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YIMBY politics is where it's at for me too. My city has a housing crisis. My best friend here got forced out by the prices.

It's different from software... so slow to get things done. But also really rewarding to see housing get built and policies allowing different, more affordable kinds of housing to be built. We just re-legalized SRO's here!

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That's great! There's a housing crisis here too and unfortunately the opposition to the project uses this as their main argument. Those supporting refugee housing are framed as enemies of the 'real' locals, even though the current plans are the result of trying to fit the refugee housing in such a way that it doesn't impact planned permanent housing projects.

The answer is to build enough for everyone. Building enough can happen in a lot of different ways:

https://www.sightline.org/2017/09/21/yes-you-can-build-your-...

BTW, the two groups that seem to be doing the most concrete work on housing are:

* https://new.yimbyaction.org/

* https://welcomingneighbors.us/

I've learned a lot and it's great to connect with people all over the US doing similar work.

What's an SRO for the nonamericans here?

Single room occupancy (studio flats)

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