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Having done a residential housing startup, violated zoning, and talked in person to current or form heads of zoning in a number of cities, there's got to be a b
by nxzero 10y ago
Having done a residential housing startup, violated zoning, and talked in person to current or form heads of zoning in a number of cities, there's got to be a better solution.
Taking step back, might be worth understanding how this all got started:
http://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/15/10263912/the-equitable-building-and-the-birth-of-nyc-zoning-law http://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/15/10263912/the-equitable-buildi...
If you understand the history and common zoning laws, you'll quickly start to see a pattern, that being it's a reactionary system that's often designed by politics, not science.
I personally have given up on the topic, but hope someone is able to make some progress.
- foota 10y agoCan I ask what a residential housing startup is?
- nxzero 10y agoIt's dead; for privacy reasons, I rarely give out identifiers. Core issue wasn't zoning, but managing the dynamics of residents, which I was able to do in person, but not at scale. Zoning wasn't an issue; meaning the police, head of zoning, landlord, residents, etc. -- all knew we were violating the law, but we were able to manage the issue without issue for the duration of the lease. If you're trying to understand what residential housing startup would look like, you might look into a now dead former competitor in the space: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/06/campus-san-francisco-group-housing-millennials.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/06... Our approach was different than Campus, but generally speaking, we were after the same market. If you have any more questions, let me know.
- Shivetya 10y agoSounds like a variation of AirBNB where the company offering the service either owns or manages the property. I can see where this would get smacked by all sorts of zoning laws. How is it different from extended stay accommodations?
- ghaff 10y agoBy and large, I assume extended stay accommodations are effectively hotels from a legal and zoning perspective. The amenities just tend to differ somewhat from a typical hotel room.
- nxzero 10y agoAirBNB, though it tries to do so, doesn't provide a community, culture, etc. - nor does it plan to my know plan to build villages, cities, etc. If you look into Campus, you'll see that this was the path they planned to take.