'...we must individually reach out to our government leaders and tell them to Keep it Public!'
Misguided members of the Arizona legislature are using the affordable housing crisis to accomplish one of their long-standing goals: eliminating public land ownership. This year they passed their latest anti-public-lands efforts, House Concurrent Memorial 2002.
One must assume that “underused” public land is underused for a reason. Likely, it is remote and inaccessible. Those are not qualities someone typically looks for when choosing a home location, especially with high gas prices. For example, the closest federal public land to Phoenix is the Tonto National Forest, northeast of Mesa — easily a one-hour drive without traffic.
For a housing development to be “affordable” it would need either to be a low-income complex built through a Housing and Urban Development process or subject to strict rent control policies adopted by the state after being routed through the legislature to limit market rate trends.The reality is that special interests and politicians on the fringe of popular opinion are always looking for a new way to take control of our public lands and waters.
If you would like to join the Arizona Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and have your voice heard on issues like this, join us today at www.backcountryhunters.org/arizona.
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