The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Political Issue

Re:The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Politic... by twblalock on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:45PM (#17087672)

They think the YIMBYs are dismissing their concerns about gentrification and displacement. I'm not sure that's true, but either way, the YIMBY movement's image is of a bunch of affluent white tech workers who don't care about low-income, minority residents whose neighborhoods might get gentrified. That image will need to change if the YIMBYs want to succeed.

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Re:The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Politic... by wbl on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:47PM (#17087686)

Minorities in CA are more likely to support building more homes than whites.

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Re:The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Politic... by abalone on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:05PM (#17087794)

Yes but not necessarily market-rate developments that accelerate gentrification and displacement. BMR housing, for sure.

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Re:The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Politic... by hunter23 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:07PM (#17087811)

I don't know why you are being downvoted - SFgate recently published an article talking about Yimby members yelling over minority groups and those minority groups basically called Yimby a bunch of "affluent white tech workers".

So it's definitely a problem of Yimby not managing it's image and forming alliances well.

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Re:The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Politic... by ng12 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:06PM (#17093797)

I think anyone who's trying to shout down another group based on their race doesn't deserve to be allied with.

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