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by JaimeThompson 1459 days ago
He didn't say zoning, he said homes so I was asking them why a single family home was elitist.
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The single family home zoning has the stuff like the minumum lot size and prohibitions on lot splitting or multiple homes on the same lot, which essentially sets a floor price to qualify for living there. And a minimum price will lead to minimum salary requirements for a mortgage, effectively locking out those below that income, hence elitism.
its clearly more expensive than the alternative.

it excluded poorer people from the area