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Putting on the red team NIMBY hat, could they try and use private deed restrictions (https://www.carealtytraining.com/blogs/deed-restrictions-what-are https://w
by kqr2 4y ago
Putting on the red team NIMBY hat, could they try and use private deed restrictions (https://www.carealtytraining.com/blogs/deed-restrictions-what-are https://www.carealtytraining.com/blogs/deed-restrictions-wha...) ? E.g. reuse the same mechanism that the city plans to use: "proposed building are deed-restricted to low income residents who make at or less than 80% the area median income."
This "hack" is apparently used in famous "no zoning" Houston to keep exclusive neighborhoods exclusive (https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/houston-doesnt-have-zoning-there-are-workarounds https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/houston-doesnt-have-zoning... )
Virtually every affluent residential neighborhood in Houston has strict private deed restrictions — and, remarkably many of those deed restrictions can be enforced by the city. That’s why River Oaks, Houston’s wealthiest neighborhood, doesn’t have apartment buildings or office buildings in the middle of the neighborhood.
- LargeWu 4y agoThat would only work if the state allowed those deed restrictions to stand, which it likely wouldn't. Just because Houston allows such a clause doesn't mean California would.
- michael1999 4y agoThose deed covenants go back to the KKK and whites-only policies imposed by the builder during lot subdivision. The game-theory doesn't work for retroactively imposing them on your neighbours. Why would someone selling promise to give up upside when they are moving away anyway? Like, are Anderson and Curry gonna show up on your lawn at midnight in hoods?