Homelessness

[Mark Steckbeck]

    An interesting news story affirming my contention that zoning
restrictions contribute to homelessness is the push by a few northern
Virginia state lawmakers to enact a state law outlawing residents from
sleeping in any rooms of their homes other than their bedrooms. Their
reasoning is that poor people (read: immigrants) tend to rent single-family
homes and then pack them with roommates using every room, including the
kitchen, as bedrooms.

Mark Steckbeck