DOI proposing to turn public lands into housing

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Statement from the DOI

I’ll let the DOI do their own talking, but they have a very cheerful spin on the prospect of selling off public lands in this article. They’re setting up a joint task force to Identify “underutilized” public land and streamline the process for off-loading and/or building on it.
 
It’s here. The fight for public lands is at our doorstep. There’s still going to be people here commenting that we need to wait and see but I for one will not. Corporations have bought up single family homes for air bnbs and drove the prices crazy. That’s what needs to change for housing prices, not developing our public lands.
 
None of it sounds good, but my guess is it’ll die at the state level. Most federal land that hunters use is too remote to be practical for the logistics of “affordable housing” residents, and anything closer to metropolitan areas is usually surrounded by ranches or wealthy communities that won’t want to have those projects ruin their view and property values.

Standing by for letters and petitions though.
 
Insane, heard 7 million housing units, roughly 20-30 million people, put on wintering grounds? Well there goes MD pops, there go draw odds for R and NR alike
 
The issue isn’t just land, it’s everyone of these messed up local jurisdictions charging thousands in permits and development fees, it can be in excess of 50k a lot in fees and take years, more land won’t solve that issue.


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The issue isn’t just land, it’s everyone of these messed up local jurisdictions charging thousands in permits and development fees, it can be in excess of 50k a lot in fees and take years, more land won’t solve that issue.


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This is the damndest truth. Looking at putting an ADU on my property, might have to get a new water and sewer tap, something like 80k in fees, before I have to pay for the lines to get pulled, seems like the only builders making money are those building the 400 unit apartments or multi million dollar spec homes, affordable housing… with the permitting and fees they bleed you dry before you ever break ground…
 
This is the damndest truth. Looking at putting an ADU on my property, might have to get a new water and sewer tap, something like 80k in fees, before I have to pay for the lines to get pulled, seems like the only builders making money are those building the 400 unit apartments or multi million dollar spec homes, affordable housing… with the permitting and fees they bleed you dry before you ever break ground…

Having built large multi family developments, the fees are unreal, multi million dollars on a couple projects.


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Not for affordable housing, but seems like a good deal for hunters.

In exchange for the rich mineral deposit parcels, the BLM will receive approximately 116,042 acres of isolated state lands within many of these protected areas, which will help consolidate and simplify management of public lands in the areas.
 
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