Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning (West: homes, taxes)

[UnfairPark]

Do you see Texas follow suit?

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/73779...-family-zoning

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

Do you see Texas follow suit?

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/73779...-family-zoning

No.

[Treasurevalley92]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

Do you see Texas follow suit?

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/73779...-family-zoning

No, never.

Too many people want to control what their neighbours do under the guise of "Protecting their property values"

If Texas wanted to be totally free market they would be removing parking minimums, zoning and only keep basic safety standards, but most Texans (like most Americans, let's be fair) are fake free market capitalists NIMBYs.

[TheOverdog]

Too many people want to control what their neighbours do under the guise of "Protecting their property values"

Texas did just ban additional local requirements for facade design (or did the governor veto? I don't think so) so same difference. All of those rules were under the guise of 'protecting property values'. Most DFW cities had percentage of brick or stone facade requirements and 'local character' requirements - no longer enforceable.


Honestly banning single family zoning, but keeping local facade requirements, would have been slightly smarter.

[Katana49]

"She also wanted to make clear that the bill is not a ban on single-family homes."


Do you think maybe you should actually read the articles before posting?

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Treasurevalley92

No, never.

Too many people want to control what their neighbours do under the guise of "Protecting their property values"

If Texas wanted to be totally free market they would be removing parking minimums, zoning and only keep basic safety standards, but most Texans (like most Americans, let's be fair) are fake free market capitalists NIMBYs.

There's no guise to it. Building triplexes or whatever along Essex, Strait, Beverly, Park Ln., Westover Dr. and a thousand other streets in DFW would gut existing property values.

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"Texas" nor any sane locale in recent human history has claimed to be, "totally free market". That kind of thing is Ludwig von Mises/Henry Hazlitt/Murray Rothbard/Ron Paul failed libertarianism.

[CREW747]

Ultimately,the bill jeopardizes the investments of both residents and corporations by not protecting the tax base via building standards.There are plenty of suburbs that are what they are today,valuable and desirable due to their high building standards.Forcing towns and cities to have virtually no building standards for facades/making things look uniform/cosmetically desirable,is a nightmare situation.Things like barn tin buildings, on both residential and commercial lots, would be allowed without local masonry regulations that this bill preempts.When property values go unprotected by minimum standards,the at-large tax base is devalued, resulting in higher taxes for everybody.

[tcualum]

The problem with Texas is that too many of the state government lawmakers are hypocrites. They raise hell when they feel like the federal government is telling them what to do but they think cities and towns should not be able to dictate local affairs if they don't personally agree with what the city or town chooses.

[UnfairPark]

Originally Posted by Katana49

"She also wanted to make clear that the bill is not a ban on single-family homes."


Do you think maybe you should actually read the articles before posting?

Don’t kill the messenger. I only copied NPR’s heading and zoning issues can escalate anytime anywhere.

[UnfairPark]

Originally Posted by tcualum

The problem with Texas is that too many of the state government lawmakers are hypocrites. They raise hell when they feel like the federal government is telling them what to do but they think cities and towns should not be able to dictate local affairs if they don't personally agree with what the city or town chooses.

True dat.