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For anyone looking from the all feed and confused what that means, YIMBY refers to "yes in my back yard" as opposed to the common refrain of people who profess they want more housing/public infrastructure/etc. but "not in my backyard" (called NIMBYs). The problem with NIMYism is that NIMBYs exist everywere so you have troubling building anything ever if one sticks to that mindset

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16703609

Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/fc2ci

Ottawa recently announced they're considering removing their mandatory parking minimums. For context, parking minimums are extremely arbitrary, based on pseudoscience, and are a key barrier to housing development.

Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/J2cSo

Turns out the housing crisis is awful for the economy at large.