District Court Judge Joseph Klein has again ordered Minneapolis to revert back to its 2030 comprehensive plan following a years-long lawsuit from environmental groups.

The 2040 plan is mainly an ending of single-family zoning. Anecdotally, I've seen a lot more apartments going up around the Twin Cities in the last few years. The Frey regime are neoliberal ghouls, and this is a classic YIMBY approach to tackling housing shortages. The opponents of this plan are somehow even worse, an astroturfed army of KKKarens.

Choice quote: "Residents of color already face significant barriers to home ownership, which would have been exacerbated under the plan as a result of reduced access to and availability of single family properties," said activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, a member of the plaintiffs' legal team, in a statement calling Tuesday's ruling a "major victory."

What are the Hexbear thoughts on this whole situation?

  • regul [any]
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    1 year ago

    This is exactly what people mean when they say left NIMBYs.

    Single family zoning is indefensible, and yet time and again, people who should know better side with rich white people to defend the status quo.