The promise — and danger — of Kamala Harris’s YIMBYism

Vice President Kamala Harris is not wrong to emphasize that the best solution to our housing shortage is the construction of new homes. She’s actually enunciated something close to a program to do so: tax credits for small “starter” homes, as part of a push for 3 million new houses. It’s encouraging that the Democratic presidential candidate shows a basic knowledge of the law of supply and demand: more housing might mean lower prices.

As a result, Harris has been full-on embraced by the so-called “Yes In My Backyard” movement. “Kamala Harris is a YIMBY,” YIMBYs for Harris co-founder Armand Domalewski told HuffPost.