Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h...
by zhoujianfu on Friday June 21, 2019 @02:53AM
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Not really, but I guess sort of... I think it’d be fine. Maybe it’s because my family moved every 2-3 years my whole childhood, but I don’t think it’s your right to live somewhere forever just because you live there now. If there were no zoning laws, people could always move if they don’t like how the free market is changing their neighborhood. And housing would always be “affordable”.
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Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h...
by reallydontask on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:07AM
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> If there were no zoning laws, people could always move if they don’t like how the free market is changing their neighborhood. And housing would always be “affordable”.
I think this is a very optimistic view of what would happen.
Zoning laws are not perfect but without them there would be a race to the bottom and the public left to pay for the externalities.
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I might be wrong on this but I think that Victorian England kind of points towards what would happen
I know it's not 100% applicable but ...
Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h...
by pwinnski on Friday June 21, 2019 @01:18PM
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Houston, Texas, has minimal zoning laws, and I don't know if that has led to a race to the bottom.
http://blog.urbanleasing.com/five-ways-houstons-lack-of-zoni...
Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h...
by orev on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:46AM
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How would you like to have bought a house, and then have the two houses next to you bought, torn down, and turned into a gas station? That’s going to kill both your immediate quality of life and your property value. Because that’s what no zoning laws get you — just take a look at Houston TX where this already happens.