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Sightline Articles Are Coming to Your Podcast Feed
For a while now, readers have asked when Sightline Institute would start a podcast. And while we don’t quite have ...
We’re introducing audio options on our latest research.
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Abundant Housing Requires Abundant Democracy
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Candace Avalos (Verde Portland, Neighbors Welcome board member), Jeannette Lee (Sightline Institute), and moderator Alex Zielinski (Portland Mercury) discuss electoral reforms in Alaska and Portland, and their potential to affect housing policy.
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Social Housing in Our Backyards: West Coast Campaigns Aim for Housing Access for All
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Tiffani McCoy (Real Change and House Our Neighbors!), Darrell Owens (California YIMBY), and moderator Ned Resnikoff (California YIMBY) talk about campaigns for social housing and how this model can succeed in the US.
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Showing Up for All Our Neighbors: YIMBY and Houselessness
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Kaia Sand (Street Roots), Trisha Patterson (Portland: Neighbors Welcome), and moderator Hanna Brooks Olsen discuss the importance of government, organizations, and the unhoused working together and recognizing each other’s strengths and lived experiences to inform policies.
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Celebrating and Dissecting Municipal Victories for Abundant Housing
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Sam Diaz (1000 Friends of Oregon), Meg Fencil (Sustain Charlotte), Dov Kadin (Sacramento Area Council of Governments and House Sacramento), and Will Thomas (Open New York) share their organizations’ wins and how they overcame challenges on the road to victory.
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From Highways to Homes: The Opportunity to Reconnect Communities Divided by Freeways
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Shawn Dunwoody (Hinge Neighbors), Regan Patterson (Congressional Black Caucus Foundation), Amy Stelly (Claiborne Avenue Alliance), Marc Wouters (Marc Wouters | Studios), and moderator Ben Crowther (Congress for the New Urbanism) discuss their efforts to remove freeways and replace them with thriving connected neighborhoods.
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Recipes for Successful Abundant Housing Communications
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
In this panel discussion, three expert communicators share how they’ve crafted compelling narratives, engaged coalitions, and garnered press attention for housing affordability and climate policy.
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Community Land Trusts in Our Backyards: A Key to Homeownership for Working Families
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Kathleen Hosfeld (Homestead Community Land Trust) and Diane Linn (Proud Ground) provide a primer on a housing model that breaks barriers to permanently affordable homeownership.
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What Does It Take to Pass Statewide Zoning Reform?
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Brian Hanlon (California YIMBY), Mary Kyle McCurdy (1000 Friends of Oregon), and Alex Brennan (Futurewise) discuss recent zoning bills in their respective West Coast states and what it takes to build coalitions for legislative wins.
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Turning Environmentalists into Housing Advocates
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Because "housing retention is climate work."
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Gender, Sexuality, and Abundant Housing: Addressing Housing Precarity in the LGBTQ Community
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
Nancy Haque (Basic Rights Oregon), Esme D. Miller, Dan Reed, and moderator Sarah Mirk discuss the role that gender and sexuality have played---and continue to play---in access to affordable housing.
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Winning Abundant Housing: The UK, Germany, and France
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, ...
It’s not just national vs. local control. It’s also the incentives for local authorities.
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