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Get involved with YIMBY Glasgow

Glasgow's housing crisis won't fix itself. The people who benefit from high house prices and restricted supply are organised and vocal. We need to be too. Here is how you can help.

Contact your representatives
The most direct way to change housing policy is to make your views known to the people who make decisions. Councillors and MSPs hear far more from those opposing new homes than from those who support them.
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Write to your Glasgow City councillor

Glasgow City Council makes planning decisions and sets local housing policy. Tell your councillor you support more homes in your area and want the council to approve more planning applications.

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Contact your MSP

Scotland's planning system is set by Holyrood. Your MSP can push for planning reform, adequate funding for affordable housing, and policies that make it easier to build. Tell them housing is a priority for you.

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Respond to planning applications
When a new development is proposed, planning authorities invite public comments. Objections from neighbours often outnumber letters of support by ten to one, even when the silent majority supports building. Submitting a short letter of support takes five minutes and makes a real difference.
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Find active planning applications in Glasgow

Glasgow City Council publishes all live planning applications online. Search by postcode to find proposals near you and submit a letter of support for ones you back.

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What to say in a support letter

Keep it short and personal. Say who you are and where you live, that you support the application, and briefly why: more homes are needed, the design is appropriate, or it will benefit the neighbourhood. Your own words carry more weight than a template.

Respond to consultations
The Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council regularly run consultations on planning policy, local development plans, and housing strategy. These shape the rules that govern what gets built. Responding takes time but has lasting impact.
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Scottish Government consultations

The Scottish Government publishes all open consultations online. Housing, planning, and transport consultations are particularly relevant to YIMBY Glasgow's goals.

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Glasgow's Local Development Plan

Glasgow City Council is regularly reviewing and updating its Local Development Plan, which sets out where and what can be built across the city for the next decade. This is one of the most important documents shaping Glasgow's housing future.

Learn about the LDP →
Share and spread the word
The YIMBY argument wins when more people hear it. Share our myth-busting pages, the rent control calculator, and the case for building more homes with people in your networks.
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Share the rent control calculator

Our interactive calculator shows exactly what rent controls would do to Glasgow's rental market. It is the clearest way to make the argument to someone who thinks rent controls are the answer.

See the calculator →
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Share the myth pages

Our myth-busting pages lay out the evidence on new builds, social housing, rent controls, and luxury flats with citations you can point to. Share them when you see these arguments being made online or in person.

See all myth pages →
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Talk to people

The most powerful thing you can do is make the case in your own conversations. If you hear someone oppose a new development, ask them why. If you hear the myths, share the evidence. Personal conversations change minds in ways that websites cannot.