We’ve all been rocked by the novel coronavirus. No matter who you are or where you live, this is a situation that demands solidarity. We must do our best to take care of each other and follow expert advice on…
The Weight of Cities – UN Report on Dense Infill Housing as Climate Solution
The United Nations has long been a strong advocate of the YIMBY policy toolkit as an integral strategy for fighting climate change. A new report from its International Resource Panel (IRP), “The Weight of Cities,” underscores the importance of new…
“I’ve had to move 4 times since we lost our home” — Meet Victoria from Los Angeles
In 2008, my mom was able to scrape enough money together to buy our home in Lincoln Heights so I could be closer to school and my grandma’s house in the neighborhood I grew up in. Two months later, the…
What the Fee? A Closer Look at Impacts
We’re doing a “throwback Thursday” installment of The Homework to highlight some timely research published last year by UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation on housing impact fees. After the 1978 passage of Proposition 13, localities began to rely…
California Cities Have Room to Grow—Faster.
There are two policy questions at the heart of California’s housing crisis: how much new housing do the state’s affluent cities permit to be built, and how does the process of permitting them affect outcomes? So far, it has been…
The YIMBY Movement Grows
On January 30, the battle for SB 50, the More HOMES Act, took a significant setback when the bill failed to pass the state Senate on a vote of 18-15. While we’re disappointed in the vote, we’re confident it was…
Statement of California YIMBY CEO Brian Hanlon on Senate Vote to Reject SB 50 – the More HOMES Act
Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY President and CEO Brian Hanlon offered the following statement in response to the state Senate’s 18 – 15 vote against SB 50, the More HOMES Act: “Today, the Senate failed to advance SB 50,…
Housing is Opportunity, Part 2: Homeownership
The other half of the Terner Center’s new research series investigates the connection between housing supply and entry-level homeownership. Since owning a home has been a pivotal rung on the ladder to the American middle class, the availability of housing…
New Housing is a Friend, Not Foe, in Fighting Gentrification
Evan Mast and his colleagues at the W.E. Upjohn Institute have become rising stars in the growing field of housing economics research. In a new working paper “Supply Shock versus Demand Shock,” Asquith, Mast, and Reed (2019) make a compelling…
ICYMI: Majority of California Voters Support SB 50
Multiple polls show 60%+ statewide support for zoning changes near jobs, transit Pushing back against misinformation from AIDS Healthcare Foundation To learn more about amendments to the More HOMES Act – visit cayimby.org/morehomes Sacramento, CA – Over 60 percent of…