YIMBYism

English

Etymology

YIMBY +‎ -ism

Noun

YIMBYism (uncountable)

1. The ideology of a YIMBY.
   • 2019 May, Nicole Gelinas, “What YIMBYs Get Wrong About Housing”, in Governing‎^[1]:

     In its purest form, YIMBYism would dispense with zoning and occupancy laws altogether, and let people build anything anywhere.

   • 2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2020 March 17, Will Imbrie-Moore, “A Call for Intersectional YIMBYism”, in Harvard Political Review‎^[3]:

     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.