YIMBY organizations directory

This is an inclusive list of all groups we come across, that add themself or are suggested by someone else. There is no official definition of what is a YIMBY or YIMBY-oriented organization. Some groups may use the term “YIMBY”, some may not. If anyone disagrees with the inclusion of a given group on the list, we'll either mark it disputed or remove it. -admin

International/Transnational

• Urbz

Australia

• YIMBY Qld
• YIMBY Sydney (@YIMBYSydney)
• Perth YIMBY (@PerthYIMBY)

Brazil

• URB-I, based in São Paolo (@urb_i_, urb.i4, )

 

Canada

Canada-wide

• All IN (@ALLinAdvocacy)

British Columbia

• OneCity Vancouver ( @OneCityVan, onecityvancouver.ca).
  'Join us to build a movement for a more inclusive & progressive city. Every neighbourhood is for everyone, from Boundary to Belmont.'
• Yes In New West!, New Westminster, BC. ( @YesInNewWest)
  A coalition of #NewWest residents dedicated to enhancing the livability and character of our community thru affordable, accessible housing choice for all.
• YIMBY Vancouver (@yvryimby)
• City Studio Vancouver
• Abundant Housing Vancouver

 

Manitoba

• YIMBY Winnipeg (@YesInWpg  YesInWpg)

Ontario

• Future Kingston
• Toronto Housing Matters
• YIMBY Toronto
• HamiltonForward  ( @HamiltonForward HamiltonForward)

Iceland

• YIMBY Rekyjavic (@yimbyRVK)

Ireland

• Dublin
  • YIMBY Dublin (@yimbydublin Yimbyism

 

Italy

• YIMBY Italy (@YIMBY_Italy)

Netherlands

• @YimbyNL

Amsterdam

• Amsterdam Yimby (@AmsterdamYimby)

Peru

Lima

• Lima YIMBY (@LimaYIMBY)

Sweden

(Note: Where the YIMBY term/movement began!)

• Yimby Stockholm (@yimbysthlm)
• Yimby Göteborg
• Yimby Uppsala

United Kingdom

• YIMBY Alliance ( @yimbyalliance, https://yimbyalliance.org/). 
   
• YIMBY UK ( @YIMBY_UK).
   
• UKYIMBY ( @UKYIMBY).
   
• Bristol YIMBY ( @BristolYIMBY).
   
• East of England YIMBY ( @EofEYimby ‏ukyimby.com). 
   
• Eastleigh Yimby (UK) ( @EastleighYimby). 
  "Working with anyone who wants to see the regeneration of brownfield land in Eastleigh, Hampshire."
   
• CheltenhamYIMBY ( @CheltenhamYIMBY).
  "Actively campaigning for more housing in Cheltenham"
   
• Edinburgh YIMBY ( @edinburghyimby).
   
• YIMBY Scotland ( @ScotlandYimby).
   
• Portsmouth YIMBY ( @PortsmouthYimby).
   
• Brighton YIMBY ( @BrightonYimby, http://www.brighton-yimby.org/).
   
• WandsworthYIMBY ( @WandsworthYIMBY). 
  "Please follow to help support housing development in Wandsworth #YesInMyBackYard: The opposite of #NIMBY - http://londonyimby.org"
   
• Sussex YIMBY ( @SussexYIMBY). ‏
  "Highlighting the housing crisis in Sussex • #YesInMyBackYard: the opposite of NIMBY 🏡"
   
• Cambridge YIMBY ( @Cambridge_YIMBY)

London

• Abundant Housing London (@AbundantHomeLDN)
• London YIMBY (@LondonYIMBY)
• Hackney YIMBY (@HackneyYIMBY)
• Inner-London YIMBY (@InnerLdnYIMBY)
• Barnet YIMBY (@barnetYIMBY)
• Southward YIMBY (@SouthwarkYIMBY)

United States

National 

• Up for Growth ( @Up4Growth, upforgrowth.org) 
• YIMBY Arts ( @yimbyarts, yimbyarts.org).

Alaska

• Sitka Community Land Trust

 

California

General

• California YIMBY ( @cayimby, cayimby.org)

Central Coast

• Santa Cruz YIMBY (@SantaCruzYIMBY, @SantaCruzYIMBY)
   

Los Angeles

• LA YIMBY (@layimby)
• Abundant Housing LA (@AbundantHousing)
• West LA Yimby (@WestLAYIMBY)
• Santa Monica Forward ( @SaMoForward)
• Santa Monica Next (@SaMoNext — from Streetsblog LA)
• Westwood Forward (@WestwoodForward)

Orange County

• People for Housing OC (@HousingOC, @OCYIMBY, HousingOC)

Sacramento

• Housing Sacramento
  • co-chaired by @louismirante

 

San Diego

• YIMBY Democrats of San Diego County ( [1]). 
• San Diego YIMBY ( @YimbySD)
• YIGBY (Yes In God's Back Yard). 

 

San Francisco Bay

• Castro for Housing ( Castro for Housing)
• D10 Urbanists ( D10 Urbanists)
       "A agroup of housing activists in District 10 organizing for and promoting diversity, industry, and urbanism in SF's southeastern neighborhoods." #D10SF
• Catalyze SV ( @catalyzesv)
  Alex Shoor, organizer
• Cupertino Thrive ( CupertinoThrives, @CupertinoThrive)
• Bay Area Forward (BayAreaForward)
• East Bay For Everyone  @EB4everyone)
• Greenbelt Alliance
• Grow SF
• Grow the Richmond (Grow the Richmond, @growtherichmond)
  Started in November 2016
  nickc@growtherichmond.com
• Livable Berkeley
• Livermore Rising
• Marin For Growth ( @marinforgrowth). ‏
• Mission YIMBY ( Mission YIMBY)
• New SOMA Neighborhood Coalition ( New SOMA)
• NextGen Marin (@NextGenMarin ,   @NextGenMarin ) https://www.nextgenmarin.com/ 
• Oakland YIMBY ( @OaklandYIMBY)
• Palo Alto Forward
• Progress Noe Valley ( Progress Noe Valley) 
  Founded in 2015 - progressnoe@gmail.com
  Dan Fingal-Surma & Laura Fingal-Surma
• San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation
• Santa Cruz YIMBY (@SantaCruzYIMBY, @SantaCruzYIMBY)
• SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition
• SF HAL
• SF YIMBY Party
• SPUR (The San Francisco Bay Area Planning & Urban Research Association)
• Tech YIMBY (@Tech_Yimby)
• Transform
• United Cupertino
• Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland
• YIMBY Mobility (part of YIMBY Action, SF) ( @yimbymobility). ‏

Sierras

• Tahoe Prosperity Center (@Tahoeprosperity)

Colorado

• Better Boulder (main host of YIMBYtown 2016)
• YIMBY Denver (@YimbyInDenver)

District of Columbia

• Greater Greater Washingon ( @ggwash, ggwash)

Georgia 

Atlanta YIMBY ( @atlYIMBY).
"promoting density in Atlanta"

Illinois

Chicago

• CHI Yimby (@CHIyimby)

Louisiana

New Orleans

• New Orleans YIMBY (@NOLAYIMBY)
• Alive New Orleans (@AliveNewOrleans)

Maryland

Baltimore

• Strong City Baltimore (@StrongCityBalt)

Maine 

• YIMBY Portland 

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (@MASmartGrowth)
• MHP ( @mhphousing)
• Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (@CHAPAdotorg)
•  

Yes In My Backyard-Pioneer Valley ( @yimbypv).

 

Boston area

• A Better Cambridge (@abettercambMA ABetterCambridge).
• Dorchester Growing Together ( @DotGrow).
• Engine 6 (Newton)
• Hamilton Affordable Housing Advocates/Hamilton YIMBY (Hamilton YIMBY)
• Jamaica Plain YIMBY (@JPYIMBY JPYIMBY) - founded by Eric Herot
• Livable Newton (@LivableNewton LivableNewton)
• Newton Villages
• North Shore YIMBY North Shore YIMBY
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council (@MAPCMetroBoston)
• WalkUP Roslindale (@walkuprozzie)
• Somerville YIMBY (@SomervilleYIMBY SomervilleYIMBY) - Jeff Byrnes, Steering Committee member
• Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (Jamaica Plain) http://www.sna-jp.org/vision-small-scale-development.html

Minnesota

• MSPyimby (@MSPyimby)
• Neighbors For More Neighbors (@MoreNeighbors)
• Sustain Ward 3 (@SustainWard3)

Missouri

• Forward Through Ferguson (St. Louis)

 

Nevada

Northern Nevada

*YIMBY of Northern Nevada

 

New Jersey

• Walkable Princeton (@YIMBY_Princeton)

New York

New York City

• New York YIMBY — news
• Open New York (formerly known as More New York) — advocacy

 

North Carolina

• Raleigh YIMBY (@RaleighYIMBY)
• YIMBY Raleigh (@YIMBYRaleigh)
• YIMBY Triangle (@YIMBYtriangle)

Oregon

Bend

• Bend YIMBY

Portland

(see also Portland, Oregon article, YIMBY/urbanist organizations section)

• Portland YIMBY (@PortlandYIMBY)
• Portland for Everyone (pdx4all)

Portland for Everyone is a growing coalition of individuals, affordable housing advocates, community-based, transportation, and environmental organizations, neighborhoods, and local businesses, who advocate for abundant, diverse, and affordable housing options. Together, we urge Portland City Council to make inclusive and equitable planning and land use policy decisions that will expand housing choices and availability to better meet the needs of ALL our residents. —from portlandforeveryone.org/about/

• PDX YIMBY (Yes, In My BackYard)
• Portlanders for Parking Reform (aka Portland Shoupistas) ( @pdxshoupistas)
• Sunnyside Neighborhood Association
• City Club of Portland
• Oregon Walks
• Fix Our Streets Portland

Pennsylvania

Philly YIMBY ( @PhillyYIMBY, ‏http://www.5thsq.org/philly_yimby). 
"Abundant housing for the City of Brotherly Love. Send tips to phillyyimby@gmail.com. Project of @5thsq."

Texas

Austin

• YIMBY Austin (@YIMBYAustin)
• ATX YIMBY (@ATXyimby)
• ATX EcoDev (@econvitalityATX)
• AURA
• Evolve Austin
• My Guadalupe (@MyGuadalupeATX)

Houston

• Densifying Houston (@densifyingHOU)

San Antonio

• SANE (@sanesatx)

Virginia

• CharlottesvilleYIMBY (@CvilleYIMBY)

 

Washington

Seattle

• Friendly Fremont (@FriendlyFremont)
• YIMBY SEA (@YIMBYsea)
• YIMBYhvg (@YIMBYhvg)
• Capitol Hill Housing
• Sightline Institute
• Seattle for Everyone (@seattle4every1)
• Seattle RILU - Residents for Improved Land Use) (@Seattle_RILU)
• Welcoming Wallingford (@WelcomingWally, [1])
• Ballard for Everyone (@ballard4every1)

Tacoma

• TacomaYIMBYs (@TacomaYIMBYs)|