The first major update to Green Bay’s zoning code since 2006 is a move in the right direction! New ordinances allow for more home types on smaller lots and in more places.

Bend, OR’s policy reforms are now bringing hundreds more homes onto the market! More homes that are more affordable, in convenient communities—that’s a major win in our book.

Thoughtful community engagement ➡️ better housing policy ➡️ brighter future for all 🌟

⚡2025 has been the biggest year for pro-housing wins in a generation! ⚡ WNN members worked hard to win campaigns across the nation. Let’s review a few trends that shaped this year ⬇️

Legislation in MA would allow faith-based organizations to build housing on more of their properties—big news in a state where religious orgs own 5,000 parcels!

Americans are caught in a cruel game of “musical chairs”—forced to compete, and compromise, no matter how much money they have. It’s a sticky problem, but the fix is simple: more home choices 🎯

More momentum for more homes in UT 🎉  The Salt Lake City Council approved changes that will clear the way to build modest home options.

“Having your own space, you feel like you can do anything.”  Pro-homes policy = dignity & opportunity for everyone 🥰

Love to see the hard work of @1000oregon.bsky.social & @pnwelcome.bsky.social pay off! Coalition work means ✅ more buy-in ✅ better policy ✅ bigger results.

Nixing arbitrary "chassis" requirements on manufactured homes would allow design flexibility and factory efficiency—meaning more home options, less waste, and lower costs for rural areas and cities alike.

New community being built based on what we know works: more opportunities for more people to live close to what matters, making jobs, recreation, shopping, etc all the more convenient. The project is exciting, but we can do this to strengthen our existing communities as well — if we have the will.

St. Petersburg is Florida’s first city to formally adopt YIGBY (“Yes in God’s Backyard”) legislation to build more affordable housing!

People mandates are expensive, wasteful, and a barrier to new homes. We need flexibility instead. Baltimore gets it.

Why are most cities still building in the least cost-effective way? Better housing policy — like allowing duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and other mid-sized options — means less costly administration.

"We sit on nine acres of land,” said Rev. Abi Foerster. “So we thought, here is a need, we have clients, we have land, let’s figure this out.” YIGBY all day, every day.

Tips for more housing in MA that we can all learn from: state design guides & pre-approved plans, training cohorts, pilots in friendly communities, shared funding insights, centrally coordinated public efforts. Pick what helps. Build more homes. Let's get it done.

New affordable housing complex and streamlined ADU approval process. Columbus, OH is leading on affordability! 🏆

Status quo no more! 💯 Flagstaff's recent reform is "a landmark middle housing ordinance" and "a welcome sign of change."

That old, underused school or office? Should be homes tbh.

MORE HOMES MONTANAAAA!!! Bozeman just UNANIMOUSLY legalized capacity for THOUSANDS of new homes citywide by eliminating minimum lot sizes and improving rules for subdividing lots! Big wins for big sky country all the way down!! 💯

ANOTHER ONE! Manchester just threw it all at the wall: Allowing more housing types, up to a 10% reduction in minimum lot sizes, and an increase in allowable size of apartment buildings. Plus local policy 🤝 state policy on parking and allowing homes in commercial zones. Let's go!!!

Above & beyond in Seattle tonight 🚀 The city is EXCEEDING state mandates (!!): expanding density bonuses & making mid-rise affordable housing feasible in more neighborhoods. PLUS: removing parking mandates near frequent transit & allowing neighborhood-scale businesses on ALL lots! 🏆🏆🏆

Safe, common sense, and lovely!

Madison, WI is making cottagecore dreams a reality!! 🏘️ Council UNANIMOUSLY approved “cottage courts” of up to 8 detached homes in ALL low-density zones, new TOD zoning for up to 4 units on all residential lots, and eliminated some car-centric uses like car washes or auto sales. Big win! 🏆

Montgomery County keeps the local wins coming! 3.5 miles of University Blvd will transform into a multimodal corridor that connects communities & a variety of housing options (w/ new infill and residential typologies) — all supported by BRT. 3.5 mi toward a stronger community & every mile counts 💪

Love to see @desegregatect.bsky.social on the frontlines as Gov. Lamont signs HB 8002 into law!

“If price-to-income ratios remain high, all but the most-resourced buyers will be barred from homeownership’s financial opportunities and may have less choice about the communities and types of homes in which they live.”

California’s big housing wins belong “just as much to the YIMBY grassroots.” Happy hours, DMs, and even Slack channels. That’s where change is made and magic happens.

"By making visible the arcane and byzantine rules that underscore the lack of housing supply, [National Zoning Atlas] aims to expose how the housing affordability crisis is driven by zoning..." Nice write-up on one of our movement's influential partners.

In North Carolina, LGBTQ seniors built their own place to retire. Safe, inclusive homes for all the people at all stages of life. This is the way.

Office ➡️ housing is going from dream ➡️ reality in the Big Apple.

YIMBYtown 2025 “showed the tremendous potential that this organizing network has to continue to move the needle, especially if it aligns housing advocacy with smart growth strategies.” And we’re just getting started. 🔥

For anybody unfamiliar with the last 10+ years of housing politics in America, San Francisco legalizing 8-story apartments in most of the city including its wealthy neighborhoods (and up to 65 stories in some places!) is like PETA opening a steakhouse.

Holy shit San Francisco! 60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval. Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆

Three cheers to Flagstaff for––as of a few minutes ago––becoming the first city in Arizona (and maybe the entire southwest?) to legalize fourplexes on every residential lot citywide. And congrats to Flagstaff for Affordable Housing & @azneighborhood.bsky.social for leading the charge!

We need to re-legalize a variety of housing types AND make it simple and cheap to move projects through the pipeline.

Short answer: Yes, YIMBYs are winning the housing debate.

“These findings underscore the depth and breadth of the housing crisis, which is increasingly pricing out working families across the country — regardless of geography or profession.”

Shout it from the rooftops: Pro-housing candidates WIN.

Your periodic reminder that zoning is the primary barrier to duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and townhomes

Hard-earned win for more homes in Connecticut! (Finally!!)

Allowing more housing near jobs and allowing more types of housing, period, is literally part of every pro-housing playbook (the serious ones at least)

“Our conversations always come back to we’d love to move home, but there’s nowhere to live.”

this is a townhome stan account

“Rental deserts have not developed accidentally; they are the result of deliberate policy decisions. Addressing rental scarcity through zoning reform, investment, and regional planning is essential to creating a more equitable and abundant housing landscape …”

Absolutely screaming with excitement at @annemariegray.bsky.social of @opennewyork.org being named to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's housing transition committee. So well-earned by Annemarie & such a good sign for the Mamdani administration.

The ADU revolution has arrived in San Diego.

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Pro-housing policy: supported by the literal, no joke *full spectrum* of mainstream American politics.

Big municipal pro-housing win: Lakewood just became the first city in Colorado to legalize middle housing citywide!