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[edit]

Urbz

Australia[edit]

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

Brazil[edit]

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

Canada[edit]

Canada-wide[edit]

All IN (@ALLinAdvocacy)

British Columbia[edit]

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[edit]

YIMBY Winnipeg (@YesInWpg YesInWpg)

Ontario[edit]

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

Iceland[edit]

YIMBY Rekyjavic (@yimbyRVK)

Ireland[edit]

Dublin
- YIMBY Dublin (@yimbydublin Yimbyism)

Italy[edit]

YIMBY Italy (@YIMBY_Italy)

Netherlands[edit]

@YimbyNL

Amsterdam[edit]

Amsterdam Yimby (@AmsterdamYimby)

Peru[edit]

Lima[edit]

Lima YIMBY (@LimaYIMBY)

Sweden[edit]

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

United Kingdom[edit]

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[edit]

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

United States[edit]

National [edit]

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

Alaska[edit]

Sitka Community Land Trust

California[edit]

San Diego[edit]

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

San Francisco Bay[edit]

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[edit]

Tahoe Prosperity Center (@Tahoeprosperity)

Colorado[edit]

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

Connecticut[edit]

Desegregate Connecticut (@desegregateCT)

District of Columbia[edit]

Georgia [edit]

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

Illinois[edit]

Chicago[edit]

CHI Yimby (@CHIyimby)

Louisiana[edit]

New Orleans[edit]

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

Maryland[edit]

Baltimore[edit]

Strong City Baltimore (@StrongCityBalt)

Montgomery County[edit]

YIMBY MoCo (YIMBY MoCo)
Montgomery for All, a project of the Coalition for Smarter Growth (@montgomery4all)
Takoma For All

Maine [edit]

YIMBY Portland

Massachusetts[edit]

Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (@MASmartGrowth)
MHP ( @mhphousing)
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (@CHAPAdotorg)
Yes In My Backyard-Pioneer Valley ( @yimbypv).

Boston area[edit]

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[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Forward Through Ferguson (St. Louis)

Nevada[edit]

Northern Nevada[edit]

YIMBY of Northern Nevada

New Jersey[edit]

Walkable Princeton (@YIMBY_Princeton)

New York[edit]

New York City[edit]

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

North Carolina[edit]

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

Oregon[edit]

Bend[edit]

Bend YIMBY

Portland[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Texans for Housing

Austin[edit]

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

Houston[edit]

Densifying Houston (@densifyingHOU)

San Antonio[edit]

SANE (@sanesatx)

Virginia[edit]

Charlottesville YIMBY

Washington[edit]

Seattle[edit]

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[edit]

TacomaYIMBYs (@TacomaYIMBYs)|