YIMBY Country

history, news, politics · EN

In 2021, the nation of New Zealand announced the YIMBY rapture. In the country's five largest cities, you would be allowed to build up to eight-story buildings anywhere within a 10-minute walk of mass transit lines. You couldn't be required to build any particular number of parking spaces. And now, you would be able to build up to three three-story townhomes on any residential lot in those large cities. Five years after news of this seismic event lapped up on the shores of my home in Oregon, I wanted to know: What happened next? What happens after the rapture? YIMBY COUNTRY is an independent, one-shot podcast miniseries by Michael Andersen about what happens after a country decides to re-legalize housing. It's told in a series of 30-40 minute interviews with various New Zealanders involved in the aftermath of the world's most successful upzoning campaign.