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Dems Seek To Outlaw Suburban, Single-Family House Zoning, Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment
2019-12-25
[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.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#25  and a dollar goes into The Bee jar.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-12-25 22:39  

#24  As "muckferdoo" used to say: Meat is murder.

To which we can add:
Suburbs = "toxic sprawl"
Single-family suburban homes with yards = like, fascism dude
Cars, highways, gasoline = agents of the counter-revolution that Must Be Destroyed
White males = phallocratic felons
Guns = signs of the devil
Founders of the American Republic = war criminals
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-25 22:18  

#23  Suburban houses are the new ‘okay’ sign.
Posted by: Airandee   2019-12-25 22:00  

#22  Just look at the low income high rises of Chicago. Where Valjar, the slumlord, has her slums.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-12-25 21:36  

#21  Progressivism is a way of maximising rent-seeking.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-12-25 18:33  

#20  Michael Totten's The Dark Towers of Paris(2004) is a blogpost about the horrors of planned neighborhoods. These slums are what the Democratic Party apparatchiks seem to think are success stories.
Posted by: magpie   2019-12-25 17:14  

#19  Diversity and Cultural Enrichment for everyone. Yeah Democrats.
Posted by: Snaitch Tingle2108   2019-12-25 16:31  

#18  If this includes the NoVans who voted for this, then (shrug).

Of course, none of these policies are about effectiveness or fairness; it's about pwning and trolling the normies and deplorables.
Posted by: charger   2019-12-25 16:15  

#17  A lot like Moscow. high rises, above ground heat pipes, nothing buy grey. So sexy...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-12-25 16:10  

#16  /\ You wouldn't want their property taxes or crowded two lane highways.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-25 16:03  

#15  Going to bet this initiative bypasses the "horse country" area of VA south of I-66 in Fauquier County where all the beltway bandits have bought up farms.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-12-25 15:24  

#14  "I'll take 'How Do We Get More Trump?' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: Matt   2019-12-25 14:42  

#13  Because it is now a crime to be white and wealthy, comrade. Don't you just love communism? Besides, we need housing for all those illegal aliens, I mean immigrants.
Posted by: One Eyed Ghibelline9404   2019-12-25 14:08  

#12  where's all that money going to come from?

From the dumb rubes who elected/let them be elected, natch.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-12-25 13:23  

#11  Joel Kotkin on California's neo-feudalism
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-25 12:51  

#10  Nice rant, Raj!
Keepin' the Rant in da 'burg
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-25 12:47  

#9  Dr. Samirah’s background suggests this is the soft jihad of the law rather than mere lefty nonsense. Check out the piece on him in The Federalist in July — the kid is connected.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-12-25 12:42  

#8  I am continually amazed at the Democrats' unique ability of seriously proposing galaxy-level stupid, unworkable ideas & policies (e.g, the Green New Deal) combined with strong totalitarian attributes, done under the guise of fairness and, oh yes, the ever precious diversity.

Plus, it's a nonstarter - where's all that money going to come from? Are they going to compel real estate developers to do this when they would otherwise not build them? You Dems gonna put a fuckin' gun to their head or something? These bastards need to be thrown out of office and down a huge flight of stairs.
Posted by: Raj   2019-12-25 12:09  

#7  The California Lefty approach - aka Neo-Feudalism
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-25 11:51  

#6  Urbanism is a disease. Eventually it will be eradicated.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-12-25 11:49  

#5  Yet somehow the elite very likely have an exception. Amazing how that works out.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-12-25 11:43  

#4  Attacking the enemy where he lives. How dare people build nice places they want to live in!
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-12-25 11:18  

#3  Picking up where 'Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac' left off.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-25 11:10  

#2  The Hive Collective is their goal. A disarmed tax herd to manage and control by the socialist state and the democrat elites. This doesn’t end well.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-12-25 11:04  

#1  Urban vs everyone else

How's SanFran working for you?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-25 10:41  

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