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What is YIMBY Qld?

VISION AND MISSION

We say YES IN MY BACKYARD to GOOD DEVELOPMENT that makes for BETTER LIVING. Our MISSION is to engage the community and decision makers in meaningful dialogue about making cities of the future, where those who live here are able to stay and those who want to live here are welcome!

Adequate housing is essential for human survival with dignity. Without a right to housing, many other basic human rights will be compromised...

Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner, 1996

Housing is more than just four walls and a roof: it’s a human right.  

At YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Qld, we are concerned by the number of Queenslanders living in housing stress – spending more than 30% of their income on housing – as house prices and rents escalate. We are also concerned that continuing to look to new outer-suburban areas to carry the load of housing supply is no longer environmentally sustainable.

For too long, community discussion around development has been dominated and shaped by the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) narrative. YIMBY Qld aims to bring the balance back to urban policy debate and broaden discussion beyond the otherwise negative conversation that development is bad for communities. We want to put back on the table discussions about how to reduce displacement and disruption of social networks by building communities with substance.  

We want: 

    • More housing within our existing urban footprint 
    • Greater diversity of housing typologies in our existing urban footprint 
    • The infrastructure and amenities that support liveability in our cities and regions 

Our mission is to engage with the community and decision makers in meaningful dialogue about making shared cities of the future, where those who live here can stay and those who want to live here are welcome. 

We appreciate that the NIMBY mindset is not a blanket ‘No’ to all development. Likewise, YIMBY Qld is not a blanket ‘Yes’ to all development. We want developments that deliver positive outcomes for our cities and regions. We are inspired by innovative and sustainable housing solutions and support good development that focuses on quality outcomes and delivers community benefit by featuring one or more of the four YIMBY Qld Qualities listed below.

Design Excellence

• Achieves architectural, landscape, or urban design excellence
• Recognised as local, national, or international award–winning architecture
• Has the ability to inspire and delight through design
• Creates a new landmark
• Excellence in placemaking

Sustainability

• Minimises impact on the environment
• Fosters environmental protection or regeneration
• Reduces resource use
• Promotes active transport (walking and cycling) 
• Facilitates the sharing economy (e.g. bike or car share schemes)
• Green star accreditation
• Respects heritage through restoration and adaptive re-use
• Promotes inter-generational equity in property (e.g. affordable living or ageing in place)

Innovation

• Embraces or showcases new technology
• Includes sustainability innovations
• Provides solutions and solves complex design problems

Community Dividend

• Achieves density in the right locations
• Responds to community/economic needs 
• Encourages healthy living
• Produces or enhances community and cultural precincts
• Produces or enhances parks, plazas, public open space
• Provides community infrastructure
• Provides or enhances accessibility and inclusivity 
• Enhances community safety 
• Rejuvenates precincts suffering decline
• Creates public art

CORPORATE PARTNERS

The YIMBY Qld initiative is proudly brought to Queensland by leading Brisbane-based consultancy Wolter Consulting Group, who are spearheading the movement in Australia. Wolter Consulting Group is resourcing the start-up of this initiative in Queensland to establish the range of YIMBY Qld platforms. 

YIMBY Qld is a not-for-profit organisation incorporated in 2017 under the banner of YIMBY Australia. It is part of a growing, global YIMBY network. 

THE YIMBY MOVEMENT

YIMBY HISTORY

The YIMBY movement is an international initiative to not only discuss, document and promote good development, but also to counter the often negative ‘Not In My Backyard’ attitude that continues to unreasonably influence development outcomes. Planning frameworks that are influenced by NIMBYism are often discouraging of developments that seek to best provide for housing, jobs, lifestyle precincts and the associated community benefits we all have come to expect. The YIMBY movement has spread across North America, Europe, and Australia as cities celebrate a culture of YES.

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