The annual event began in 2016 as a conclave of young urbanists associated with the Yes In My Backyard movement, which emerged from San Francisco about a decade ago. But the more than 600 activists, policy wonks, academics and elected officials who gathered in early March at the Austin conference, which was hosted by the Texas nonprofits AURA and Farm&City, represented a wide range of political persuasions, including a contingent of conservatives like Vasut. “Having affordable housing not only is a civil rights issue,” he said. “It’s a pro-business issue and property rights issue.”
Source: At Austin’s YIMBYtown, Fans of Zoning Reform Seek Common Ground – Bloomberg
