“Her name is Alisa. Her name is Veronica. Her name is Kally. Each one is a woman of color living in California navigating the rental market.” So begins a new study out today, commissioned by California YIMBY and authored by…
Report: California’s Women of Color Face Extra Burdens from Housing Crisis
USC Study Highlights Need for Reforms in Housing, Wage Equity, Affordable Daycare Demographic Comprises 30% of State Population Download full report Watch the livestream of release event at https://www.facebook.com/pg/cayimby/posts Sacramento, CA – California’s ongoing housing crisis is exacting an especially…
YIMBY Housing Champions 2019
Resources for those impacted by the wildfires
Across California, wildfires have been ravaging our communities — displacing our friends and neighbors, destroying dozens of homes, and filling the air with acrid smoke. We all know someone who’s been impacted (some of our staff are hosting evacuees from…
“I was evicted. I lost everything.”— Barbara’s Story
“When my mother passed away suddenly in 2009, I moved back to Sacramento to take care of my disabled father for the next three years. During that time, I lived practically rent-free and was fortunate enough to create an emergency…
The HomeWork – October 29, 2019
Welcome to The Homework, the official newsletter of California YIMBY. In each edition, we aim to support grassroots YIMBYs with the most up-to-date thinking on how to end the housing shortage. The Homework offers top news clips, cutting-edge research by…
The Land of the Free? Well, Maybe If You Own Land
“Homeowners are vastly overrepresented among local elected officials across cities of all sizes.” A new working paper from political scientists at Boston University, finds a dramatic underrepresentation of renters at all levels of government in the United States. This has…
We Belong Together: Housing Supply and Affordability Make Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
Who’s gonna take your place? There ain’t nobody better Oh baby baby, we belong together —Mariah Carey, “We Belong Together” (2005) Can we shave 25% off housing costs in Los Angeles? A new study from the University of Pennsylvania…
Yes, the Bay Area is Still Segregated
Fifty years since Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, one might infer that the San Francisco Bay Area is still a deeply segregated region. And you’d be correct. In a new series of research briefs, Stephen Menendian and Samir Gambhir…
League of Women Voters of California Endorses SB 50 – The More Homes Act
“Confronting the Legacy of Exclusion” — Bill to Expand Housing Near Jobs, Transit, Services Gains Momentum in Sacramento Sacramento, CA – California YIMBY today announced that the League of Women Voters of California has endorsed Senate Bill 50, the More…