Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S...
by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:12PM
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> A person who owns land somewhere should have more sway over local politics than a megacorp developer from another state or country.
The developer's interests come from the local non-land owning residents...
Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S...
by tptacek on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @02:06PM
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There are limits to the acceptable protections Home Rule local governments can supply, and a growing consensus that single-family zoning is not one of those acceptable protections, which is leading states to preempt local governments on that question.
Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S...
by dh2022 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:16PM
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Well, the growing consensus is not big enough to sway the local governments. I guess you need to wait for it to grow until is big enough....
Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S...
by tptacek on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:17PM
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The point of the comment you're responding to is that we're approaching a policy equilibrium where local governments don't matter anymore on this question, because they're not allowed to rule on it. See: California.
This seems contrary to what you're stating - local government exists to represent the interests of local residents. Protecting those residents from external forces is completely in-line with their mandate.
> If they don't like it, they can move.
A person who owns land somewhere should have more sway over local politics than a megacorp developer from another state or country. How about that developer moves their project somewhere else if they don't like it?