This is an idea that governmental agencies in the Bay Area have been planning, pushing, advocating, and moving forward for nearly 30 years. I remember some years ago, they wanted to get rid of parking spaces at businesses, so as to force people to use public transportation. They figured if there was not parking at your work, then you would have to take the bus, ride a bike, yatta, yatta.
That evolved to only getting rid of some of the parking placed but making businesses pay for those spaces. Every scheme you can think of, they have it covered.
Ideally, here is what they want. They want folks to live upstairs of where they work. Yup, that’s right. You just slip on the old green worksuit and little red star, head down the stairs and begin slicing bologna or whatever your job is deemed to be by the state. isn’t it glorious!
isn’t it glorious!
Truly! /s
Here in NJ single-family homes are sitting on the market because of the drop in birthrate; unless a homeowner can convert it to a 2-family there is too much space for a couple with either a child or a pet (and the taxes are prohibitive). Many towns turn a blind eye to such modifications, and when they are alerted they tend to allow the 2 family to remain (with increased taxes, of course).
While I see the trend against single family homes continuing, I see demographics rather than (though maybe due to) government policy driving it.