Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How Mark Zuckerberg Might Attack The Affordable Housing Crisis | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

[Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

Zoning is tricky stuff.  If the taxi driver's neighborhood is seriously 
up-zoned, then the local assessor could reasonably conclude his lot is worth 
more, and increase the driver's taxes.  On the other hand, if an up-zoning led 
to more housing construction and increased housing supply (sometimes it does, 
sometimes not), the value of his property might fall.

There's an awful lot wrong with the American housing market.  I'd be slow to 
blame it on zoning, or try to fix it with zoning reform as my main tool.

Thanks,
Philip Dowds
Cornerstone Cohousing
Cambridge, MA

> On Sep 13, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Brian Bartholomew via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
> [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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> 
> First time I visited San Francisco, the taxi driver told me his ordinary 
> 1,200 SF suburban house was now worth $430,000.  This was because zoning 
> would not allow density increases.
> 
> Do you think Zuckerberg will try to get zoning repealed?
> 
> Brian
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