Don't Fall Down the YIMBY Pipeline

Developers will not build us out of the housing crisis. Let's talk about NIMBYs, YIMBYs, and why willfully giving more power to developers and landlords will only make things worse.





The marginal slowing of rents and the stratified housing market:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/up...

Hudson Yards' incentives:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/ny...

An infographic on why filtering is not especially effective:
https://shelterforce.org/2016/10/12/t...

A study on how filtering can occur without an increase in affordability:
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10...

Why Section 8 is not an ideal system:
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/...

More information on the Faircloth Amendment:
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/wh...