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== '''The mission of YIMBY of Northern Nevada is to mobilize our neighbors seeking quality housing to own or rent.''' ==
'''<big><big>The mission of YIMBY of Northern Nevada is to mobilize our neighbors</big>'''<br />

'''<big>seeking quality housing.</big></big>'''<br />




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Whether you’ve moved from Cupertino, Michigan or Guatemala -- or if you were born and raised here, you should be able to achieve your full potential in Northern Nevada. You should have access to good quality schools, access to good jobs and, crucially, be able to live in quality housing. <br />
Whether you were born and raised here or if you’ve moved from Cupertino, Michigan or Guatemala, you should be able to achieve your full potential in Northern Nevada. You should have access to good quality schools, access to good jobs and, crucially, be able to live in quality housing. <br />




YIMBY members can join a waiting list for attainable quality housing we will maintain and grow to include thousands of our neighbors.<br />
YIMBY members can join a waiting list for attainable quality housing we will maintain and grow to include thousands of our neighbors.<br />


Greater Reno is definitely not full. <br />




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* '''It’s time to embrace Missing Middle Housing -- housing with anywhere from two to fifty units. This means duplexes, townhomes and small apartment complexes. It's called “missing” because in Greater Reno and most cities it's hard to find and zoning is not there to support it.'''</small><br />
* '''It’s time to embrace Missing Middle Housing -- housing with anywhere from two to fifty units. This means duplexes, townhomes and small apartment complexes. It's called “missing” because in Greater Reno and most cities it's hard to find and zoning is not there to support it.'''</small><br />



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<big>'''Setting a goal by the numbers'''</big>
<big>'''Setting a goal by the numbers'''</big>
* <small>Our goal is to keep housing costs for owners and renters at or below 30% of gross income and combined housing and transportation costs below 45%. Households with costs above these two thresholds are considered burdened. <br />
* <small>Our goal is to keep housing costs for owners and renters at or below 30% of gross income and combined housing and transportation costs below 45%. Households with costs above these two thresholds are considered burdened. <br />
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<big>'''Density is good'''</big>
<big>'''Density is good'''</big><br />
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<small>* We are unapologetic urbanists who believe in the virtues of cities. More people living in close proximity to each other can improve their lives and the lives of those far beyond the centers of Reno and Sparks.
* We are unapologetic urbanists who believe in the virtues of cities. More people living in close proximity to each other can improve their lives and the lives of those far beyond the centers of Reno and Sparks.<br />
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* Density can be achieved by increasing housing within the McCarran ring road and along corridors stretching into outlying areas that already have infrastructure in place.

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* Density is sustainability: it reduces urban sprawl, reduces water usage, uses energy more efficiently, and creates a smaller carbon footprint.
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* Density can be achieved by increasing housing within the McCarran ring road and along corridors stretching into outlying areas that already have infrastructure in place.<br />
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* Density is accessibility: it encourages walking and biking, makes transit more efficient, reduces social isolation, and increases residents’ access to diverse cultural products and to each other.

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* Density is opportunity: it increases access to jobs, supports diverse businesses, promotes innovation, and enables people to be more productive.
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* Density is sustainability: it reduces urban sprawl, reduces water usage, uses energy more efficiently, and creates a smaller carbon footprint.<br />

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* Density is accessibility: it encourages walking and biking, makes transit more efficient, reduces social isolation, and increases residents’ access to diverse cultural products and to each other.<br />

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* Density is opportunity: it increases access to jobs, supports diverse businesses, promotes innovation, and enables people to be more productive.<br />

* People should be free to choose to live in places that are urban, compact and walkable, low-density and car-centric. They should also be free to choose to live in suburban or rural places. Not everyone wants to live in a dense city. However, current policies restrict the supply of urban housing, leaving suburban life as the only affordable option for many.
* People should be free to choose to live in places that are urban, compact and walkable, low-density and car-centric. They should also be free to choose to live in suburban or rural places. Not everyone wants to live in a dense city. However, current policies restrict the supply of urban housing, leaving suburban life as the only affordable option for many.
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<big>'''Housing is a home'''</big>
<big>'''Housing is a home'''</big><br />
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<small>* It is not the role of the local government to maximize wealth for property owners.
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* Creating attainable housing for all and maximizing home values are incompatible goals – therefore public policy should be based on viewing homes as places to live, not as investments.
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* It is not the role of the local government to maximize wealth for property owners.<br />
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* Housing is infrastructure. The primary community benefit of new housing is the housing.

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* Filtering exists. Today’s new, expensive housing becomes tomorrow’s inexpensive housing, as long as scarcity isn’t induced by restricting the creation of new housing.
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* Creating attainable housing for all and maximizing home values are incompatible goals – therefore public policy should be based on viewing homes as places to live, not as investments.<br />
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* Local governments should fight blight by expanding economic opportunities and ensuring access to credit for residents, not by seizing blighted properties via eminent domain and razing them.</small>

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* Housing is infrastructure. The primary community benefit of new housing is the housing.<br />

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* Filtering exists. Today’s new, expensive housing becomes tomorrow’s inexpensive housing, as long as scarcity isn’t induced by restricting the creation of new housing.<br />

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* Local governments should fight blight by expanding economic opportunities and ensuring access to credit for residents, not by seizing blighted properties via eminent domain and razing them.</small><br />

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'''Stop Displacement'''</big>
'''Stop Displacement'''</big><br /><small>

* <small>Greater Reno has the physical space for more housing without displacing existing residents.<br />
* Greater Reno has the physical space for more housing without displacing existing residents.<br />


* We should maximize the number of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units as opposed to the percentage of BMR units in new projects.<br />
* We should maximize the number of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units as opposed to the percentage of BMR units in new projects.<br />
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<big>'''Zoning & Planning Policy Prescriptions'''</big>
<big>'''Zoning & Planning Policy Prescriptions'''</big><br />
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* <small>We believe in long-term planning. Once a citywide or neighborhood plan is made, the process for building should be streamlined, well-defined and predictable. It should not impose significant delays on or add significant costs to a project, nor should individual property owners or neighborhood associations have the power to hijack it.<br />
* We believe in long-term planning. Once a citywide or neighborhood plan is made, the process for building should be streamlined, well-defined and predictable. It should not impose significant delays on or add significant costs to a project, nor should individual property owners or neighborhood associations have the power to hijack it.<br />


* As-of-Right building: development plans approved at the departmental level if the project is within existing zoning.<br />
* As-of-Right building: development plans approved at the departmental level if the project is within existing zoning.<br />
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<big>'''Join YIMBY of Northern Nevada'''</big>
<big>'''Join YIMBY of Northern Nevada'''</big><br />
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* <small>The housing shortage is not an unintended policy failure. Greater Reno has a housing shortage because of decades of voting and organizing against housing. The solution is to organize for housing. <br />
* The housing shortage is not an unintended policy failure. Greater Reno has a housing shortage because of decades of voting and organizing against housing. The solution is to organize for housing. <br />


* We must mobilize our communities, employees of our businesses and other organizations, make our case in the media, write to legislators, support projects at hearings, support pro-housing candidates, and vote for more housing.<br />
* We must mobilize our communities, employees of our businesses and other organizations, make our case in the media, write to legislators, support projects at hearings, support pro-housing candidates, and vote for more housing.<br />
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