Socialist elected officials are beating the drum to change zoning to allow multifamily and “affordable” housing in areas that have been primarily suburban in character.
Elected officials from across the region said they would need to stand their ground on new housing…
Greensboro Mayor Pro Tem Denise Turner Roth agreed.
“We can have ordinances every day,” Roth said. “The real question comes to the votes. And when those requests come before you, and you have the community standing in front of you saying, ‘We don’t want to see these changes, and we like things the way they are,’ then you have to have the wherewithal to be able to stand there and stand in the space.”
Roth also said affordable housing should be spread more evenly throughout the city. She specifically mentioned District 3 – where the land at the center of the New Irvin Park lawsuit is located – and District 4 as areas “where we’re going to need to see more density, more multifamily, more opportunity.”
Then Governor Josh Stein piped in:
The governor said there was a need to add new housing of all types, and he called on local governments to “consider changes to our local zoning laws that could encourage more construction.”
Denise Turner-Roth’s statements serve development interests. But they also serve the interests of the local government blob. When you have “infill”– i.e., multifamily housing in previously suburban areas– then tax revenues for the city explode. That serves the interests of those who want big local government and those who want to create many well-paying positions within city government.
But when she advocates spreading “affordable housing” throughout the city, she also is advocating spreading higher crime levels throughout the city. We have already seen that trend developing.
These people do not want our best interests served.
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