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Responses to "What’s In My Backyard?" <cite>by [https://jacobinmag.com/author/Karen%20Narefsky Karen Narefsky], in [http://jacobinmag.com/ jacobinmag.com] June 14, 2017</cite>
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YIMBYs may observe that development opponents have a self-interest in opposing development, but that a) is widely and long observed by many parties, see e.g. Fischel "The Homevoter Hypothesis" and works cited; and b) this observations doesn't imply that self-interest is the only motivation.
Further, from a policy standpoint, arguably it does not matter so much what people's motivations are for actions/policies, as what the outcomes of those policies are. Would we rather have, for example, housing that fulfills needs, produced by for-profit developers, or unsatisfactory housing, produced by non-profit or government agency? In any case, YIMBY leaders have often said [cf. quotes from Sonja Trauss, Laura Clark] that the goal is sufficient and affordable housing, however it can be done, which currently in the US is primarily by private developers. YIMBY organizations have a record of supporting below-market-rate housing, community housing development orgs (housing non-profit developers, CHDOs), and other means such as [[Inclusionary_zoning|Inclusionary zoning]], and strong interest in forms of social/public housing as well.
<blockquote>'''Developers play a huge role in shaping urban economies. Yet they’re accountable to their investors, not to the communities where they build.'''</blockquote>
They are accountable in that building is highly regulated and overseen by many bodies of government and extensive public process. Development requires large investment and risk-taking, and in the system current operating in the US, there are not other large capital sources for financing most housing.
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<blockquote>'''''YIMBYs argue that zoning and other restrictions on development prevent the market from meeting people’s housing needs. But the housing market has never met the needs of the poor — in fact, while the latest housing crisis was caused by the mortgage market’s collapse, working people have been overpaying for substandard housing since at least the mid-nineteenth century, well before New York City pioneered zoning restrictions in 1916.'''''</blockquote> ▼
▲'''''YIMBYs argue that zoning and other restrictions on development prevent the market from meeting people’s housing needs. But the housing market has never met the needs of the poor — in fact, while the latest housing crisis was caused by the mortgage market’s collapse, working people have been overpaying for substandard housing since at least the mid-nineteenth century, well before New York City pioneered zoning restrictions in 1916.'''''
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