Zoning neighborhoods for single family houses now is being held to be racist. A politically diverse group, of race- and equality-obsessed leftists combined with freedom-loving libertarians, is heralding a radical change in zoning for the entire city of Minneapolis. I beg to dissent.  Basically, a city that has mostly been zoned for single-family houses will become a city characterized by three-family houses and larger apartment buildings. Photo credit Ron Reiring Notice that outside of the downtown built-up district, you see a sea of tree-tops, reflecting the leafy neighborhoods of single family homes that predominate, but which now will come to host apartments and multiple family dwellings. Ilya Somin, writing in Reason Magazine’s Volokh Conspiracy, hails the formal adoption of “Minneapolis 2040,” which he calls “a major blow for both property rights and affordable housing by enacting the most extensive reduction in zoning restrictions...(Read Full Post)