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Activists and legislators – from the left and the right – are collaborating to alleviate housing woes

Despite a recent study finding that half of U.S. renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing, both blue and red communities struggle to overcome not-in-my-backyard sentiment decrying housing reforms. But increasingly, a previously left-of-center alliance that styles itself as YIMBY – meaning “yes in my backyard” – is finding it also has much in common with conservatives.

This year’s YIMBYtown, an annual meeting of pro-housing advocates, was held in Austin, Texas, and included conservative lawmakers and think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute.