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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how do we fight the upzoning? Seems to me residential neighborhoods across the DMV...Arlington, MoCo, DC should lock arms and form a coalition with muscle to match the cunning of the density bros. How do we do this? Pool resources and advocacy?[/quote]

I don't want this to happen either and think it is terrible policy. However, the density bros are funded by a dedicated group of wealthy developers who will never stop advocating for their ridiculous urban planning ideas. Homeowners in single-family neighborhoods need to be proactive and establish protective covenants that will prevent the destruction of their community (by forbidding subdivision, multifamily properties, establishing contractual setback limits, etc.) while this is still possible. Save your neighborhood now while you have the chance. If the density bros win, they might do what Washington state did and ban new single-family neighborhoods by making it illegal to establish new protective covenants that prevent multifamily housing. Establishing a contractual deed restriction with your neighbors now will protect you from these changes. It would likely be ruled unconstitutional to invalidate a legally established contract before law enactment retroactively. [/quote]

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