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YIMBYism en · NOUN

Etymology

From YIMBY + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The ideology of a YIMBY.
    • In its purest form, YIMBYism would dispense with zoning and occupancy laws altogether, and let people build anything anywhere. 2019 May, Nicole Gelinas, “What YIMBYs Get Wrong About Housing”, in Governing:
    • Active in cities from LA and Portland to Boston and Minneapolis, YIMBYism lives in the center of a Venn diagram of urban ills: the intertwined issues of rising rent, scarce opportunity, and increasingly long commutes. 2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2020:
    • A faction of pro-housing activists is heavily disillusioned with YIMBYism, believing that encouraging rapid new housing development is leading to more displacement and gentrification. 2020 March 17, Will Imbrie-Moore, “A Call for Intersectional YIMBYism”, in Harvard Political Review, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2020: