Posted on 06/24/2021 7:28:33 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The “infrastructure” bill is NOT - to the Left - about infrastructure.
It is filled with dozens of ways the bill will insert federally imposed “diversity”, CRT, “disparate impact”, “affordable housing” criteria, goals, allocations, mandates and regulations into state and local land use decisions.
It is total city land use regulation from the deep state in Washington D.C., on Leftist identity politics agendas.
And the stupid RINOs in the Senate have their attention on none of that and are only concerning themselves with the dollars in the bills.
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You give an interesting perspective from another state. Where I live rents are all free market, except those who do section 8. And yes most of the suburbs have some apartments, but they are older. Newer apartments have not been built in most suburbs of Chicago where I live in a long time. Especially the larger three bedroom type that would mean families with kids moving into them.
In NJ the places with “rent control” are primarily the urban dumps - and those policies prevent any type of renaissance because those protected in those apartments never leave (meaning unassimilated predators would target anyone moving into a nearby “revitalized” area). Many of our larger apartments are in older buildings, while new constructions are almost always designed for childless worker drones (fewer detached single-family homes or large apartments). Public schools here really are devastating for municipal budgets, because the teachers’ unions in particular place huge burdens on taxpayers.
They’ve turned a part-time job into a lucrative paycheck higher than most private-sector jobs, and their retirement packages haven’t been offered to most private-sector workers in many decades.
Tucker Carlson had a segment on this tonight.
The Obama/ Biden Infrastructure plan is coming to your suburb very soon when the plan is implemented with little resistance from Republicans.
— INVESTIGATION —
June 24, 2021
Towns could have to chose between forfeiting the money or allowing apartments in every neighborhood and allowing suburban lots to be subdivided for as many houses as will fit
Stealth Goal Of Infrastructure Plan Could Be To Abolish The Suburbs By Bribing Towns To Change Zoning Laws
Democrats may use their massive “infrastructure” plan to bribe local governments to essentially abolish suburbs, by making grants contingent upon towns and counties allowing apartments in any neighborhood, including those currently limited to single-family homes.
That creates two scenarios, both of which benefit Democrats seeking power: If jurisdictions want to preserve a small-town feel, they must turn down the money, meaning the massive infusion of taxpayer dollars turns into a bonanza for Democratic-dominated cities, while leaving others out
Or if centrist suburbs give in to the temptation to take the money, they would essentially be signing a contract to become architecturally dense, like cities — and once those apartments and townhouses were built and filled with residents, they’d likely become solidly Democrat, like most urban areas. Both outcomes would irrevocably and fundamentally transform the country.
USA Today reported in April that “Biden’s proposal would award grants and tax credits to cities that change zoning laws to bolster more equitable access to affordable housing. A house with a white picket fence and a big backyard for a Fourth of July barbecue may be a staple of the American dream, but experts and local politicians say multifamily zoning is key to combating climate change, racial injustice, and the nation’s growing affordable housing crisis.”
The logic is that minorities are “trapped in crowded neighborhoods” that are not pleasant to live in. Yet the solution, under this logic, appears to be making the places suburbanites live more crowded, with apartments and townhouses
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