California cities are extracting $300 million a year in fees from affordable housing projects—money that could have built 5,000 additional homes for low-income families over just four years, according to a devastating new UC Berkeley study. Meanwhile, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proved YIMBY policies actually work, going from zero market-rate homes built in 2024 to 2,000+ units breaking ground in 2025 after slashing construction fees and taxes. The contrast is stark: economists have calculated that NIMBY housing constraints cost every American worker $8,775 per year in lost wages, yet some cities are finally choosing abundance over scarcity.
Cities skim $300 million a year in fees from affordable housing projects, then wonder why we can't house families.
A billionaire spending $27 million attacks a mayor for having tech support. The irony writes itself.
San Jose built ZERO market rate homes in 2024. Then Matt Mahan cut the fees, and everything changed.
From the Panama Canal to parklet regulations—why it’s time for Americans to reclaim technology, growth, and the abundance that once defined it.
Berkeley economists calculated the exact cost of housing cartels. The receipts are in—and they're devastating.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
A landmark study proves what YIMBYs knew: zoning boards in SF and NYC cost the entire country trillions.
California Forever just brokered the largest construction labor agreement in American history. YIMBY is winning.
Robert Reich earns $13,000/hour to denounce capitalism while blocking affordable housing in his own backyard. Now he's pushing a tech-killing wealth tax.
We didn't stumble into the housing crisis—we legislated it. The cities we love would be banned under today's rules.