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Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_j6jfp9x wrote

Classify single family zoning as illegal redlining and abolish it statewide via executive order. Start tearing down all these dilapidated mid-century shacks that are full of asbestos, mold, and lead, that Boomers didn’t do an honest day of work on since 1985. Replace them with 5-over-1 buildings. Have by-right construction of up to six stories with first floor commercial, for any pre-1979 house that hasn’t been officially deleaded yet. In general, start condemning buildings which fail to meet codes from 50 years ago, and grant developers the right to build 6 stories higher without a permit. Grandfathering codes has gone way too far.

The housing stock in this region is fucking disgraceful. It’s not even that it’s too expensive. It’s that so many of these buildings are barely fit for human habitation. It really is New England, eh? Both Englands are leading their continent in substandard, dangerous housing stock.

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sadgringopapi t1_j6jjvy4 wrote

>Classify single family zoning as illegal redlining

wow what a stupid fucking comment

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IntelligentCicada363 t1_j6js5oq wrote

Not stupid at all. Single family zoning was explicitly created as a way around a supreme court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) that barred explicit racial covenants.

And in practice, Oregon has already banned it in most of the state, Washington is set to follow, and California has functionally done so in much of the state. Minneapolis has banned it city wide. Cambridge MA is generally expected to do so in the next year or two.

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