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YIMBYtown 2022: Fair and Sustainable Cities, spotlighted major affordability wins and brought successful housing campaign leaders to share ideas and lessons for local and statewide action.
YIMBYtown 2022 occurred April 11–13 in Portland, Oregon, the fourth annual gathering (after some COVID delays) of “Yes in My Back Yard” (YIMBY) community leaders, organizers, planners, policymakers, educators, and housing providers eager to share resources and strategies for building more affordable, sustainable, and equitable communities.
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* Who decides what housing gets built, and for whom? How do our electoral systems intersect with housing policy at the local and state levels? This panel included … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* Just as public libraries complement bookstores to ensure that everyone has access to books, social housing can help ensure that everyone has access to housing. Social housing … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* While YIMBYs are often advocating for changes that take years to implement, some housing advocates are working on changes for individuals on the streets tonight. How can … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* All politics are local, and nowhere is that more apparent than in campaigns to reform city zoning codes to re-legalize missing middle housing. How are abundant housing … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* At its peak, federal highway construction demolished 37,000 homes a year to make way for roads. More than 1 million Americans—a significant proportion of them people of … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* Combine oversaturated, distracted audiences with topics that tend toward the dry and complex (say, zoning policy) and you have a recipe for communications that don’t get the … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* What role does the establishment of community land trusts (CLTs) play in the movement for more abundant housing? How can CLTs provide homes for folks not served … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* While the YIMBY movement got its start shooting spitballs at neighborhood associations and municipal governments, the last few years have seen housing advocates win game-changing legislation at … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* How do we work with existing environmental organizations to build interest and support for policies that simultaneously support housing abundance and low-carbon communities? Members of this YIMBYtown … Read more
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* Cities have historically been—and continue to be—sanctuaries for the queer community. Yet as sexuality and gender roles have expanded and evolved, our housing paradigms have not, and … Read more
