Streamline Permitting
Make housing permits fast and fair, removing arbitrary barriers to both subsidized affordable and market rate housing.
Even where housing is technically allowed, complicated and arbitrary permitting can slow, shrink, or stop housing in practice. Complicated permitting creates opportunities for corruption to flourish and makes building housing take much longer. It further drives up the cost of new housing.
Improving permitting is especially important in exclusionary neighborhoods. In those neighborhoods, wealthy homeowners often use complicated permitting rules to block new housing in their neighborhoods.
Policies in this category include “by right” or “as of right” permitting, permit streamlining, and reform of environmental review processes.
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Blog Posts
Endorsement Alert - YIMBY Denver Endorses Proposition 123 - Make Colorado Affordable
Oct 05, 2022
YIMBY Denver Applauds the Introduction of the More Housing Now Legislative Package
Mar 22, 2023
YIMBY Denver Positions on 2023 General Assembly Legislation
Apr 09, 2023
2023 Land Use Bill: House Committee Testimony
May 01, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
Press Release: YIMBY Action Celebrates Governor Newsom Signing SB 423, SB 4, and AB 1633 into Law
By Jae Hendrix
Oct 11, 2023
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Sep 18, 2023
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Oct 13, 2023
By Jae Hendrix
Feb 21, 2025
YIMBY Denver Positions on 2024 General Assembly Legislation
Jan 25, 2024
TOC and Parking Reform: House Committee Testimony
Feb 29, 2024
YIMBY Denver Statement on 2024 State Legislation
By Ryan Keeney
May 12, 2024
The Economics Of Accessory Dwelling Units In Denver
Nov 18, 2024
