YIMBYtown

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: YIMBYtown 2026 is November 17-19! Join us at the Raleigh Convention Center for 3 days of pro-homes strategy and movement-building, hosted by @CityBuilder_NC, Yes! In My Triangle, NC Housing Table, Raleigh Forward. Get updates: yimby.town

🚨BREAKING🚨 YIMBYtown 2026 is heading to Raleigh, NC next year, hosted by a coalition of local pro-homes partner orgs! Watch this space to get the full scoop in 2026 after our hosts take a quick holiday break! Cheers to keeping up the good work in 2026 🏠

Poll shows support for HB 5002 policies among CT residents ctmirror.org/2025/11/06/ct-…

Early YIMBY Aaron Brown on @YIMBYtown: "If you had said in Boulder nine years ago, this is going to be hosted at Yale, and there will be a thousand people, and you’ll be celebrating the day after California did the biggest upzoning in god knows when… "This was a movement started by Bay Area activist shitposters. That is an incredible trajectory."

Email your testimony supporting single stair reform to DAS.CodesStandards@ct.gov with “2026 Public Comment” in the subject line by Oct. 11th!

This year's @YIMBYtown was a success for a number of reasons — a major one being a string of wins for the pro-homes movement. "It's a movement that's really catching fire," @PeteHarrison860 told @UrbanistOrg

“This fight was framed as ‘open space vs. housing.’ That’s false. Density means you can have both. Homes & parks.” Live from @YIMBYtown, ONY’s Chief of Staff & Policy Director Andrew Fine talks Elizabeth Street Garden and how NIMBYs weaponize the courts against housing. 🎧⬇️

That's MY mayor 🥹 🥹 🥹 RPA's @PeteHarrison860 spoke to @WTNH this week about bringing together decision-makers, advocates, and policy experts at @YIMBYtown — take a look ⬇️

YIMBYtown New Haven innovating with the new advocacy type of PIMBY 🍕

This week in New Haven, I joined mayors from Hartford & New Rochelle at @YIMBYtown to discuss solutions to America’s housing shortage. Providence is committed to building more homes, preserving affordability and protecting residents. @usmayors

Remember when Governor Lamont killed the state’s largest housing reform bill and promised to hold a special session? You’ll never guess who still hasn’t called one.

Thank you to the 1,000 pro-homes advocates who joined us in New Haven this year. We'll see you next time!

You can find some of the speakers here: @ParkerCWelch @cityjane @AlexHrwtz

We are wrapping up this thread as the session moves to audience Q&A. Thanks for following along!

Cities from Boston to Austin are taking on single-stair reform. Follow along here for key insights from the advocates who made it happen!

Jonathan Tarleton on housing awareness: "Housing requires education on the issues. Once the awareness is there, you can then begin the process of proposing new homes."

Reicher on co-ops and democracy as they coexist: "People that live in co-ops have a higher tendency to practice democracy, vote in elections, and be civicly engaged."

Much of the abundance conversation focuses on supply. But what about social housing? Follow this thread for highlights from our panel exploring this issue: