More than one word: zoning was used as a weapon of class warfare a long time ago and needs updating.
Also: cheap clickbait title to a news page littered with notification/subscription spam. Archive.is is needed.
zoning was used as a weapon of class warfare a long time ago and needs updating.
Is it not working as a weapon anymore?
Only in the deep recesses of the minds of people who will only ever see themselves as victims.
What changes would you recommend to see it become a useful weapon again?
I'd be curious to hear why restrictive zoning limiting access to a majority of our largest cities is not considered weaponizing. Do you really think this isn't a problem anymore?
Helen Lui has been hitting it out of the park with her recent articles. She is a good one to follow on Twitter for this type of stuff, too.
few people think about zoning.
Huh? In my experience, that's the first thing people think about.
Hell, a significant number of housing-related articles posted here are about suggesting alternative affordability solutions to remind us that there are other approaches we can try when trying to fix zoning has been unsuccessful.
I think it's easy to forget communities like this one, twitter, or even city-related subreddits are still very, very small fractions of the general population. People I talk to outside these bubbles are shocked to learn it's practically illegal to build an apartment in 80% of the land in Vancouver and Toronto, or the further implications on affordability.
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