NAA and Organizations Letter in Support of YIMBY Act

 

Dear Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader Jeffries, Chairman McHenry, and Ranking Member Waters,

Our organizations are writing to respectfully request that H.R. 3507 be scheduled for a vote on the House of Representatives suspension calendar. Just two weeks ago, this bipartisan legislation was overwhelmingly voted out of the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 48-0. This legislation is vital for encouraging communities to build more affordable and market-rate housing. The YIMBY Act, which also passed the House without opposition in 2020, represents a major step toward restoring balance to the country’s housing ecosystem while also creating more opportunities for Americans and their families to access and afford a home of their own.

As you know, The YIMBY Act requires localities that receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to publicly report on whether they have adopted a suite of local policies that affect housing affordability and availability. It does not require that recipients adopt any specific approach: instead, it encourages communities to play a constructive role in solving the housing crisis. Recognizing and eliminating exclusionary housing policies - zoning and density restrictions, onerous parking requirements, and other regulations - is an essential first step in decreasing barriers to new housing of all price levels. The YIMBY Act will help communities recognize their agency in combatting the national housing shortage and provide the federal government with a constructive role in reaching important policy ends.

This is particularly important as the nation’s housing supply has fallen far below demand. Up for Growth’s 2023 report, Housing Underproduction in the U.S., found a 3.9-millionhome shortfall in annual housing production. That figure represents the mismatch of supply and demand from 2019, the most recent year for which data is available. It’s an underproduction issue that’s only getting worse over time, more than doubling from the 1.6-million-home shortfall in 2012. The YIMBY Act aligns well with recently introduced legislation and other proposals currently being considered in Congress. It also adds to the critical conversation happening across the country and provides a framework for communities to enact policies proven to address the housing shortage.

We implore you to bring H.R. 3507 forward for a full vote in the House of Representatives to ensure passage into law in the 118th Congress. There is no question that it is needed now more than ever.

Thank you, and we look forward to continuing this essential conversation with you and your staff.

Sincerely,

National Organizations Airbnb, Inc.

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

American Planning Association (APA)

Americans for Prosperity

Coalition For Home Repair (formerly ReFrame)

Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)

Family Promise

Grounded Solutions Network

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)

Housing Advisory Group (HAG)

Leading Builders of America LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors

Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)

Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association

National Apartment Association (NAA)

National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB)

National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)

National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)

National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST)

National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)

National Housing Conference (NHC)

National Leased Housing Association (NLHA)

National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)

National NeighborWorks® Association

Niskanen Center

Prosperity Now

R Street Institute Smart Growth America (SGA)

The Real Estate Roundtable (RER)

Up for Growth Action

YIMBY Action

 

State and Local Organizations:

(CU)rbanism Club (Champaign, IL)

10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)

1000 Friends of Oregon (Oregon)

15-Minute Fredericksburg

5th Square (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

A Better Cambridge

Abundant Housing Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia)

Abundant Housing LA (Los Angeles, California)

Abundant Housing Massachusetts (Massachusetts)

Aeon (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

African Development Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

AHEAD Inc. (Littleton, New Hampshire)

AIA Seattle (Seattle, Washington)

AIA Washington Council (Washington)

Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (Akron, Ohio)

Alliance for Housing Solutions (Arlington, Virginia)

Apartment Association of Kentucky (Kentucky)

Apartment Association of Metro Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Arbor Housing and Development (Corning, New York)

Arizona Housing Coalition (Arizona)

Arizona Housing, Inc. (Arizona)

Arizona Multi-housing Association (Arizona)

Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (Arlington, Virginia)

Asheville for All (Asheville, North Carolina)

Bay Area Council (San Francisco, California)

Bend YIMBY (Bend, Oregon)

Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity (Boise, Idaho)

BRIDGE Housing Corporation (San Francisco, California)

Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity (College Station, Texas)

Building Industry Association of Central Ohio (Columbus, Ohio)

Business for a Better Portland (Portland, Oregon)

California YIMBY (California) CalOZ (California)

CASA of Oregon (Oregon)

Catholic Charities of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)

Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Circulate San Diego (San Diego, California)

Climate Action Campaign (California)

Coalition on Homelessness & Housing in Ohio (Ohio)

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (Brunswick, Maine)

Colorado Association of REALTORS® (Colorado)

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (Colorado)

CommonBond Communities (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Community Development Corporation of Long Island (Centereach, New York)

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)

Community Frameworks (Spokane, Washington)

Community Housing Development Corporation (Richmond, California)

Community Housing Improvement Program (New York, New York)

Community Housing Partners (Christiansburg, Virginia)

Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc. (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Congress for the New Urbanism – Central Texas Chapter (CNU-CTX) (Austin, Texas)

Connecticut Housing Partners (Connecticut)

Dallas Neighbors for Housing (Dallas, TX)

DC YIMBYs (Washington, DC)

DHIC, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Downstreet Housing & Community Development (Vermont)

Downtown Austin Alliance (Austin, Texas)

Downtown Denver Partnership (Denver, Colorado)

 East Bay for Everyone (Oakland, California)

East Bay YIMBY (Oakland, California)

Eastern Eight CDC (Johnson City, Tennessee)

Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)

Evolve Tri-Valley (Pleasanton, CA)

Fahe (Kentucky)

Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (Indiana)

Fifth Avenue Committee (Brooklyn, New York)

Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (Houston, Texas)

Foundation Communities (Austin, Texas)

Gainesville is for People (Gainesville, FL)

Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (Georgia)

Good Business Colorado (Colorado)

Greater Charlotte Apartment Association (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Greater Greater Washington (Washington, DC)

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (Minnesota)

Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities (Traverse City, Michigan)

GROW South Dakota (South Dakota)

Grow the Richmond (San Francisco, California)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Providence (Providence, Rhode Island)

Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Habitat for Humanity of Maui (Wailuku, Hawaii)

Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota (Minnesota)

Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Michigan (Alpena, Michigan)

Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County (South Bend, Indiana)

Habitat for Humanity of Washington, DC (Washington, DC)

Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County (Seattle, Washington)

Hawaii YIMBY (Hawaii)

HDC MidAtlantic (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland (Portland, Oregon)

Home Forward (Portland, Oregon)

Home HeadQuarters, Inc. (Syracuse, New York)

Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky (Kentucky)

Homeport Ohio (Columbus, Ohio)

Homes First (Olympia, Washington)

Housing Advocacy Coalition (San Francisco, California)

Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)

Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) (Washington, DC)

Housing Authority of Baltimore City (Baltimore, Maryland)

Housing Connector (Seattle, Washington)

Housing Development Consortium of Seattle and King County (Seattle, Washington)

Housing Development Fund (Stamford, Connecticut)

Housing Network of Rhode Island (Rhode Island)

Housing Next (Holland, Michigan)

Housing Now Nashville (Nashville, TN)

How to ADU (California)

Huntsville YIMBY (Huntsville, Alabama)

Idaho Smart Growth (Boise, Idaho)

 Indiana Apartment Association (Indiana)

Inlivian (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Isuroon (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc (Ithaca, New York)

Kansas Association of REALTORS® (Kansas)

Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition (Kansas)

King County for Everyone (Seattle, Washington)

Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc. (Lawrence, Massachusetts)

Lexington Habitat for Humanity (Lexington, Kentucky)

Lighthouse MI (Pontiac, Michigan)

Livable Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale, California)

Live TC (Traverse Ciity, Michigan)

Local First Arizona (Arizona)

Long Island Builders Institute (New York)

Los Angeles Business Council (Los Angeles, California)

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (Los Angeles, California)

Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center (Louisiana)

Louisville Apartment Association (Louisville, Kentucky)

Madison is for People (Madison, WI)

Maine Affordable Housing Coalition (Maine)

Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County (Seattle, Washington)

Master Builders Association of Pierce County (Tacoma, Washington)

Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Miami-Dade County Department of Public Housing & Community Development (Miami, Florida)

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless (Minnesota)

Minnesota Housing Partnership (Minnesota)

More Homes Miami (Miami, Florida)

Mountain View YIMBY (Mountain View, California)

Multifamily NW (Portland, Oregon)

NAIOP Arizona (Arizona)

NAIOP Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

NAIOP Washington State (Washington)

Napa-Solano for Everyone (Napa, California)

NARI MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota)

NC REALTORS® (North Carolina)

Neighborhood Development Services, Inc. (Ravenna, Ohio)

Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)

Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks, Inc. (Reading, Pennsylvania)

Neighborhood Housing Services of Hamilton, Inc. (Hamilton, Ohio)

Neighbors for More Neighbors (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Neighbors for More Neighbors Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Neighbors Helping Neighbors (Brooklyn, New York)

NeighborWorks Alliance of New York State (New York)

NeighborWorks Collaborative of Ohio (Ohio)

NeighborWorks Laredo (Laredo, Texas)

NeighborWorks Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)

NeighborWorks of Western Vermont (West Rutland, Vermont)

NeighborWorks Orange County (Orange, California)

NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)

NEOurbanism (Cleveland, OH)

New York State Association for Affordable Housing (New York)

North Carolina Home Builders Association (North Carolina)

Northern Neighbors (San Francisco, California)

Northern Ohio Apartment Association (Cleveland, Ohio)

Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (Northern Virginia)

Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance (Northern Virginia)

Northwest Pilot Project (Portland, Oregon)

Oakland Chamber of Commerce (Oakland, California)

One SouthCoast Chamber (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

Open New York (New York, New York)

Oregon Smart Growth (Oregon)

Orlando YIMBY (Orlando, Florida)

Palmetto YIMBY (Palmetto, South Carolina)

Peninsula Community Federal Credit Union (Shelton, Washington)

Peninsula for Everyone (Mountain View, California)

Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® (Pennsylvania)

People for Housing Orange County (Orange County, California)

Pillsbury United Communities (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Portland Business Alliance (Portland, Oregon)

Portland: Neighbors Welcome (Portland, Oregon)

Progress Noe Valley (San Francisco, CA)

Pro-Housing Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Prosperity Indiana (Indiana)

QUIMBY REACH CDC (Portland, Oregon)

Real Estate Council of Austin (Austin, Texas)

Regional Plan Association (RPA) (New York, New York)

Reno + Sparks Chamber of Commerce (Reno, Nevada)

RUPCO, Inc. (Kingston, New York)

RVA YIMBY (Richmond, Virginia)

San Diego Housing Commission (San Diego, California)

San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) (San Francisco, California)

San Francisco YIMBY (San Francisco, California)

Santa Cruz YIMBY (Santa Cruz, California)

Santa Rosa YIMBY (Santa Rosa, California)

Seattle for Everyone (Seattle, Washington)

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce (Seattle, Washington)

Seattle YIMBY (Seattle, Washington) Sightline Institute (Seattle, Washington)

SLOCo YIMBY (Templeton, California)

South Bay YIMBY (San Jose, California)

South Georgia Alliance 85 (Georgia)

Southside Forward (San Francisco)

Southside Forward (San Francisco, California)

Southwest Fair Housing Council (Arizona)

Spokane Housing for All (Spokane, Washington)

St. Mary Development Corp. (Dayton, Ohio)

Streets for People (San Francisco, California)

 TechEquity Collaborative (San Francisco, California)

Tejano Center for Community Concerns (Houston, Texas)

Tenderloin Housing Clinic (San Francisco, California)

The 2030 Group (Washington, DC)

Tucson for Everyone (Tucson, Arizona)

Twin Cities YIMBY (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Urban Environmentalists (California)

Urban Environmentalists Bay Area (San Francisco, California)

Urban Environmentalists Illinois (Chicago, Illinois)

Urban Environmentalists Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)

Urban Homeworks (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Urban Land Conservancy (Denver, Colorado)

Ventura County YIMBY (Ventura, California)

Virginia Apartment Management Association (Virginia)

Virginia Housing Alliance (Virginia)

Vision Long Island (Northport, New York)

Walkable Princeton (Princeton, New Jersey)

Washington Multi-Family Housing Association (Washington)

Welcome Home Coalition (Portland, Oregon)

YIMBY Delaware (Wilmington, Delaware)

YIMBY Denver (Denver, Colorado)

YIMBY Fort Collins (Fort Collins, Colorado)

YIMBY Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

YIMBY Jewish (United States)

YIMBY Latino (United States YIMBY Law (San Francisco, California)

YIMBY Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)

YIMBY Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland)

YIMBY Oakland County YIMBY Tampa (Tampa, Florida)

YIMBY Veterans YIMBY Women YIMBYana YIMBYs of NoVA (Arlington, Virginia)

Yolo YIMBY

ZIMBYs: Gen Z YIMBYs

 

cc: The Honorable Adrianne Todman, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Rep. Mike Flood (NE-01)

Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06)

Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02)

Rep. Andy Barr (KY-06)

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Rep. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13)

Rep. Yadira Caraveo (CO-08)

Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06)

Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14)

Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-03)

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)

Rep. Chuck Edwards (NC-11)

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)

Rep. Bill Foster (IL-11)

Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05)

Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42)

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09)

Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08)

Rep. Greg Landsman (OH-01)

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02)

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03)

Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07)

Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-05)

Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-02)

Rep. Wiley Nickel (NC-13)

Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05)

Rep. Zack Nunn (IA-03)

Rep. Andy Ogles (TN-05)

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50)

Rep. Brittany Pettersen (CO-07)

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At Large)

Rep. Deborah Ross (NC-02)

Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06)

Rep. Hillary Scholten (MI-03)

Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-04)

Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10)

Rep. William Timmons (SC-04)

Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02)

Rep. David Trone (MD-06)

Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33)

Rep. Roger Williams (TX-25)

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