You have read the new HUD rules, right? And the recent Supreme Court decision on the use of disparate impact in housing policy? Or at least seen the various threads here on them?
Of particular interest is the part in the new HUD rules that orders localities to look at housing outcomes from a regional perspective. Again, there have been threads here on that, worth looking over. In any event, from the new HUD rules outer-ring suburbs and even exurbs get drawn into the “urban” areas for calculating impact.
One solution is not to take HUD money. But thanks to the Supreme Court decision on disparate impact that may not even be enough to escape court judgements (or, more likely, consent decrees from cowed local leaders).
The only way would be to tie the land up now, someway.
I realize your concern of impending encroachments of our collects rights of freedom. But it is no reason to tax a free individual because others are used to something else.
The way to "tie up" the land is to own it. Ergo my prior statement.
However, the most devious way is to use their rules and foibles against them. Next time you see water, a drainage ditch or the like on some publically owned property you're concerned about, you could file a protest and statement of concern about that "wetlands" at so and so place. it all degrades from there. Pit them against themselves.