Or maybe they want the government to build blocks of Stalinesque apartment towers?
I am familiar with that area. I’d have to do more research on this particular issue, but the statute in question seems like it’s exactly what I would expect in a small town fighting against an invasion of illegal aliens and “refugees.”
Or maybe they want the government to build blocks of Stalinesque apartment towers?
Ripped from the pages of Atlas Shrugged: the Equalization of Opportunity Act.
In years past it used to be illegal to park marked commercial vehicles in a residentially zoned neighborhood in my Florida county.
I believe it still is.
In the Fort Myers area, people apply and remove magnetic labels to their vehicles on a work day basis.
In the UK, there is much opposition to people owning second homes.
In the US, there is much opposition to ‘Wall Street’ entities gobbling up houses.
A couple with a baby often have the baby in a crib IN their bedroom.
This is nuts.
Governments are going way outside their job description doing things they have no business doing
There are thousands of towns in America who are having this issue. Short term leasing and even long term leasing is a change in the way housing is used. And its a change in the local economics of every town.
The reality is that short term leasers normally come in and fix up the property. I know this doesn’t always happen. I have seen places in LA where they housed 12 people each with their own lease in a 2 bedroom range where even the garage was divided into three bedrooms. Normally the renters are illegals. paying cash by the week.
But the most common situation in most towns are AirB&Bs that sell weekends to tourists. Somebody comes in and rents for a couple nights a week. Which is enough to pay the property taxes and maybe the mortgage if there is one.
They are driving up property taxes because they are driving up property values. And that is where the profit is. Holding the land they are not looking for too much monthly profits. Many are just waiting for the land values to increase. Then sell the land a decade later for a lot more money.
If you want your house value to go up its great. In LA and San Francisco property values are still increasing as drug addicts and poop fill the streets. Same is true in Portland and Vancouver.
The issue is that these places need to be regulated. They need to be inspected. And they need to pay taxes. AirB7B does everything it can to help its renters hide from local governments. And often the local governments have people on the board who are AirB&B renters without disclosing it.
Landlords often make big profits off lousy housing units taxed way under the community average while single family resident homeowners pay far more than the community average in property tax on their houses.
i agree that a family of more than 2 can’t (shouldn’t)rent a 1 bedroom place. i’m so glad we sold our rental!
The law will give local renters a chance to buy houses for themselves before the Mr. Potters of the 21st Century snap them up.
Numbers that work for landlords can work for local renters.
Give local renters time to save up to make downpayments.
Deep State hates competition.
Mr. & Mrs. One Bedroom might have a bundle of joy in nine months or less and might not be in the position to move in 12 months.
“It shall be unlawful for the occupancy of any one-bedroom to exceed two persons.”
Perhaps:
It shall be unlawful for the occupancy of any one-bedroom to exceed two persons plus their offspring born during their tenancy.
The left hates private property. It can’t seize it all, just yet. Instead, it puts restrictions on what owners can do with their property, thus diluting the value of the property.
So... a young couple saving up for a house in this brutal market cannot rent a one-bedroom and have a baby, because that’s three people.
I grew up in the next town over and lived in Monroe as a child. Hasidic Jews have bought up most of the real estate there and driven most of the locals out. They bring in illegals from Eastern Europe and South America to work as “domestics”. They have complete political control because they vote in a block and Albany kisses their ass. This is the folks that are left trying to hold on.