[Durham INC] The case against historic districts

[Joshua Allen]

The logic is flawed. We pass laws all the time that create rules about what people can and cannot do.  We have anti drug laws, laws that regulate alcohol sales, etc.  And those are as much about personal freedom as property laws. No one got my permission to prevent me from growing marijuana for personal use for example. But the majority have imposed that. That's how democracy works. 

--Joshua 
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> On Feb 1, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Janet Martell <ninth.st at frontier.com> wrote:
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> Here's an article that will be reprinted in the Free Press this month:
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> http://inthesetimes.com/article/18732/expand-housing-assistance-to-the-poor-and-middle-class-is-actually-easier-t
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> Jan Martell
> Cleveland-Holloway
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>> On Feb 1, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Pat Carstensen wrote:
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>> I am not forwarding this because I agree with it, but because we need to keep making the argument that with the plague of expensive new residential construction, affordability is well-aligned with affordability.
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>> http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/01/why-historic-preservation-districts-should-be-a-thing-of-the-past/431598/?utm_source=nl__link2_020116
>> The Case Against Historic-Preservation Districts
>> www.citylab.com
>> GOP lawmakers in Midwestern states say such neighborhood designations infringe on homeowners’ rights. But really they stand in the way of affordable housing.
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