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Not GP, but: single-family-exclusive zoning for one, which props up home values and is the norm in almost all US suburbs. Who benefits when home prices are high
by ryukafalz 5y ago
Not GP, but: single-family-exclusive zoning for one, which props up home values and is the norm in almost all US suburbs. Who benefits when home prices are high? Who benefits when they're affordable?
- zozbot234 5y agoSingle family exclusive zoning also drives urban sprawl and the apparent "white flight" from areas that could be host to vibrant diversity. It's amazing how much of what we sometimes take for granted is actually the result of policy failure.
- enkid 5y agoBiden is purposing giving tax breaks to cities that stop this practice.[0] How is does this support the other poster's argument? [0] https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/04/14/zoning-biden-infrastructure-bill-would-curb-single-family-housing/7097434002/ https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/04/14/zon...
- ryukafalz 5y agoThis is a good thing and I support it. Zoning decisions though tend to be more at the local level than the federal level, and I don't think there was much of any federal policy on it until now. Anecdata: my local area leans heavily Democratic, and exclusively single family zoning is the norm almost everywhere around here. (Though thankfully the city I actually live in is mostly an exception.)