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2020 YIMBY Awards

Celebrating YIMBYs in Action

When

Date

Oct. 23, 2020

Time

5:00 PM

This event has already happened.

YIMBY Awards Buzz

I'm as tired of video meetings as anyone, but this #YIMBYAwards thing from @yimbyaction is genuinely uplifting
— David N. Welton (@davidnwelton) October 24, 2020

"If you can accept a food delivery from a New Yorker who doesn’t look like you, you can also embrace them as a neighbor. If you can hire a nanny for your children who looks different from you, you can also embrace their children as classmates of your own children."
#YIMBYAwards
— Alim Virani 🌐 (@ViraniAlim) October 24, 2020

"I want to commend YIMBY Action for pushing the ball forward in making sure that we're making the investments we need to make housing abundant" - @JulianCastro at the #YIMBYAwards
— Bobak Esfandiari 🥑 (@Bobakkabob37) October 24, 2020

2020 YIMBY Awards

Adam Buck, YIMBY Action

Best Public Comment–Drama

Finalists

Ramon Iglesias, San Francisco YIMBY
Nicole Wan, Inclusive Lafayette

Jake Schmidt, Open New

Best Public Comment – Comedy

Finalists

Krista Nordback, Bedrooms Are For People
Richard Mehlinger, Livable Sunnyvale

Robert Fruchtman, SF YIMBY

Best Live Tweeting

Finalists

Alfred Twu, Berkeley, CA

Best Explainer

Finalists

Conor Dougherty, New York Times

Best Housing Reporting

Finalists

Farhad Manjoo: “Let’s Quit Fetishizing the Single-Family Home”

Best Opinion Piece – Professional

Finalists

John Sanchez “The Bronx to SoHo: Pull Your Weight in Addressing the City’s Housi

Best Opinion Piece – Amateur

Finalists

Terraces of Lafayette, Lafayette, CA

Housing Project Saga of The Year

Finalists

Bedrooms Are For People, Boulder, CO
Haven Green, New York, NY

Mark & Patricia McCloskey

Most Outrageous NIMBYism

Finalists

Host Committee

Ryan Aeh

Sasha Aickin

Peter Ambler

Cheryl Angeles

Allison Arieff

Meka Asonye

Tracey Briones

Ernest Brown

Steven Buss

Nathan Chan

Jeff Corless

Jay Donde

Bobak Esfandiari

Laura and Dan Fingal-Surma

Steven Fitzsimmons

Jeff Fong

Garret Gilliland

Christina Granados

Parag Gupta

Brad Hargreaves

Auros Harman

Dan and Josie Haspel

Sharon Lai

Dang Le

Olga Milan-Howells

Stephanie MacDonald

Payam Mirrashidi

Jane Natoli

Laer Pearce

Curt Pringle

Sarah Rogers

Rex Salisbury

Hilary Schiraldi

Sue Serrone

Jenny Silva

Leora Tanjuatco-Ross

Sonja Trauss

Brandon Whalen-Castellanos

Patrick Wolff

Vincent Woo

Donate

Even if you missed the event, you can still donate and get limited-edition swag while supplies last! All proceeds go to support YIMBY Action’s work to provide tools, community, and training for pro-housing activists everywhere.