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Our Post on Strong Towns Generated Lots of Strong Opinions
The conversation so far and what's happening next
Sep 25 • 
Laura Foote
 and 
Jeff Fong
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How We Forced the “Richest Retirement Town in the Country” to Approve More Housing
A YIMBY Law story
Sep 10 • 
Sonja Trauss
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More Principles for Achieving Abundance
Key concepts Abundance should borrow from YIMBYism (Part 2)
Sep 3 • 
Laura Foote
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August 2025

Principles for Achieving Abundance
Key concepts Abundance should borrow from YIMBYism (Part 1)
Aug 29 • 
Laura Foote
25
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Strong Towns Need Strong States
An open letter to Chuck Marohn
Aug 4 • 
Laura Foote
 and 
Jeff Fong
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July 2025

YIMBYism Is Ideologically Agnostic
A defense of political promiscuity.
Jul 26 • 
Laura Foote
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Is Zohran Mamdani a YIMBY Socialist?
If it quacks like a permit streamliner…
Jul 11 • 
Laura Foote
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June 2025

Abundance Network x YIMBY Action Podcast
A great conversation on the relative efficiency of various strategies for buying votes
Jun 27 • 
Laura Foote
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Power Building for Pro-Housing Reform
A guest post by Jeff Fong, YIMBY Action National Board Chair
Jun 16 • 
Jeff Fong
8
We Endorsed A NIMBY.
What to do when politicians go rogue.
Jun 13 • 
Laura Foote
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The Solutions To The Housing Shortage Are Often Not Popular.
Don’t panic.
Jun 6 • 
Laura Foote
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May 2025

The Housing Shortage Is Stealing Our Future
Remarks from the Annual YIMBY Action Party
May 9 • 
Laura Foote
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