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Yimby movement aims to solve housing woes in London
Updated / Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
16:46
London Correspondent
What connects John and Patrick Collison, the billionaire brothers formerly of Dromineer, Co Tipperary, with Aria Babu, a 23-year-old living in a damp basement flat in Camden in north London, and California state Senator Scott Wiener?
The answer is housing. And in particular the movement known as Yimby.
It stands for Yes, In My Back Yard - and is the direct opposite of Nimby - Not In My Back Yard .
Nimbyism is the pejorative term for people who object to building projects, particularly housing developments. But the term is also used against people who object to commercial and infrastructure developments. In fact, anyone who objects to any construction anywhere can be (and often are) called Nimbys, particularly by developers and people who work for them.