r/yimby is a subreddit with 27k members. The community frequently discusses housing, yimby, zoning, nimby, and california, and the most common flair used is article, discussion, legislative update, meme, and video.
YIMBY: content and discussion related to the "Yes in My Back Yard" cause. What do we want? Affordable housing near where people want to live and work! When do we want it? As soon as we can safely construct it!
Popular Topics in r/yimby
#1
Housing
191 posts
#2
Yimby
90 posts
#3
Zoning
50 posts
#4
Nimby
37 posts
#5
California
33 posts
#6
Cities
22 posts
#7
Development
19 posts
#8
Housing Crisis
15 posts
#9
Policy
13 posts
#10
Affordable
12 posts
Flair Used in r/yimby
#1
Article
: "Los Angeles DSA is struggling with endorsing Nithya Raman over YIMBY policies and housing"
78 posts
#2
Discussion
: "In #Austin, renting a home hasn’t been this affordable since 2000."
46 posts
#3
Legislative Update
: "Mamdani looks at cutting onerous bus and bike lane public review requirements"
23 posts
#4
Meme
: "Almost every time I read a politician's housing plan"
15 posts
#5
Video
: "at council meetings I kept hearing wealthy single-family homeowners insist they fund the city while apartment and condo residents “don't pay their fair share” and drain city finances. This has been used as justification to block new housing… so I spent 6 months working on this video"
11 posts
#6
Effort post
: "This is what a working class/lower-middle class neighborhood in suburban CA looks like."
11 posts
#7
Study
: "Portland Study Reinforces What We Already Know: Inclusionary Zoning is Terrible Policy"
6 posts
#8
Construction/Permitting Update
: "30 Townhomes Proposed in ATHERTON Using SB 79"
5 posts
#9
Court Decision
: "YIMBY Law goes after the constitutionality of zoning."
3 posts
#10
Effort post
: "Newsflash: You can like Mamdani without trying to rewrite economics and YIMBYism"
1 post
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Last updated: August 30, 2026