l. It simplifies the public debate and hardens opposition among precisely the communities most in need of affordable housing.
true but duh
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www.vitalcitynyc.org www.vitalcitynyc.org
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Developers do not build housing where it is needed most; they build where it is profitable. That often means luxury housing in gentrifying neighborhoods, not affordable housing in underserved ones.
how to uproot this...? mattress must have ideas
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And when YIMBYs collapse this distinction, they invite understandable backlash.
okay okay
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They’re against the kind of housing that they believe is not for them — units that are too expensive, too unwelcoming to residents who look the way they do, too indicative of a city slipping out of their grasp.
so this is really just about not building more expensive apartment buildings in say, flatlands of oakland. if we are building affordable (on par w local market) housing this subset of marginalized community NIMBYs need not worry? (ofc?)
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Oakland
oh shit!
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These are not reactionary property owners clinging to racial segregation but marginalized communities trying to hold on to the tenuous roots they’ve established in cities that have long underserved them.
so intrigued to see how this might manifest in sf/ oakland. not quite landing yet
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