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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by tptacek on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @02:06PM (#39695086)
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.
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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by dh2022 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:16PM (#39696073)
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....
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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by tptacek on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:17PM (#39696087)
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.
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