"But that's exactly what scores of attendees at the biggest pro-housing conference in America did last weekend in New Haven, Connecticut. About 1,000 so-called YIMBYs - a label that stands for the pro-housing "yes in my backyard" movement - gathered from Sunday to Tuesday in crowded, windowless conference rooms in a downtown hotel to talk about how to build more housing and livable neighborhoods."
"Brandon Stanaway, a 28-year-old statistician from Boston, was one of them. About a year ago, Stanaway started his own all-volunteer pro-housing group, Allston-Brighton Housing Action, that organizes local YIMBYs to do what NIMBYs - "not in my backyard" proponents - have done for far longer: speak at public meetings, call their local elected officials, and convince other neighbors to join them. "The NIMBYs do it on their own dime, too," Stanaway said. "Own dime, own time - they just have a lot more of it.""
About 1,000 YIMBY activists gathered in New Haven for a pro-housing conference focused on increasing affordable, denser housing and creating livable neighborhoods. Attendees included professional researchers and a substantial number of everyday volunteers who paid and traveled to attend. Volunteers organized local groups such as Allston-Brighton Housing Action to mobilize public comments, call elected officials, and persuade neighbors. Volunteer efforts aim to counter older, wealthier homeowners who often have more time and resources to oppose denser development. Organizers emphasize recruiting many volunteers to match the time and money advantages of NIMBY opponents.
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