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As ‘Blue’ States Rezone Their ‘Red’ Suburbs, It’s Not Really About ‘Affordable Housing’

As ‘Blue’ States Rezone Their ‘Red’ Suburbs, It’s Not Really About ‘Affordable Housing’
A site plan for the city of Capistrano's new city hall, with a new affordable housing complex next to it. Screenshot via the City of San Juan Capistrano
J.G. Collins
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Commentary
A recent opinion piece in The New York Times titled “The Era of Shutting Others Out of New York’s Suburbs Is Ending“ discussed a growing trend among state legislatures, particularly in ”blue” states, to force changes in local zoning laws in the suburbs to allow more multifamily housing.
J.G. Collins
J.G. Collins
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J.G. Collins is managing director of the Stuyvesant Square Consultancy, a strategic advisory, market survey, and consulting firm in New York. His writings on economics, trade, politics, and public policy have appeared in Forbes, the New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, The Hill, The American Conservative, and other publications.
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