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Why do YIMBYs and affordable housing advocates keep fighting each other? Current theory is YIMBYs have concluded that development reduces mean housing costs and affordable housing advocates conclude luxury development reduces affordable housing. But these beliefs don't contradict
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Market rate multifamily housing is bad for affordability, not good. It attracts more high-income residents, who employ low-income service workers, but there's no corresponding increase in affordable housing, so affordability gets worse.
We disagree. YIMBYs believe that we are experiencing a general housing shortage and that both market rate and affordable housing are good. This is a common place where YIMBYs break with Affordable-Only folks. No hard feelings!
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That may be what *you* believe, but it's not what "YIMBY" means. That literally just refers to supporting development of some kind. You can't redefine it to mean that all development is good.
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It seems if you can agree with the policies that
@yimbyaction advocates, but disagree that those policies are appropriate for the name YIMBY, then that's a big step towards being allies - 4 more replies
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