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Yes to the City : Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing by Max Holleran (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691259119
ISBN-139780691259116
eBay Product ID (ePID)3063304711
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameYes to the City : Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing
Publication Year2024
SubjectHousing & Urban Development, Sociology / General, Economics / General, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorMax Holleran
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7.2 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews"[A] well-documented discussion of the growing YIMBY movement and the issues that arise when it attempts to make an impact on local housing policy." ---Jan Rouwendal, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, "Compelling narrative and accessible writing. . . . An important contribution because it describes the origin of this influential and growing global housing movement." ---Gregg Colburn, Journal of the American Planning Association, "The most authoritative study of the rise of YIMBYism and its spread throughout the United States and beyond." ---Alistair Sisson, The Conversation, " Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing focuses on the fascinating conflict between Yimbys and some more-progressive groups, including old-line environmentalists and community activists. . . . You don't need to agree with all of Mr. Holleran's policy perspectives to appreciate his keen grasp of the progressive forces aligned against the Yimby fight for affordable housing." ---Edward Glaeser, Wall Street Journal, "A compelling account of outcomes and consequences of activism. . . . Holleran's analysis of how past activist struggles and successes laid out a foundation for future complications and new controversies is likely to provoke lively class discussions in courses on urban sociology and social movements." ---Anna Zhelnina, Social Forces
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal363.5
SynopsisThe exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists aren't waiting for new public housing to be built. Instead, they're calling for more construction and denser cities in order to increase affordability. Yes to the City offers an in-depth look at the 'Yes in My Backyard' (YIMBY) movement. From its origins in San Francisco to its current cadre of activists pushing for new apartment towers in places like Boulder, Austin, and London, Max Holleran explores how urban density, once maligned for its association with overpopulated slums, has become a rallying cry for millennial activists locked out of housing markets and unable to pay high rents. Holleran provides a detailed account of YIMBY activists campaigning for construction, new zoning rules, better public transit, and even candidates for local and state office. YIMBY groups draw together an unlikely coalition, from developers and real estate agents to environmentalists, and Holleran looks at the increasingly contentious battles between market-driven pragmatists and rent-control idealists. Arguing that advocates for more housing must carefully weigh their demands for supply with the continuing damage of gentrification, he shows that these individuals see high-density urbanism and walkable urban spaces as progressive statements about the kind of society they would like to create. Chronicling a major shift in housing activism during the past twenty years, Yes to the City considers how one movement has reframed conversations about urban growth., A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists aren't waiting for new public housing to be built. Instead, they're calling for more construction and denser cities in order to increase affordability. Yes to the City offers an in-depth look at the "Yes in My Backyard" (YIMBY) movement. From its origins in San Francisco to its current cadre of activists pushing for new apartment towers in places like Boulder, Austin, and London, Max Holleran explores how urban density, once maligned for its association with overpopulated slums, has become a rallying cry for millennial activists locked out of housing markets and unable to pay high rents. Holleran provides a detailed account of YIMBY activists campaigning for construction, new zoning rules, better public transit, and even candidates for local and state office. YIMBY groups draw together an unlikely coalition, from developers and real estate agents to environmentalists, and Holleran looks at the increasingly contentious battles between market-driven pragmatists and rent-control idealists. Arguing that advocates for more housing must carefully weigh their demands for supply with the continuing damage of gentrification, he shows that these individuals see high-density urbanism and walkable urban spaces as progressive statements about the kind of society they would like to create. Chronicling a major shift in housing activism during the past twenty years, Yes to the City considers how one movement has reframed conversations about urban growth.
LC Classification NumberHD7287.H56 2024
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