Workforce Housing - A Global Conspiracy

- By Joseph A. Lypowy

    I Have great admiration for Reverend David Joynt of the First Presbyterian Church and Rabbi Hammerman of Temple B’nai Israel, both located in Dover Township. Not only are they advocates for affordable housing, but also exemplify how religious leaders of different faiths can work together for the common good.
    I believe we all agree that housing should be affordable. I think the main issue is by what means affordability is achieved. I happen to believe that it can be done through the free market system with an emphasis on low density housing.
    When I first heard the term “workforce housing”, my first thought was government bureaucracy and subsidized housing. I did some internet research and entered “workforce housing” into my trusty search engine. Low and behold, articles pop up about workforce housing initiatives taking place all over the country. I also found articles promoting “workforce housing” on liberal agenda websites. I also found global workforce housing initiatives in the European Union and that we can attribute at least some of these housing schemes to United Nations socialist programs.
   The main factor contributing to the rise in housing costs is land prices escalating as available land becomes scarce. If you analyze the percentage of private vs. public land ownership, you will find that the government controls most of the land, and it is taking more and more land out of the private sector under the guise of environmentalism. United Nations global land initiatives are being encouraged throughout the world leading to deprivatetization of private land and promoting government regulated socialist type housing. A secondary factor in the rise of living costs is the ever increasing tax burdens which are being placed on taxpayers.
   In Dover Township, we recently saw the rezoning of a low density affordable mobile home tract to that of a high density affordable housing zone. Was this done to create more affordable housing or to maximize the profitability for the developers? If you dig into who are the real players behind the push for “affordable housing” in our community you will find high density housing developers and COAH lawyers.