The DMV needs a YIMBY revolution
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Anonymous
I live in an area that mostly votes democrat, but my neighbors are pissed about this. There is a significant subset of suburban Dems that don’t want these YIMBY policies |
Anonymous
Lol what batsh*t crazy propaganda outlet did this come from |
Anonymous
Nice try, but the federal government doesn't control local zoning decisions. And it's kind of funny to suggest that real-estate developer Trump will be better for homeowners; if Trump could, he would probably raze single-family home neighborhoods and let his developer friends take them over. |
Anonymous
Even the site owner, who seems to be fairly well measured in responses, called out the YIMBY extremism on his most popular threads of the day post. It’s a good read, really. |
Anonymous
+1 this is most of the left leaning swing voters I know |
Anonymous
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It costs $$$$ to build anything, labor and material costs are out of control. With inflation even cars are way more expensive than before. People who already own homes cannot even afford renovations, how do you think shiny modern highrises can possibly emerge that would be affordable to regular people who cannot afford cra* old houses and condos today.
You think a city of the future will just spring up because aliens will drop an army of robots to make it happen? 
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Anonymous
Because they will build tiny apartments with thin walls. Ideal for high density living. |
Anonymous
DP: I am very smug because my neighborhood has a covenant regarding distance from the center line, building heights, and how many houses can be built on one lot. It can only be changed by agreement of 65% of the homeowners in the neighborhood. So far, one builder tried to build three houses on one full lot and two half lots. Although the lots met all other requirements, the covenant overrode it. Now the builder is stuck with a rental house he bought for nearly $2M because he thought he was smarter than the neighbors. Another builder tried to build a 6 unit Expand Housing Options building. Neighbors shut it down because only one housing unit per lot. Builder now doing a single family. Same thing with another builder who bought a lot and wanted to do two side by sides. Nope, only one house per lot. Until it is worth it for someone to get the homeowners to remove the covenant, I am good. And if they do, it won't cost me anything and my lot will be worth more. |
Anonymous
You think you are going to open up a local jurisdiction to many years of expensive legal proceedings to take properties by eminent domain? You might want to attend one meeting when a jurisdiction wants to do something beneficial to a community -- like installing sidewalks -- to realize that eminent domain is not likely to work. |
Anonymous
This is not propaganda, the Democrats mentioned "affordable housing," "Lowering housing costs," "removing dated regulations" and numerous other euphemisms for federal preemption over local control of zoning at the DNC convention. The Federal government will absolutely try to strong arm communities to abolish single family zoning and force them to zone for density they cannot accommodate if Harris is elected. Her administration will use HUD and the DOT to force communities to destroy the suburbs by tying local zoning to federal government funding. This is completely unacceptable and suburban voters will not tolerate this nonsense, Trump is almost guaranteed to win. |
Anonymous
Oh sweetie, voting gives you no power. Money gives you power. Power lies in the hands of builders and developers who manipulated Arlington into adopting Expanded Housing Options so that they could raise the cost of housing. But I supposes you could live in one of the affordable housing units in the new Leckie Gardens building. |
Anonymous
And no one will know what to do with the multiple trash bins. That and parking are the biggest objects to missing middle housing in Arlington. |
Anonymous
| ^^ objections |
Anonymous
Hahahaha. Nice try with the fear-mongering. |
Anonymous
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Every time I see new housing being built whether it is apartments, condos, or single-family homes, it is not cheap or affordable for most. New 1bdr apartments are foing for $2k on the low end. New townhouses are going for $450k on the low end. New 1bdr condos are priced at $400k on the low end. Furthermore, new housing seems to be built with single people or couples without kids in mind. Most new housing is narrow and cramped. Not suitable for families with more than 2-3 people.
Upzoning does not work in the DC area (and probably most major and mid-size cities). At best, it may slow the growth of housing costs, but it does not make it any more affordable with these stagnant wages. I consider myself a liberal. But people advocating for upzoning in nearly every area where there is single family housing are naive. They do not understand the impact of density on property taxes and how that impacts community resources. |