“Defenders vs. disrupters: The debate over preserving neighborhood character in Ann Arbor”

By Ryan Stanton and McKenna Ross

MLive/Ann Arbor News

July 26, 2020

Article: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/07/defenders-vs-disrupters-the-debate-over-preserving-neighborhood-character-in-ann-arbor.html

“…Savabieasfahani is concerned Ann Arbor has become ‘a segregated town for the rich.’

“For decades, city government has favored private development over the needs of working people, she said.

“ ‘Single-family zoning drives Black residents out of Ann Arbor,’ she said. ‘Single-family zoning, which has been abolished in Grand Rapids and Minneapolis, is racist to the bone, from its earliest days until now. Ann Arbor needs to abolish single-family zoning to facilitate public housing.’

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“Savabieasfahani clarified she doesn’t want to see neighborhoods become ‘hunting ground for private developers to gentrify,’ but she does support public housing.”

Article: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/07/defenders-vs-disrupters-the-debate-over-preserving-neighborhood-character-in-ann-arbor.html