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      Millennial ‘YIMBYs’ and boomer ‘NIMBYs’: Generational views on housing affordability in the United States

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          This article examines housing activism in five American cities using interviews with millennial-age housing activists, seeking more apartment development, and baby boomers who are members of neighbourhood groups that oppose growth. Many of the groups supporting growth have banded together under the banner of the ‘Yes in My Backyard’ (YIMBY) movement which seeks fewer zoning laws and pushes for market-rate rental housing. In desirable cities with thriving job opportunities, housing costs are pricing out not only low-income renters but also the middle class. The millennial activists sampled blame baby boomers for the lack of affordable housing because of resistance to higher density construction in neighbourhoods with single-family homes (characterising these people as having a ‘Not in My Backyard’ [NIMBY] mindset). The research shows that boomers and millennials not only disagree over urban growth but also more fundamental questions of what makes a liveable city.

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                Journal
                The Sociological Review
                The Sociological Review
                SAGE Publications
                0038-0261
                1467-954X
                July 2021
                April 30 2020
                July 2021
                : 69
                : 4
                : 846-861
                Affiliations
                [1 ]University of Melbourne, Australia
                Article
                10.1177/0038026120916121
                d8bb3094-400a-45c6-9ecb-fdbc5f57eaa5
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