As the article points out, it’s more that because there is regulation that permits blocking development on environmental or historical grounds, it often gets used to block developments that people don’t like for entirely-different reasons.
I’m generally not very sympathetic to regulation aimed at blocking development, feel that we err way on the “don’t build” side.
The YIMBY movement (short for “yes in my back yard”) is a pro-housing movement[1] that focuses on encouraging new housing, opposing density limits (such as single-family zoning), and supporting public transportation. It stands in opposition to NIMBY (“not in my back yard”) tendencies, which generally oppose most forms of urban development in order to maintain the status quo.[2][3][4]
As a popular 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 state and local politics across the United States.[5][6]
The YIMBY position supports increasing the supply of housing within cities where housing costs have escalated to unaffordable levels.[7] They have also supported infrastructure development projects like improving housing development[8] (especially for affordable housing[9] or trailer parks[10]), high-speed rail lines,[11][4] homeless shelters,[12] day cares,[13] schools, universities and colleges,[14][15] bike lanes, and pedestrian safety infrastructure.[3] YIMBYs often seek rezoning that would allow denser housing to be produced or the repurposing of obsolete buildings, such as shopping malls, into housing.[16][17][18] Cities that have adopted YIMBY policies have seen substantial increase in housing supply and reductions in rent.[19]
I think that at a certain point, there’s a backlash against mechanisms used to block new construction. Housing in California is a good example.
historic? How can a fricking parking lot be historic?
Maybe it’s the one they paved paradise to put up.
As the article points out, it’s more that because there is regulation that permits blocking development on environmental or historical grounds, it often gets used to block developments that people don’t like for entirely-different reasons.
I’m generally not very sympathetic to regulation aimed at blocking development, feel that we err way on the “don’t build” side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YIMBY
I think that at a certain point, there’s a backlash against mechanisms used to block new construction. Housing in California is a good example.
Historic enough that a lot of people are advocating preserving them as a part of America’s “greatness”. 🙄 😮💨
Historic in it’s ability to harm the poors in the bay area.