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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.* Not every country suffers from acute housing shortages, spiraling prices, displacement, and the rest of the NIMBY nightmare. In this video, we hear—via Zoom from Europe—from leading … 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.* From cottage clusters to tiny houses on wheels, as well as all sorts of new streamlined ways to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs), recent legislation passing in … 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.* Danny Oleksiuk, with Abundant Housing Vancouver, discusses the trends and policies shaping Vancouver’s housing shortage and affordability crisis, followed by Khelsilem, Council Chairperson of the Squamish Nation, … 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 you create an advocacy organization that is inclusive, welcoming, and focused? How do you help staff and board members avoid burnout? How do you turn … 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.* For almost two decades, Oregon’s cities were prohibited from using inclusionary housing as part of their toolkit to require market-rate developments to provide new housing for people … 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 is the first word that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘zoning reform’?,” Sightline’s Jeannette Lee asked panelists who develop and promote affordable 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.* It wouldn’t be YIMBYtown if we didn’t have at least one panel to talk about the high cost of free parking. The principles of Donald Shoup have … 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.* Elected officials spend most of their time listening to constituents gripe about housing. In this panel, the tables are turned: Three public officials who have championed various … 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 can our housing systems be both broken and working exactly as designed? How do we move with intention to disrupt the patterns that polarize access to … 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.* Reducing urban car dependency is a necessary and integral initiative to making housing more affordable and neighborhoods healthier, not to mention lowering climate-warming emissions. Yet American transportation … Read more
