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This is a new, open wiki for YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) & housing issues. We invite anyone to start a new page or edit articles on topics related to creating more inclusive, affordable, equitable housing and communities. See Content Guidelines (coming soon) for tips

See Support YIMBYwiki for how to help by donating. 

Below:  "Obama's YIMBY moment"! Boston Globe on the President's support for our movement. 

 
 

from White House “Housing Development Toolkit” September 2016:

Latest additions!

• YIMBY fundraising
• New Cities YCombinator Research readings
• Support YIMBYwiki 
• Land value tax (suggested by Max Ghenis)
• Affordable Housing - suggested by Sam Moss, Fay Darmawi
• Game Theory of Zoning - suggested by @LondonNIMBY)
• 2016 Bay Area Housing Ballot Measures
• Starting a YIMBY Organization
• Housing Crisis - Expensive Rental Markets

 

Category Map

The articles to which this map links are stubs (containing starting point placeholder text to short entries -- e.g. Affordable_housing, RRapid_transit, Bike_box, Complete_streets, Inclusionary_zoning, Transit-oriented_developmentand Food_swamp) that could use your help to flesh out with a YIMBY versus generic view and a geography/place-specific, as well as larger perspective.

YIMBY Resources

Cities

Housing

Transportation

• Sustainable transportation Public transportation  Cycling  Cycling  Infrastructure  Pedestrians  Types of streets  Automobiles

Sustainability

• Sustainable transportation  Urban agriculture  Access to food

Technology

• Data

Politics and Policy

• US Election 2016

Economics

• Economic Models  Sharing Economy

Draft outline of core articles (planned or begun): 

1. YIMBY concept 
   1. Reading List

 

1. Land use regulation (loosely synonymous with zoning)
2. Housing
   1. Housing systems (US and comparative)
   2. Housing affordability
   3. Housing affordability strategies
   4. Housing benefit programs - e.g. vouchers, tax credits, Housing Benefit (UK)
   5. Housing financing
   6. Social housing, aka Public housing
   7. Affordable Housing i.e. price-restricted or non-market housing
   8. Inclusionary zoning
   9.  Housing diversity
      1. Shared, congregate, and cohousing
      2. Mobile and redeployable housing
      3. Accessory dwellings
      4. Missing Middle and infill housing

 

 

 

1. 1. Housing construction innovation
   2. Community land trusts
   3. Self-build housing
      1. Baugruppen
      2. "Citizen Sector" development model (Alastair Parvin, WikiHouse, etc)

 

 

 

1. 1. Effects of new housing - on the Ur-question of how new housing affects price and communities.
   2. Homelessness

 

1. Transportation  
2. Funding approaches
   1. General taxation
   2. Development fees - e.g. inclusionary zoning, impact fees, linkage fees
   3. Land Value Tax
   4. Value capture

 

1. YIMBY strategies
   1. YIMBY fundraising

 

1. YIMBY organizations directory

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YIMBYwiki

This is a new, open wiki for YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) & housing issues. We invite anyone to start a new page or edit articles on topics related to creating more inclusive, affordable, equitable housing and communities. See Content Guidelines (coming soon) for tips.

See Support YIMBYwiki for how to help by donating. 

 

Latest additions!

• YIMBY fundraising
• New Cities YCombinator Research readings
• Support YIMBYwiki 
• Land value tax (suggested by Max Ghenis)
• Affordable Housing - suggested by Sam Moss, Fay Darmawi
• Game Theory of Zoning - suggested by @LondonNIMBY)
• 2016 Bay Area Housing Ballot Measures
• Starting a YIMBY Organization
• Housing Crisis - Expensive Rental Markets

 

Draft outline of core articles (planned or begun): 

1. YIMBY concept 
2. Land use regulation (loosely synonymous with zoning)
3. Housing 
   1. Housing systems (US and comparative)
   2. Housing affordability
   3. Housing affordability strategies
   4. Housing benefit programs - e.g. vouchers, tax credits, Housing Benefit (UK)
   5. Housing_financing
   6. Social housing, aka Public housing
   7. Affordable Housing i.e. price-restricted or non-market housing
   8. Inclusionary zoning
   9.  Housing diversity
      1. Shared, congregate, and cohousing
      2. Mobile and redeployable housing
      3. Accessory dwellings
      4. Missing Middle and infill housing

 

 

1. 1. Housing construction innovation
   2. Community land trusts
   3. Self-build housing
      1. Baugruppen
      2. "Citizen Sector" development model (Alastair Parvin, WikiHouse, etc)

 

 

1. 1. Effects_of_new_housing - on the Ur-question of how new housing affects price and communities.
   2. Homelessness

 

1. Transportation 
2. Funding_approaches
   1. General_taxation
   2. Development_fees - e.g. inclusionary zoning, impact fees, linkage fees
   3. Land Value Tax
   4. Value capture

 

1. YIMBY strategies
   1. YIMBY_fundraising

 

1. Housing and land use bibliography
2. YIMBY organizations directory

 

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• Recent changes
• Index of all pages
• Create new page

 

 

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