YIMBY Movement Goes Mainstream in Response to High Housing Costs

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YIMBY Movement Goes Mainstream in Response to High Housing Costs
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The YIMBY movement—short for “yes in my backyard”—has gone mainstream in states such as California, where proponents say new construction is key to fixing housing affordability and homelessness

A special election Tuesday for a state Assembly seat in San Francisco is largely centered around an increasingly potent issue in California: Which candidate wants to build more housing.

The race between two Democrats who describe themselves as progressives has become something of a referendum on the YIMBY movement, short for “yes in my backyard.”

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