Summary
Organization name
Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY)
2019
Tax id (EIN)
32-0610451
Category
Housing & Shelter
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
484 Lakepark Ave Suite 661Oakland, CA 94610
US
Denver, CO, US
Fort Collins, CO, US
Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY)
A nonprofit organization
$1,283 raised by 23 donors
100% complete
$0 Goal
YIMBY Denver and YIMBY Fort Collins are a part of Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY). YIMBY exists to make housing more affordable and accessible. We do this by serving and growing the YIMBY movement fighting for more housing. We envision an integrated and environmentally sustainable society where every person has access to a safe, affordable home near jobs, services, and opportunity.
YIMBY works to dismantle racist and classist housing policies and instead foster abundant housing. Our work protects what we believe are core civil rights: that all Americans have a right to safe housing that suits their needs, a right to affordable housing that costs no more than 30% of their income, and a right to live in high-opportunity neighborhoods that offer high-quality jobs, services, schools, and other public resources close to home.
YIMBY Fort Collins Highlights:
- Re-passed our Land Use Code in spite of very organized and motivated opposition who petitioned the first version. These changes seek to improve housing supply and housing affordability, while ensuring that new housing types fit in with existing neighborhoods.
- Shown up in support of multiple housing developments and homelessness support projects.
YIMBY Denver Highlights:
- Hired our first ever staff organizer!
- Saw numerous YIMBY-supported bills passed this year, including "Portable Screening Report For Residential Leases", "Low-income Housing Property Tax Exemptions".
- Hosted a record number of events with record turnouts and have seen steady membership growth.
Giving Activity
Mission
Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) exists to make housing more affordable and accessible. We do this by serving and growing the YIMBY movement fighting for more housing. We envision an integrated and environmentally sustainable society where every person has access to a safe, affordable home near jobs, services, and opportunity.
Background Statement
We believe that we must build welcoming, thriving communities of opportunity for all, and that a fundamental step toward that goal is addressing our housing shortage.
The policies that artificially constrain our housing supply and led to today’s staggering shortage are rooted in racism and classism. Local communities weaponized policy to exclude, marginalize, and exploit low-income people and people of color. Policies including:
1. exclusionary zoning designed to legalize segregationist policies and practices;
2. excessive permitting processes wielded to slow down or block new residences for othered groups; and
3. intentional reductions in funding to strangle public housing and other housing restricted to workers and families earning less than median incomes.
We recognize that our fight to change these and other exclusionary housing policies is, fundamentally, a fight for class justice and for racial justice. We envision an integrated society where every person has access to a safe, affordable home near jobs, services, and opportunity.
Ultimately, YIMBY’s work will shift societal norms about new housing. Fear of change and related skepticism about new housing in one's community (“NIMBYism”) will always be a natural impulse. But our goal is that this impulse is outweighed by a powerful social consensus that we cannot have thriving, inclusive, and sustainable communities without building abundant housing. It’s time that society moves in this direction of greater justice. We are excited to partner with the funding community to make this possible.
Organization Data
Oakland, CA 94610