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[News] America is becoming a country of YIMBYs (www.cnn.com)

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Public support is building for changes to housing zoning codes and other laws that dominated American housing policy for decades.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Despite the favorable polling on housing reforms, local political opposition to new housing development in single-family neighborhoods often can remain strong. People tend to be supportive of more housing in general, just as long as it’s not right next to them.

So still NIMBY...