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Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Yes in my backyard!@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

[meme] Why do we make it so obscenely hard to build anything?

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[meme] Why do we make it so obscenely hard to build anything?

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Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Yes in my backyard!@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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    11 months ago

    Well sure, but the city won’t build sidewalks either.

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Typical YIMBY policies include:

  • Elimination of restrictive zoning
  • Elimination of parking minimums, setback requirements, and other arbitrary density-decreasing deed restrictions
  • Elimination of Euclidean zoning
  • Elimination of “inclusionary” zoning
  • Elimination of undue red tape that gets in the way of new housing and transit development
  • Establishment of stronger “by right” development
  • Replacement of property taxes with land value taxes (LVT)
  • Construction of high-quality public transit w/ transit-oriented development
  • Road diets, with more space dedicated to bikes and pedestrians and less to driving and parking

Typical housing crisis “solutions” YIMBYs are wary of:

  • Scapegoating immigrants
  • Scapegoating airbnb
  • Scapegoating “foreign investors”
  • Scapegoating “greedy developers”

YIMBYism transcends the typical left-right political divide; please be respectful of fellow YIMBYs with differing political views. That said, please report anyone saying anything hateful or bigoted.

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  • Housing Breaks People’s Brains
  • The Problem With Everything-Bagel Liberalism
  • Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation
  • An Airbnb collapse won’t fix America’s housing shortage
  • Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot
  • More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents
  • Constraints on City and Neighborhood Growth: The Central Role of Housing Supply
  • Progressive Cities Aren’t Living Up To Their Values
  • Local Effects of Large New Apartment Buildings in Low-Income Areas
  • The Origins of Inequality, and Policies to Contain It
  • Progress and Poverty

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