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Fighting Over the Development of a Single Grocery Store in San Francisco Is Exhausting, and Totally Worth It
The trench warfare strategy of Housing Activism
Jan 12
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Laura Foote
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Naughty & Nice: CA Edition
A data-driven look at which California cities said yes to housing—and which ones earned coal
Dec 19, 2025
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Leora Tanjuatco Ross
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surrounding Himself With YIMBYs
Here’s why leftists should be happy about it.
Dec 15, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Abundance Isn’t Going To Happen Unless Politicians Are Scared of the Status Quo
Mar 27, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surrounding Himself With YIMBYs
Dec 15, 2025
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Laura Foote
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The Solutions To The Housing Shortage Are Often Not Popular.
Jun 6, 2025
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Laura Foote
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We Endorsed A NIMBY.
Jun 13, 2025
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Laura Foote
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How We Forced the “Richest Retirement Town in the Country” to Approve More Housing
Sep 10, 2025
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Sonja Trauss
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Strong Towns Need Strong States
Aug 4, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Jeff Fong
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The 2025 Urbanist Gift List
Something for everyone on your list, from YIMBaby to Nana Nimby.
Dec 13, 2025
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Laura Foote
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In San Francisco, A Six-Story Moral Panic
One local NIMBY is desperately trying to pull up the ladder behind him. Here’s why it matters.
Dec 4, 2025
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Jeff Fong
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No, Immigrants Didn’t Cause Our Housing Crisis. Exclusionary Zoning Did.
JD Vance and NIMBY residents are blaming immigration for our housing shortage, but housing isn’t a zero-sum game.
Nov 18, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Are We Entering the Affordability Era?
Voters are trying to send a message. Who’s listening?
Nov 14, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Being Pro-Housing Isn’t Comfortable
But great politicians are comfortable being uncomfortable.
Nov 7, 2025
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Laura Foote
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How Constituent Pressure Moved Votes for SB 79
Coordinated pressure from YIMBY Action chapters across California helped push SB 79 — a long-debated housing bill — across the finish line.
Oct 27, 2025
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Leora Tanjuatco Ross
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Our Post on Strong Towns Generated Lots of Strong Opinions
The conversation so far and what's happening next
Sep 25, 2025
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Laura Foote
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Jeff Fong
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