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

1Welcome to YIMBYtown!

“We’re winning.”

Apr 11, 2022

April 11, 2022

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
2West 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

Sightline Editor

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3You’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

Sightline Editor

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4Winning 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

Sightline Editor

https://www.sightline.org/author/sightline-editor/
5What’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

Sightline Editor

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6More Trees for More Neighbors

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

Apr 11, 2022

Sightline Editor

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7Cultivating Business Leadership for Abundant and Equitable Housing

Two Portland-based civic leaders discuss how entrepreneurship and a better, more just urban form can go hand in hand.

Apr 11, 2022

Sightline Editor

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8Parking Reform: From Theory to Practice 

The principles of parking reform are straightforward, but the politics can be another story. Four changemakers from both in and outside of government share their stories of how they won victories for using city space more efficiently.

Apr 12, 2022

April 12, 2022

Sightline Editor

https://www.sightline.org/author/sightline-editor/
9What Do Housing Providers Have to Say about Zoning Reform and City Policies?

In this YIMBYtown 2022 session, Julia Metz (Catholic Charities of Oregon), Paul Del Vecchio (Ethos Development), and Preston Korst (Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro) discuss how zoning and other reforms affect how much and how fast they can build new housing.

Apr 12, 2022

Sightline Editor

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10Inclusionary Housing in Portland: A Dial, Not a Switch

Vivian Satterfield (Verde) and Cassie Graves (Portland Housing Bureau) discuss the impacts of lifting Oregon’s ban on inclusionary zoning in a YIMBYtown 2022 panel.  

Apr 12, 2022

Sightline Editor

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