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Posted on 07/09/2015 12:53:17 PM PDT by thomasryan
If adopted, ideas being considered by a Seattle housing committee would be devastating to the city’s appeal, KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson said.
Get rid of single-family zoning in Seattle. That’s the big message in a draft report being worked on by Mayor Ed Murray’s housing committee, obtained by The Seattle Times.
According to a draft letter, the city needs to move away from the idea that all families can live in their own home on a piece of land, the Times reports.
“Today, as Seattle expands rapidly and experiences massive economic and population growth, we are held back by policies and historical precedents that are no longer viable for the long-term survival or our city,” the draft letter from committee co-chairs Faith Pettis and David Werthheimer states.
The draft letter says that single-family zoning has “roots in racial and class exclusion. The zoning remains “among the largest obstacles to realizing the city’s goals for equity and affordability,” the Times reports.
“So owning your own home, on your own lot, is a blow against equity, according to this draft report,” Dori said.
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Some of the challenges the city faces includes almost two-thirds of the urban land being restricted to single-family homes, the letter continues. The letter considers increasing density almost everywhere in the city, the Times reports.
With a 19-3 vote, the committee recommends replacing single-family zoning with zoning that would allow for more multi-unit buildings, according to the Times.
That means developers are going to buy up homes and turn them into duplexes and apartments, if the draft is approved, Dori said.
The draft is a working copy, which was seen by the committee last week, the Times reports. Pettis told the Times that parts of it were revised.
The draft recommendation is an example of the problem with the city, Dori said.
“This city is becoming unrecognizable,” Dori continued. “This is a blow against tradition.”
Agenda 21 squared.
At least they are out in the open with their Agenda 21.
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....single-family zoning has “roots in racial and class exclusion....
NO IT DOES NOT!!!! It has its roots in the history of this country (how America was settled) and in what became known as “the American dream”.
Communistic
Interesting that such an ad would appear in such an article.
I listen to KIRO basically when there’s nuthin else to do...
my question remains, what female names her infant son Dori?
Not to mention they have a new way of making commercials where they splice together a bunch of statements by someone.
Listening to Dori drone on and on and on and on and on and on without even taking a breath is not spellbinding, it’s irritating as hell!
AWB... AWB... AWB...
Jeesh already!
How about huge high rises, like in Blade Runner, with little hunter killer drones zooming up and down, and far down on the ground level youd have Equity Awareness rally areas, and controlled speech zones for eco advocacy?
Not long ago, it would have been surprising that this was proposed.
Today, it’s not surprising that it was proposed.
BUT, what is surprising is that it passed a city committee with a vote of 19-3. Aren’t these people worried about re-election? Or are they dangling block-busting sales techniques in front of the homeowners, enchanting them with visions of profitable buyouts while the city crumbles?
The concept of ‘property’ STILL escapes Liberals
Lots of cities have done this before. And the result was the turning of beautiful old properties into multi-family dwellings and crackhouses, and whole sections of city into slums.
It wasn't all that surprising to me. Did you catch the source of the article? -- govtslaves.info
Eliminating single-family zoning, as long as it doesn’t outlaw single-family housing, actually gives more freedom and power to landowners.
This is one of the ways Obama hopes to force Section 8 into nice neighborhoods.
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
This change would actually return more property rights to homeowners.
>>>> single-family zoning has “roots in racial and class exclusion
These people can see racial and class exclusion in anything. Blacks (or whatever race, class) also need / own single-family homes, you know.
I assume this would apply equally to Seattle resident Bill Gates and all of his business partners.
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