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How Vancouver made affordability illegal (www.straight.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When it comes to addressing the housing crisis, few people think about zoning. The correlation isn’t easily apparent, despite this being the most powerful tool cities have.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

More than one word: zoning was used as a weapon of class warfare a long time ago and needs updating.

Also: cheap clickbait title to a news page littered with notification/subscription spam. Archive.is is needed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

zoning was used as a weapon of class warfare a long time ago and needs updating.

Is it not working as a weapon anymore?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Only in the deep recesses of the minds of people who will only ever see themselves as victims.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd be curious to hear why restrictive zoning limiting access to a majority of our largest cities is not considered weaponizing. Do you really think this isn't a problem anymore?

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