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Is it putting the cart before the horse? those zoning laws are a result of property owners trying to benefit from the unimproved value of the land by locally re
by beeflet 1y ago
Is it putting the cart before the horse? those zoning laws are a result of property owners trying to benefit from the unimproved value of the land by locally restricting the supply of property.
If you cut off the profit motive by disenfranchising property owners in this respect, the building regulation will return to the level needed for (actual) public safety and wellness (as opposed to just racketeering).
- HDThoreaun 1y agoUnder LVT there are huge inventive to keeping your land value low. Densifying causes land values to increase so rational actors who dont want to move will oppose density.
- beeflet 1y agoIf the value of their land is low, you can buy them out for cheap and change the local regulation.
- bombcar 1y agoOnly if you can force them to sell. The world is full of land that is held by sellers who won’t sell it “for what it’s worth” - for any number of reasons. Heck, moving hassle alone means you’d need to hit me with a 50% premium to get me to sell my house, because I don’t want to move right now.
- rcpt 1y agoYou can not control the value of your land.
- HDThoreaun 1y agoYou can by being a nimby.
- giantg2 1y agoOf course you can. You can put all sorts of deed restrictions on it, foster some sort of habitat for protected animals,turn it into a wetland (protected), etc.