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How YIMBYs became NIMBYs

Posted by By Helping Housing October 7, 2025Posted inCity, Whatcom Housing Alliance
First lets lay these ridiculous acronyms out. Yes In My BackYard - Not In My BackYard.  But what does that mean? A playground, grass, deer, an apartment? Yes, that. The…
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The Art of the Steal – Bellingham Mayor’s Seat Bought by Industry

Posted by By Helping Housing September 18, 2025Posted inCity3 Comments
In the last weeks of the 2023 mayoral race, nearly $100,000 in real estate money poured into Bellingham—funded by a statewide Real Estate PAC using East Coast publicity firms [1].…
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