YIGBY picture gets clearer as Gulf Coast localities work on adoption

Just a few months after a new statewide affordable housing rule went into effect, localities in the region are in the early stages of figuring out how to implement a policy that could help address one of the most pressing issues facing Gulf Coast communities.

The simple rule upends how some affordable housing projects move forward. It also uses a name that upends the negative connotation that building new housing has to be adversarial by putting a positive spin on a negative term.