I think you are owed two things when you buy a house: 1. The right to live in it as long as you pay your property taxes. 2. Not have its use as a residence ru

I think you are owed two things when you buy a house: 1. The right to live in it as long as you pay your property taxes. 2. Not have its use as a residence ruined by allowing industrial or farm activity near enough that sounds or smells would affect you. Housing is housing. If someone buys up all the lots around you and builds apartments, they should have that right. The willingness to invest that much money is a signal that people need to live there. Homelessness in my town is also detrimental to my experience of living in my house.