For the past several months, the Department of Homeland Security has been on a real estate shopping spree. Using the billions of dollars in funding Republicans handed them last year, DHS has been ...

A ranking Federal Reserve official has called out NIMBYism as a key reason why housing is so unaffordable. Tom Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, cited the not-in-my-backyard ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. Instead of saying “not in my backyard,” more places are starting to say yes. The YIMBY approach to ...

Like fog, it creeps in, but unlike fog, it doesn’t dissipate. It gets denser and does untold damage to the economy and Americans’ lives. It is that modern plague, known as much by its acronym as by ...

My colleague Matt Welch has recorded an interview with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for his Fifth Column podcast, which is well worth a listen for lots of reasons. Most relevant for this newsletter is the ...

NIMBYs are people who oppose new development projects – housing, infrastructure and facilities – in their immediate vicinity, despite often agreeing with them elsewhere,' writes Malaika Mahlatsi.

Nolan Gray, city planner, widely published author and the keynote speaker at a recent Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County’s Second Annual Southwest Housing Summit, said he is from the future ...

Debates over “Not In My Backyard” attitudes are shaping housing policy in cities facing rising demand and limited supply. In regions like the Bay Area, resistance to new development has contributed to ...

In a recent article in the Jesuit publication America, urban policy commentator Addison Del Mastro explains "Why Catholics Should Resist NIMBYism": Using the not-surprising example of abortion, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My colleague Matt Welch has recorded an interview with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for his Fifth Column podcast, which is well worth a ...