yes in my back yard: used to describe a person who supports a plan to build something near to where they live
Meet the YIMBYs … accused of greed by neighbours for selling gardens to developers for £2.5m.
Submitted by: Kerry on 14/08/2015
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The term YIMBY first emerged in the late eighties, following the pattern of the more pejorative NIMBY, which appeared some years earlier. NIMBY was coined in 1980 by the late Nicholas Ridley, a British Conservative politician who was then Secretary of State for the Environment.
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yes in my back yard: a movement to encourage building more affordable homes with support from local people, or someone who promotes this
The yimby movement supports council housing, other social housing, and private housing, so long as it helps provide what people need.