Series: YIMBYtown 2022

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YIMBYtown 2022: Fair and Sustainable Cities, spotlighted major affordability wins and brought successful housing campaign leaders to share ideas and lessons for local and statewide action.

YIMBYtown 2022 occurred April 11–13 in Portland, Oregon, the fourth annual gathering (after some COVID delays) of “Yes in My Back Yard” (YIMBY) community leaders, organizers, planners, policymakers, educators, and housing providers eager to share resources and strategies for building more affordable, sustainable, and equitable communities.

YIMBYtown 2022 articles

1Land Use Policy Is Climate Policy Is Housing Policy

Joe Cortright (City Observatory), Ben Holland (RMI), Jarred Johnson (TransitMatters), and moderator Ben Crowther (CNU) discuss how policies around land use, climate, and housing are all interconnected, and how we must strategically address transportation, transit, and housing issues to address the climate crisis.

Apr 11, 2022

April 11, 2022

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2Welcome to YIMBYtown!

“We’re winning.”

Apr 11, 2022

Alan Durning

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Executive Director
3West Coast Case Studies: Advocacy for and Implementation of Legislation for Regional Housing Needs

Representative Julie Fahey, Lorelei Juntunen (ECONorthwest), Jamie Ptacek (Futurewise), and Aaron Eckhouse (California YIMBY) compare and contrast how Washington, Oregon, and California require local governments to plan for housing in a YIMBYtown 2022 panel.  

Apr 11, 2022

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4You’re a YIMBY? Great, Why Aren’t You a Small Developer Yet?

Payton Chung (Westover Green LLC), Nicholas Papaefthimiou (infillPDX LLC), and Neil Heller (Neighborhood Workshop) break down what it takes to build small-scale infill housing.

Apr 11, 2022

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5Tenants’ Rights in Our Backyard—and Tenants in Our Coalition, Too

Jamey Duhamel (Portland Bureau of Transportation), Tram Hoang (Housing Justice Center), and moderator Shelby King (Shelterforce) share their experiences in housing accessibility and tenants’ rights advocacy.

Apr 11, 2022

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6Winning Abundant Housing: Japan and New Zealand

In all the industrial world, Japan has perhaps the best housing economy and New Zealand may have the worst. What lessons do they offer to teach other places?

Apr 11, 2022

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7What’s Happening on Housing in the US Federal Government?

The federal budget, Congressional bills, and more DC strategies: a presentation by Up for Growth.

Apr 11, 2022

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8Developers Sound Off: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Build All This Dang Housing

Payton Chung (Westover Green), Ezra Hammer (Taylor Morrison), Eric Thompson (Oregon Homeworks), and moderator Michael Andersen (Sightline Institute) discuss how developers are adjusting their projects to housing and zoning laws.

Apr 11, 2022

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9More Trees for More Neighbors

Balancing priorities of greenscape and residential infill to house more neighbors in healthy communities.

Apr 11, 2022

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10Housing Abundance Requires Abundant Transportation

Alex Baca (Greater Greater Washington), Alex Contreras (Happy City Coalition), Amy Stelly (Claiborne Avenue Alliance), Jarrett Walker (Jarrett Walker + Associates), and moderator Michael Andersen (Sightline Institute) share their experiences in transportation advocacy and discuss how robust, effective, and efficient transit provides people with access to opportunity.

Apr 11, 2022

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