| We oppose allowing more multi-family homes because multi-story buildings cast shadows. | + | We oppose allowing more multi-family homes to preserve large trees on residential lots. |
| We oppose allowing more micro-housing to preserve single-family homes for families. | + | Renting individual rooms in a single-family house is a great option for groups of young singles. |
| We must preserve single-family homes as ownership opportunities. | + | Single-family homes are great because twenty percent of them are rentals. |
| I support zoning that bans duplexes and triplexes, even at the same size as single-family homes. | + | I encourage 2-3 families to co-buy a single-family home together if they can’t afford one on their own. |
| We’re concerned about renters not taking as much care of where they live as owners would. | + | When owners let older single-family homes get rundown they become affordable rental housing. |
| We oppose allowing multi-family homes in single family zones because it’s important to maintain the supply of single-family detached homes. | + | We oppose allowing lots two or tree times as large as those many older homes sit on to be subdivided in order to build new single-family detached homes. |
| The equity in my single-family home doesn’t matter, because I just want to live here and never want to move. | + | I oppose allowing multi-family homes near my single-family home because their proximity might reduce its value. |
| We must have lots of single-family zoning because yards and gardens are among the most important things for families to have. | + | Having lots of single-family zoning isn’t a problem because families who can’t afford to live in it can live in high-rises along freeways. |
| It’s mean to describe single-family zoning as “exclusionary.” | + | If people can’t afford a single-family home here, they should just go elsewhere. |
| New homes must be required to have off-street parking on the property. | + | My home does not have off-street parking on the property. |
| We’re mad as hell traffic has made travel by car subject to unpredictable delays. | + | “Frequent bus service” must be defined as 100% predictable arrival times. |
| We must charge developers impact fees to fix [whatever – e.g., sewers] to mitigate the impact of growth. | + | [Whatever – e.g., sewers] has been a problem for decades, so we can’t accommodate any new growth. |
| Housing prices are being inflated by foreign speculators who never intend to live here. | + | Traffic is terrible, busses are full, and “Tech Bros” are overrunning the neighborhood. |
| My difficulty finding street parking should be treated as a negative externality caused by property developers, even though they aren’t the ones doing the parking. | + | My windfall home equity shouldn’t be treated as a positive externality caused by the tech industry, even though its mine and I didn’t found Amazon. |
Rezone Seattle 