Posted on 12/01/2001 9:41:34 AM PST by George Frm Br00klyn Park
Every house, car, uniform, height, weight, and diet the same. Hail Hitler!
From The Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook, Chapter 4 p.63...
The report of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, “Not in My Back Yard” Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O, 1991) recommended that “each [s]tate undertake an ongoing action program of regulatory barrier removal and reform at the state and local levels.” Ibid., at 7-6.
GROWING SMARTSM LEGISLATIVE GUIDEBOOK PHASES I & II INTERIM EDITION PAGE 4-62
Because it is important to have widespread participation by various groups affected by housing programs, the model legislation includes a housing advisory committee to advise the state agency when it is preparing the plan. Legislation based on this model may also specify the number of committee members, what interests they represent, and their terms. Typical members might include representatives of: the construction industry; home builders; home mortgage lending profession; economic development profession; real estate sales profession; apartment management and operation industry; nonprofit housing development industry; homeless shelter operators; lower-income persons; public housing authorities (both residents and those involved in public housing management); special needs populations; advocacy groups for affordable housing; and local governments in the state.
(4) The state housing plan shall at a minimum consist of the following:
(a) an evaluation of and summary statistics on housing conditions for the state[,] [all substate districts designated pursuant to [Section [6-602]],] [[and] counties] for all economic segments. The evaluation shall include the existing distribution of housing by type, size, gross rent, value, and, to the extent data are available, condition, the existing distribution of households by gross annual income and size, and the number of middle-, moderate-, and low-income households that pay more than [28] percent of their gross annual household income for owner-occupied housing and [30] percent of their gross annual household income for rental housing.
(b) a projection for each of the next [5] years of total housing needs, including needs for middle-, moderate-, and low-income and special needs housing in terms of units necessary to be built or rehabilitated for the state[,] [all substate districts designated pursuant to [Section [6-602]],] [[and] counties];
(c) a discussion of the capabilities, constraints, and degree of progress made by the public and private sectors in meeting the affordable housing needs and special housing needs of the state;
(d) an identification and comprehensive assessment of state and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing, including building, housing, zoning, subdivision and related codes, and their administration;90
(e) goals for each of the next [5] years for the production of housing units, both new and rehabilitated, for middle-, moderate-, and low-income and special needs housing for CHAPTER 4 the state, [all substate districts designated pursuant to [Section [6-602],][[and] counties];
(f) based on an analysis of subparagraphs (4)(a) through (4)(e) above, specific recommendations, policies, programs, and/or proposals for legislation for meeting the affordable housing needs and special housing needs of the state, including, but not limited to:
1. financing for the acquisition, rehabilitation, preservation, or construction of housing;
2.
Land Grab, anyone?
They are worse than terrorists with their "sleeper cells." They are in control of our legal and law enforcement systems. They have totally infested our multi-level governments to an extent far greater than Joe MaCarthy ever immagined the Communist infestation.
It's gone too far! The only way to stop them is to pray the results of their infantile folly causes a collapse that doesn't totally melt-down our Constitutional Republic along with it.
In the meantime... look for hope in new ideas like Carry_Okie's to lead the nation back to objective, rational and Constitutional principles!
The budget of the County of Santa Cruz is now over $400,000,000 for a county of 250,000 people, and they think that they are a poor county! Much of it goes for mental health and disability. The phone book of departments reads like a swill of every politically correct fantasy imaginable. You should see the infrastructure, the place is falling apart (especially roads). The forests are a firebomb. The meadows are over-run with weeds. It's pretty for now (as long as you don't know what you are looking at), but the piper will have to be paid eventually and it won't be cheap.
As one who used to live in Portland, I can attest to the fact that they are trying to regulate everything. And, in my 7 years there, real estate values skyrocketed. After 5 1/2 years looking, we found one lovely acre OUTSIDE the urban growth boundary...the last time I checked, the average lot size in Portland was 6500 sq. ft. For goodness sakes...the Mayor wants to cover I-405 and build houses on top! Plus, if she had her way, she would *move* I-5 further east so that she could have her greenspace along the east side of the Willamette River! Needless to say, I try my best not to drop a dime in Multnomah County...much less Portland. BTW, I do still live in the Metro area...just NOT inside the urban growth boundary.
I saw this on my self search feature and had to come here first. I have not read the whole thread so I hope that if I have repeated what another FReeper posted, I will be forgiven.;o)
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