Local governments, which have been granted near unchecked authority by state governments, are entirely captured by homeowners.
I'm not fully clear on this statement. Is it putting forth that local governments shouldn't be controlled by the people who are local, or is it saying that homeowners hold more power than renters? If the former, that's just silly. If the latter, renters get the same one vote per person as everybody else. If they don't care enough to vote that's their problem.
Homeowners, like everybody else, vote in their own best interest. If you want higher-density housing figure out a way that it makes a place better for its inhabitants, not worse. Personally I've never lived in a city that got better as it got bigger and I vote accordingly.
I'm not fully clear on this statement. Is it putting forth that local governments shouldn't be controlled by the people who are local, or is it saying that homeowners hold more power than renters? If the former, that's just silly. If the latter, renters get the same one vote per person as everybody else. If they don't care enough to vote that's their problem.
Homeowners, like everybody else, vote in their own best interest. If you want higher-density housing figure out a way that it makes a place better for its inhabitants, not worse. Personally I've never lived in a city that got better as it got bigger and I vote accordingly.