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Shelterforce’s investigative reporter Shelby R. King wrote two pieces about YIMBY (Yes in My Back Yard) groups in 2022, including one that focused on...

Yes in My Back Yard activists started with a simple—and some would say simplistic—argument: to solve the nation’s housing crisis we just need to build more housing, of any type and in as many places as possible. But as the movement nears a decade of existence, some of its members argue that their message has become more nuanced.

A culture war between housing justice advocates and YIMBYs began in 2014. While the groups have different priorities, they do have shared interests. Can they be allies or will the habitual quarreling keep them at odds?

The relationship between pro-building “Yes in My Back Yard” activists, longtime housing advocates, and anti-displacement organizers varies across the country, but has often been fraught with difficulties. Is there a way forward?

A common narrative being promoted about why there is a housing crisis ignores history and serves to assuage new residents’ guilty feelings. But we can craft a new narrative together.

ADUs are typically regulated at the local level, but advocates argue statewide legislation is what’s actually needed to get to scale. California has been aggressively leading the way.

President Biden’s Housing Supply Action Plan is a catchall of existing proposals, tiny tweaks, and things Congress would have to fund—plus a few genuinely interesting administrative moves. Here’s the rundown.

While accessory dwelling units are a valuable tool to add more rental housing, they also come with limitations.

Tenant activists discuss how the housing movement can do better at aligning itself with the tenants' rights movement.

Confused by the acronyms and initials dotting your reading material? All fields have them, and housing is no exception. Here’s what many of the most common mean.

The path to winning a pro-equity, pro-growth majority involves more (not less) investment in fighting displacement.

NIMBYism is often expressed as concerns about crime, congestion, schools, property values, and “quality of life.” But when developments are built these fears rarely come to pass.

And how do we get more of the good and less of the bad?

We're sharing the most-read Shelterforce posts of 2019. We hope you enjoy them all and share with anyone who may have missed them.

We have a limited number of dense core neighborhoods where getting around without a car and without a lengthy daily commute are possible.

When it comes to whether voters support building more housing as one key strategy for expanding affordability, election outcomes show the case is closed.

It’s not because they’re stupid. If we want to convince people, we need to stop yelling and start listening.

The meager supply of affordable housing is a major contributor to housing's high cost, yet the policy tools to address the shortfall often seem to worsen the problem. But this is because they ignore the underlying infrastructure and financing to support growth.

There is widespread understanding about the vast differences in life outcomes that statistically come with different neighborhoods.

Diving into the issue of exclusionary practices that have exacerbated the housing crisis and offering some policy solutions.