Posted on 02/15/2022 2:37:03 AM PST by Kaslin
During the Obama administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was the primary weapon used against single-family zoning in the suburbs. The left is now leading the assault with state laws to supersede local zoning laws and force multi-family projects into suburban neighborhoods. Their efforts in New York could reverberate across the nation if successful.
Proposed New York State Senate S.4547 would override local zoning to permit the construction of accessory dwelling units as small as 550 square feet on residential property for the purposes of rental. Existing accessory dwelling ordinances, which have been adopted to accommodate family members living in these units, would be voided immediately, completely usurping municipal home rule powers for single-family zoning districts. Municipalities would be prevented from imposing barriers to the units, including parking requirements, setbacks, or allowable residential density. This is a legislative camel's nose into the tent to institutionalize state authority.
In a January 25 letter to the Westchester County Municipal Officials Association, primary legislative sponsor Senator Peter Harckham, a Democrat, wrote, "[W]e can move forward in our shared goal of fighting the housing affordability crisis. Moreover, I am thrilled [that] Governor Kathy Hochul agrees, and has including our legislation in her Executive Budget proposal, while earmarking $85 million to legalize these units and ensure they are safe."
Hochul's plan to expand "affordable housing" by fiat goes farther in imposing mandates and eroding local zoning. Her executive budget allocates $25 billion over five years to create 100,000 affordable dwellings. In addition, once local zoning has been overridden for accessory dwellings, the governor plans to introduce legislation to force construction of multi-family residences in and around Metro-North train stations and bus stops.
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Well, all those illegals and so-called refugees that Deep State is flooding into NYS have to live somewhere.
This is what happens when Deep State replaces makers with takers.
Note to private property owners: Unless RCV is repealed in NYC and the state goes back to dumb voting machines, plan on voting with your feet.
If people thought illegal multi-family dwellings were bad, they ain’t seen nuthin’ yet...
This is rich coming from NYS.
Guess where most cases of CoupFlu were contracted?
At home.
Guess where communicable diseases can spread like wildfire?
In overcrowded, cramped housing conditions where sick occupants can’t isolate.
BTTT.
During the Obama administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was the primary weapon used against single-family zoning in the suburbs.
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Call it the “BlackRock Amendment”.
1. Allow multi-family zoning in the suburbs.
2. BlackRock pays over-list for any single family house in the suburbs.
3. BlackRock rents rooms in the house to multiple families no longer able to afford their own home.
A permanent serf class replaces the middle class, ensuring only the elites own anything.
Just another example for the people here who think they can hide out in Idaho and somehow NOT be affected by what happens in DC (a necessary pre-condition for conservatives who claim nothing can get worse, for them, if Democrats win). In this case, it’s only NY state, but it will be federal, once they have the power to do it...and we all know that.
Irony:
Herd immunity was speeded by such families & housing situations.
Nothing to see here. Just the DemocRATS “Every Neighborhood a Slum” Program.
Hillary Clinton to introduce Governor Hochul at New York State Democratic Committee Convention
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