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Dems Seek To Outlaw Suburban, Single-Family House Zoning, Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment
[Daily Caller] Democrats in Virginia may override local zoning to bring high-density housing, including public housing, to every neighborhood statewide ‐ whether residents want it or not.

The measure could quickly transform the suburban lifestyle enjoyed by millions, permitting duplexes to be built on suburban lots in neighborhoods previously consisting of quiet streets and open green spaces. Proponents of "upzoning" say the changes are necessary because suburbs are bastions of segregation and elitism, as well as bad for the environment.

The move, which aims to provide "affordable housing," might be fiercely opposed by local officials throughout the state, who have deliberately created and preserved neighborhoods with particular character ‐ some dense and walkable, others semi-rural and private ‐ to accommodate people’s various preferences.

But Democrats tout a state-level law’s ability to replace "not in my backyard" with "yes, in your backyard."

House Delegate Ibraheem Samirah,
...the Joo-hating, Chicago-born, Palestinian-American dentist who spent his teen years in Jordan after his illegal immigrant father, Dr. Sabri Ibrahim Samirah, chair of the Hamas-linked Islamic Association of Palestine and a leader in the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, was barred in 2002 from re-entering the U.S. before being allowed back in 2010. In his own dawah outreach, this friend of Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined a Jewish fraternity as a poli sci undergrad, was an activist for Students for Justice in Palestine while in dental school, and has since become an advocate for BDS...
a Democrat, introduced six housing measures Dec. 19, coinciding with Democrats’ takeover of the state legislature in November.

"Single-family housing zones would become two-zoned," Samirah told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "Areas that would be impacted most would be the suburbs that have not done their part in helping out."

"The real issues are the areas in between very dense areas which are single-family zoned. Those are the areas that the state is having significant trouble dealing with. They’re living in a bubble," he said.

He said suburbs were "mostly white and wealthy" and that their local officials ‐ who have historically been in charge of zoning ‐ were ignoring the desires of poor people, who did not have time to lobby them to increase suburban density.
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-12-25
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=559361