Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Is zoning the root of all evil?

[Brian Bartholomew (bb]

> IMHO, zoning, per se, is not the impediment to affordable housing or
> cohousing. The problem is with unintelligent and inflexible zoning
> based on rules and processes rather than principles.

There seem to be NO existing cohos built within reach of a city bus
route that are permitted to have really low-cost housing in an
evolving campground style.  Nobody seems to know of any urban/suburban
area that would allow it, anywhere in the US.

Unless some counterexamples appear, I think the claim is solid that
all known urban-ish zoning bans really low-cost housing.

                                                        Brian