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California has passed SB 79, a historic law that legalizes the construction of more homes near transit stops across the state, marking a major victory for the YIMBY movement and efforts to promote affordable, transit-friendly housing. The bill now awaits Governor Newsom's signature.
Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, has declared himself a Yimby ("yes in my back yard") and expressed his support for building new homes in local areas. He plans to "bulldoze" restrictive planning rules and override local MPs to construct 1.5 million homes if elected. Starmer believes that previous governments have been too hesitant to address the housing crisis due to local opposition. In his speech at the Labour Party conference, he proposed using state-backed companies to build new towns near English cities and restricting councils' ability to halt developments on under-used urban land.
Denver voters rejected a proposal to redevelop the Park Hill Golf Course into affordable housing, a grocery store, and a park, with 25% of the housing being affordable or income-restricted. The conservation easement that keeps the property a golf course would have been lifted. The site is near a train station, and the loss of around 3,000 units from this golf-course conversion is a drop in the bucket, but local YIMBYs are asking: If we can’t start with an empty golf course, where can we begin to make up the housing shortage? Critics are saying this marks a new low in the war between NIMBYs and YIMBYs.