Next City, August 7, 2024, Is Harris-Walz The First YIMBY Ticket In History?
After the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed explicitly race-based zoning in 1917, the Berkeley model took off across the country as the next-best alternative for policymakers looking to maintain racial segregation. It’s still the norm in U.S. cities today, where 75% of residential-zoned land is still limited to single-family housing.
The racist history of single-family zoning is well-known among many seasoned tenant organizers and racial justice advocates. They’ve spent decades fighting back against the racist real estate industry that helped create single-family zoning in the first place.
