The danger with zoning laws is that gives the property rights to the government. I have seen some rather horrid zoning laws banning everything from the color of the door to the house to how many children a family may have (yes, that was a zoning law, not a HOA code).
While I understand not wanting to import the ghetto, taking away property rights of the owners is a very dangerous precedent.
“The danger with zoning laws is that gives the property rights to the government.”
I can see restrictions on the number of rental unit properties in a city/neighborhood, and don’t see it as taking property rights.
If it’s a single family home, you can live in it, sell it, or rent it.
What you couldn’t do is buy up a bunch of big old houses and make 2-3 apartments in each one. All that does is create section 8 ghetto.
Redlining is illegal and so is refusing section 8, the only option left is limiting rental units, or giving up and letting the ghetto take over.