Seth Rolbein’s latest post, Buying open space, pushing big-lot zoning, provides a straightforward discussion of the need and possibilities for affordable housing on Cape Cod. The loss of affordable housing has transformed daily life, including hollowing out communities, increasing traffic, and endangering health.
Seth shows clearly how the loss of affordable housing was not due to protecting open space for conservation and recreation. Instead, decades of zoning battles that emphasized single-family homes and ever-larger lot sizes drove up costs “and ignored alternatives like more density in well-selected places.”
Wellfleet Conservation Trust 