Registration Opens (coffee and light breakfast provided)
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
Opening Plenary
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Nolan Gray, Sara Bronin, Felicity Maxwell, Kirk Watson
Vendor Room
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.110: Vendor Booths
YIMBY in the Pacific Region
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Joe McReynolds, Andrew Donnellan, Oscar Sims, Camille Gix
The Many Barriers to Equitable Transit Oriented Development
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Linda Klein, Abby Thorne-Lyman, Liya Rechtman, Christof Spieler
Developing an Equity/Anti-Racism Lens in YIMBY Work
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Elvira Mora, Kassie Infante, Julia Davidovitz, Cheryl Daniel
The History of YIMBYism
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Henry Honorof, Sonja Trauss, Susan Somers, Brian Hanlon, Jake Wegmann
National Zoning Atlas Keynote
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Sara Bronin
Coalition Training: Building and Expanding the YIMBY Tent
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Adriana Garcia Maximiliano, Christian Solorio, Tonya Jameson, Tiffani McCoy, Betty Bogg
Bipartisan: The proven path to YIMBY legislative success
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Kendall Cotton, Jake Hinman, Sarah Thorne
Homes Not Highways: Postcards from Texan Freeway Fights for housing justice
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Megan Kimble, Kelsey Huse, Bradley Petty, Zoe Middleton, Aaron Brown
How YIMBYs can Support Tenants and Build Stronger Coalitions
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Sara Wamsley, Julia Davidovitz, Siboney Diaz Sanchez
One weird trick to build housing, grow your chapter and effect narrative change
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Sonja Trauss
Exploring State and Local legislative wins in California
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Aaron Eckhouse, Joseph May, Noerena Limon, Jordan Panana Carbajal, Scott Epstein
Monday Lunch
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.126: Lunch Pickup
Monday West Campus Tour
UT Thompson Conference Center
Texas YIMBY Lunch Meetup
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
Address and Q&A with Montana Governor Greg Gianforte
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Greg Gianforte
Parking Reform is for Everyone
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Graham Downey, Tony Jordan, Catie Gould, Jeannette Lee, Zo Qadri
How different are local land use regulations, really?
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Benjamin Horowitz, Libby Starling
How YIMBY Planners Are Leading Reform
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Chris Taylor, Dov Kadin, Margaret Wallace Brown, Winnie Shen, Nolan Gray
Montana's 2023 State Zoning Reforms - Breaking Them Down From the Inside
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Kendall Cotton, Danny Tenenbaum, Jake Brown, Nathan Dugan
Coalition Training: Engaging YIMBY Students and Mobilizing K-12 Advocates
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Nate Stell, Matthew Aini, Kassie Infante, Zennon Ulyate-Crow, Allyson Chan, George Ashford, Ryan Lenney
Yes in My Metro Region: The Math of Equitable, Sustainable Regional Growth
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Jay Blazek Crossley, Anna Zetkulic
YIGBY: Building Power with Religious Organizations
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By James Pearlstein, Samir Lavingia, Andrew Fine, Nolan Gray
Thinking outside the market box
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Dan Reed, Camille Gix, Alice Woods, Ryan Nill
Reducing Displacement Risk in Pro-Housing Policies
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Siboney Diaz Sanchez, Veronica Gonzalez, Jacob Floyd, Sara Wamsley
Lessons from missing middle and other legislative wins in Washington State
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Alex Brennan, Kate Brunette, Dan Bertolet, Matt Hutchins, Andrew Grant Houston
Keep Houston Weird
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Christof Spieler, Sasha Marshall Smith, Jordan Thomas
Urbanistas and YIMBY Women
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Kelsey Huse
Grow Up, Austin!
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Alina Carnahan, Louisa Brinsmade, Ryan Puzycki, Daniel Kavelman
Housing on the Ballot: Winning Pro-Housing Policies through Ballot Measure Campaigns
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Michael Daly, Angelina Cornejo, Madeleine Hammerlund, Courtney Cooperman
Working with Labor Organizations to Build the YIMBY Movement
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Andrew Gothard
Beyond Facebook: Empowering Your Community with Discord, Google Groups, and Google Apps
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Kurt Dresner, Edgar Handal
The Juice/Squeeze Ratio: A peer-to-peer pitch session about the politically achievable
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Salim Furth, Michael Andersen, Alison McIntosh
Becoming a YIMBY Leader
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Leslie Pool, Awais Azhar
Reception hosted by YIMBY Action
UT Thompson Conference Center
Evening Plenary
UT Thompson Conference Center - LBJ - LBJ Auditorium
By Julián Castro, José “Chito” Vela
CNL Social
Crown and Anchor Pub
Registration Opens (coffee and light breakfast provided)
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
Morning Co-Plenary: What Can the State Do (or Not Do) to Solve Housing Affordability in Texas?
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Nicole Nosek, Brennan Griffin, Chance Weldon, Dr. Judge Glock, Rep. Cody Vasut
Morning Co-Plenary: End Homelessness
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Rosanne Haggerty, Cole Chandler, Mark Smith, Ned Resnikoff
Saying Yes to Income Restricted Affordable Housing in Every Community
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Mark Shelburne, Ian Carlton
Growing Up Your Advocacy Program
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Dan Reed, Alex Baca
Federal Housing Policy Roundtable
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Andrew Justus, Jenny Schuetz, Alex Armlovich
Do We Support Smaller Home Builders? Changing the Perception of Infill Developers
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Temaria Davis, Sonja Trauss, Jen Weaver, Leah Bojo
Latino Voices in the YIMBY Movement
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Noerena Limon, Kayla Acosta-Galvan, Adriana Garcia Maximiliano, Christian Solorio, Jordan Panana Carbajal
Open 2025 Texas Legislative Priorities Workshop
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Jay Blazek Crossley, Daniel Kavelman
Social Media Advocacy: Sh*tpost or Social Change?
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Ryan O'Connell, Will Davis, Jenna Hanes
Get your work funded now! (Or take your fundraising to the next level!)
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Gillian Pressman
Help the Metropolitan Abundance Project help you!
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Ned Resnikoff
How Land Use Reform can Reduce Carbon Emissions, Lessen Traffic Problems, and Improve Affordability
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Anna Zetkulic, Heather House, Matt Frommer, Liya Rechtman, Jackie Lombardi
Next Level Parking Policies
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Melissa Beeler, Leah Bojo, Curtis Rogers, Ann Cheng, Tony Jordan
YIMBY Wins in Canada
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Naama Blonder, Kathryn Davies, Mark Richardson, Russil Wvong
Tuesday Lunch
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.126: Lunch Pickup
Tuesday West Campus Tour
UT Thompson Conference Center
One Stairway to Heaven
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Sean Jursnick, Eduardo Mendoza, Michael Andersen
Unparking Cities: A Conversation with PRN
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Tony Jordan, Adam Greenfield
Battling Exclusionary Practices in the Courtroom
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Brian Hodges, Matthew Gelfand, Keith Diggs, Ari Bargil, Charles Gardner
Finding Middle Housing: Middle Housing Reform Success Stories
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Scott Turner, Morgan Tracy, Seema Kairam, Lydia Ness
Communicating with Policymakers and Media – For the Win!
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Tushar Kansal, Nicole Nosek, Cheryl Daniel, Jamal Raad, Tobias Peter
How to Make the YIMBY Movement More Diverse
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Raul Maldonado, Jarred Johnson, Maddon Hoh-Choi, Tatiana Morales, Alexander Melendrez
Building Code Reform: the last frontier for affordability
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Margaret Wallace Brown, John Zeanah, Ivy Vann, Tyron McDaniel
Sidewalks, Street Trees and Slow Streets: Retrofitting Your City to Support a Housing-Dense Future
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Kevin Howard, Jana M McCann, Paige Ellis, Conor Kenny
Winning YIMBY Elections Workshop
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Katya Ehresman, Timothy Bray, Eric Budd, Zachary Faddis
How to Win in the Suburbs
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.108
By Jeremy Levine, Luca Gattoni-Celli, Leora Ross
Housing Abundance and Scarcity at all Ages and Abilities
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Joyce Mandell, Zoabe Hafeez, Stephanie Thomas, Samar Jha
Student Housing Sucess! Austin's West Campus experience
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.110
By Dan Keshet, Ava Garderet, Isabel Webb Carey
eTOD in action: Lessons from North Berkeley BART
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 2nd Floor - 2.120
By Libby Lee-Egan, Rashi Kesarwani, Abby Thorne-Lyman, Bill McCamley
Toward Fair and Balanced Short Term Rental Policies
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - 1.110
By Bishop Chappell, Ryan Alter
Equitably Planning For Healthy, Complete Communities
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.102
By Abraham Zorrilla, Sasha Marshall Smith, Michele Anderson, Vanessa Fuentes
CHATtown
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 3rd Floor - 3.122
By Henry Honorof
Tuesday Closing Toast + Cookies in Under the Oaks Cafe
UT Thompson Conference Center - Thompson 1st Floor - Under The Oaks
Group Photo
UT Thompson Conference Center
Texas Homes & Hops Happy Hour
Lustre Pearl East
Parking Party
Halycon Downtown
Unconference Intro
St. David's Episcopal Church
Why New Jersey isn't at YIMBYtown: Learning from the Mount Laurel Doctrine
St. David's Episcopal Church - Guild Parlor
Alternative Housing: how mobile, self-build, village, co-op etc approaches open radical possibilities
St. David's Episcopal Church - Holy Grounds
Regional Governance; How can we structure local government for success?
St. David's Episcopal Church - Labyrinth
Policy Pitch Open Mike
St. David's Episcopal Church - Crail Hall
Build-to-Rent Single-Family Housing: Threat or Opportunity?
Capital Factory - Padawan 5th Floor
Tours
TBA
Who Did You Ask? -- How Boston Is Radically Changing Community Engagement for our Form-Based Zoning Reform Efforts
St. David's Episcopal Church - Guild Parlor
How do we know if land use reforms are working?
St. David's Episcopal Church - Crail Hall
Housing is Green: Environmentalism and the Housing Movement
St. David's Episcopal Church - Labyrinth
Housing Myth-Busting
Capital Factory - Padawan 5th Floor
Up Your Coaltions Game
St. David's Episcopal Church - Holy Grounds
FUBU
St. David's Episcopal Church - Guild Parlor
Building a Pro-Growth Left
St. David's Episcopal Church - Labyrinth
What the cost bottleneck looks like
St. David's Episcopal Church - Crail Hall
Demystifying Your City Council: My Experience Building a Vote Tracker of Austin’s City Council, and how I’ve used that to inform advocacy
Capital Factory - Padawan 5th Floor
Transit Forward Luncheon
St. David's Episcopal Church - Crail Hall
POC Mixer
TBA
Housing Messaging That wins elections
St. David's Episcopal Church - Guild Parlor
Why YIMBY is and should be non-ideological
St. David's Episcopal Church - Labyrinth
Policy Pitch Open Mike
St. David's Episcopal Church - Crail Hall
Designing Public Participation and Community Engagement without NIMBYism
TBA
Designing Public Participation and Community Engagement without NIMBYism
St. David's Episcopal Church - Holy Grounds
Unconference Closing Plenary
St. David's Episcopal Church
By Felicity Maxwell
Closing Happy Hour at the Driskill Hotel
TBA
URBAN DESIGN FILM NIGHT: Promoting a Human-Centered Public Realm
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar