Archinect - News 2024-11-17T03:17:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/72753489/how-zoning-affects-the-wealth-gap How zoning affects the wealth gap Alexander Walter 2013-05-08T12:40:00-04:00 >2013-05-13T18:55:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0e/0e7644d658ec8a41c636751f62735523?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A "snob zone" is a place that uses restrictive zoning in a residential area to keep certain types of housing -- and therefore people -- out, says Lisa Prevost. Prevost&rsquo;s book, Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate, comes out today and focuses on several towns in the Northeast [...]. For instance, one zoning law considered by the town would require people to have a minimum lot size of four acres in the town.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>