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The Homework: July 22, 2025
Welcome to the July 22, 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 It is…
America’s Highway to Hell (And Poverty)– How We All Lose from Road Spending
Cities across America spend billions expanding highways and building parking lots, believing more driving equals more prosperity. However, new research suggests the opposite: regions with the highest car dependency tend to exhibit lower economic productivity, while walkable areas with good…
How California’s Sky-High Rents Cancelled Out $11 Billion in Food Stamp Benefits
California’s 17.7 percent poverty rate—more than double Minnesota’s 7.4 percent—stems almost entirely from housing costs that have spiraled beyond what typical families can afford. In San Jose, a family of four needs $57,673 just to meet basic needs, compared to…
California YIMBY Statement on SB 79 Passing Assembly Local Government Committee
“Today is a landmark moment – for California, for the YIMBY movement, and for everyone fighting to keep the California Dream alive,” said Brian Hanlon, CEO of California YIMBY. “With the Assembly Local Government committee advancing SB 79, the Legislature…
The Homework: July 3, 2025
Welcome to the July 3, 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 A Week…
Why is Building Slowing Down in America’s Boomtowns?
Texas has long been America’s poster child for more affordable housing, thanks to its minimal regulations and abundant land. However, this hasn’t prevented Texas cities like Austin from developing the same cost pressures as California’s metro areas, which built far…
America’s Missing 15 Million Homes
American home building has slowed down significantly over the past 25 years. If the U.S. housing stock had grown from 2000 to 2020 at the same rate as it did from 1980 to 2000, there would be 15 million more…
California YIMBY Statement on AB 609: CEQA infill housing exemption
California YIMBY issued the following statement on news that AB 609, creating CEQA exemptions for infill housing, would be signed into law as part of the state budget (through AB 130, a trailer bill): “This is one of the biggest…
The Homework: June 18, 2025
Welcome to the June 18, 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 Committee Season…
Taller Buildings Near Transit Would Cut Austin’s Affordable Housing Costs by $2.5 Billion
Allowing denser apartment buildings along Austin’s planned light-rail lines could slash the city’s affordable housing subsidies from $8 billion to $5.5 billion while meeting housing goals that current zoning makes impossible, according to a University of Texas study. The findings…