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The Mountain View YIMBY Housing Element Working Group meets monthly during this process to identify sites and policies to enable those homes. This process is complicated, even for the most adept housing advocates. That’s why we’re committing to breaking down the content and making it more accessible for all. Join us at contact@mvyimby.com
Housing Element Upcoming Schedule
- Initial Site Inventory and Policies Study Sessions
- Environmental Planning Commission: Wednesday, February 16, 7-8pm
- City Council: Tuesday, March 8, 5-6pm
- Public Review Draft Housing Element Study Sessions
- HCD Review Period (Maximum 90 Days)
- Housing Element [Second Draft December 2022]
- HCD Submission
YIMBY’s Requests for the Housing Element
Programs
- Use data-driven approaches for designing city programs targeted at meeting our housing needs allocation such that their efficacy can be objectively measured.
- Commit to specific recommendations from the Development Review Study (Matrix)
- Addition of the Displacement Response Strategy
Production
- Drastically upzone within a half mile of our two Caltrain stations. No unit density limits.
- Upzone within a half mile of our highest opportunity schools.
- Policies to address production south of ECR
- Increase Base FAR and height limit (allowed without Council review) in Precise Plans
Constraints
- Streamline new home approval by eliminating discretionary reviews for housing.
About Mountain View YIMBY
We are Mountain View YIMBY, advocating for more housing in our city and beyond. We are pro-housing activists fighting for more inclusive housing policies and a future of abundant housing in Mountain View. We drive policy change to increase the supply of housing at all levels and bring down the cost of living in our thriving city. We support a full spectrum of new housing: supportive housing for the homeless, subsidized housing, social housing, even market rate condos!
The San Francisco Bay Area is not “full” of too many people. It is full of opportunity to create a dynamic economy and housing market that work for everyone. The housing shortage is a political problem: Zoning and other restrictions have prevented construction of enough places for people to live. We want to fix this and make our community more welcoming and inclusive. Let’s legalize housing.
We support the YIMBY Action “”:
YIMBY means “Yes In My Back Yard”. The term gained its meaning in the early 2000s in the SF Bay Area due to high housing costs. More information about the general term can be found .
We are a chapter of , who work throughout Santa Clara County and , a 501(c)(4) statewide nonprofit organization (EIN 81-514-0915). We’re also affiliated with the following pro-housing organizations:
How we work
Reform the rules
Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.
Educate & engage
Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.
Build partnerships
Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.
Mountain View YIMBY is a chapter of YIMBY Action.
One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.