Tell us your community relations success stories

The Center for Housing and Community Development is conducting research to identify community relations success stories in the affordable housing development business. We cannot do this without your help.

We are beginning an investigation of the NIMBY (not in my backyard) syndrome and how best to fight it. Our first research project in that area is to gather information on cases in which proposed affordable housing developments were met with opposition, overcame that opposition and went on to win the support of those who originally opposed them.

So tell us your success stories. We have heard that, in many cases, opponents eventually become just as strong in their support for developments as they once were in opposition. In some cases, these opponents or their children later became satisfied residents in the new building.

If you know of such a case, let us know. In particular, we need you to identify these “converts” from opponents of affordable housing to supporters of affordable housing and ask them to agree to let us tell their story publicly. Together we’ll publicize ways to confront and defeat NIMBYism and make it easier to provide affordable housing and to revitalize troubled neighborhoods.

Andre Shashaty
415-315-1241, ext. 301
ashashaty@hanleywood.com