UCLA…
The Homework: January 16, 2025
Welcome to the January 16, 2025 Main edition of The Homework, the official newsletter of California YIMBY — legislative updates, news clips, housing research and analysis, and the latest writings from the California YIMBY team. News from Sacramento The State…
Enhancing Mobility for Older Adults: Insights from Land Use in the U.S. and Japan
As America’s population ages, the need to provide safe and efficient mobility from far-flung suburbs and subdivisions grows more acute. Our current transportation systems, land use, and development patterns all but mandate private car ownership and driving – which is…
How-To ADU: The Handbook
Over the past eight years, California lawmakers have adopted dozens of reforms designed to make it easier for homeowners to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), which are sometimes referred to as “granny flats,” in-law units, or casitas. To help homeowners,…