The debate about #housing in the US is often framed as a battle between #NIMBY ("not in my back yard") and #YIMBY ("yes in my back yard"): against or for market-driven increases in housing stock in particular neighborhoods.
CityLab (part of The Atlantic) takes a look at the "#PHIMBY" campaign in California by several democratic #socialist chapters: Public Housing In My Back Yard.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/nimbys-yimbys-and-phimbys-oh-my/557927/
(For DSA's full reasoning, see, e.g., DSA-LA's statement here: http://www.dsa-la.org/statement_in_opposition_to_sb_827)