President Biden has periodically announced policies meant to mitigate the nation’s housing shortage and affordability crisis. His latest state of the union address touted a $400 mortgage tax credit, prompting concern from some quarters that such subsidies would make the housing crisis worse.
Conservatives understand why Biden’s proposed subsidies would not work: Boosting demand while homes remain in short supply will increase prices. Still, many conservatives worry that the pro-housing YIMBY (“Yes, In My Backyard”) movement is not for them, or even hostile to young families. As a father of three and the founder of an active, nonpartisan volunteer YIMBY group in bright-blue Northern Virginia, I have good news. The YIMBY movement really is for everyone. Our loudest detractors are antisocial Marxists. Their chief complaint is that some YIMBYs are conservative.
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