Housing Concerns and Illegal Immigration
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Illegal Immigration is a hot button topic all across the United States, but when it comes to real estate, the issue is being addressed head on in many communities. Very often, homes are rented and then shared by an amazing amount of people. Many communities are meeting this issue head on with zoning rules to try to bring these homes up to local standards.
These standards can also help rental home owners as homes that have a dozen occupants can create a degree of wear and tear way beyond what is customary.
Attempts to manage occupancy aren’t new. College towns such as Chapel Hill, N.C., have rules about how many students can live together off campus. But from Cobb County, Ga., to Herndon County, Va., the focus is increasingly on Hispanic immigrants who interpret the term “mother-in-law apartment” very broadly.
Some critics say it is an attempt to implement local anti-immigration laws using housing policy.
“Counties and cities are saying, if the federal government doesn’t do anything about [illegal immigration], we’ll do it a different way, and housing is one thing they’re looking at,” says Edgar Rivera, a Hispanic activist in Fairfax, Va. “What they’re doing is establishing laws that are specific to Hispanic people.”
In Manassas, Va., for example, an ordinance that says residents have to prove consanguinity, or direct relationship to the homeowner, makes it illegal for too many great-grandparents, nephews, and uncles to live together. Enacted in December, the law was suspended in early January after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) threatened to file a lawsuit against it. via csmonitor.com.
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Comment by Jessica Arellano on 22 June 2007:
why do u care?