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Jonathan New's avatar

Great post. I really appreciated the detailed pros and cons of the policy.

An additional con: Some places will reserve spaces for more granular income categories like "Extremely Low (30% AMI)" (https://www.smcgov.org/media/126576/download?inline=). I don't know how common this is, but sometimes it's hard to fill the vacancy because it's too low and nobody local qualifies. So, you have apartments that could be used for low or median AMI but remain unoccupied.

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Andy Boenau's avatar

Zoning is an excellent opportunity for liberals & conservatives to join forces. Shared interest = thriving communities.

Start the conversation with "abolish zoning" to shift the Overton window towards more diverse, affordable, practical, and healthy neighborhoods.

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