It's an acronym that seems to have morphed into every-day lexicon – NIMBY – 'Not in my backyard.'

Rehabilitation centres, halfway houses and low-income housing developments often face the NIMBY factor.

So on Wednesday, the Canadian Home Builders' Association NL held a focus group on the topic.

CEO Victoria Belbin said they explored what can be done to get resistant neighbours on board.

"There's so much development happening, and what we're finding is that people may not have the best information," said Belbin.

"There are a lot of assumptions out there and people feel they're not engaged in the process. What we're trying to do is streamline that engaged process."

Belbin said the meeting is part of a larger, government-funded NIMBY project to develop the best approach to dealing with opposition to such developments.