im not convinced about this. its way more simple to delete zoning laws and replace them with a resident vote. that means the community can decide directly in a bottom up local way without affecting the whole city. layer a tax incentive on top of that where part of the property tax rate is calculated from local average rent (of course thats impossible in cali with prop 13) so areas that want to keep themselves exclusive pay more and that money can go to public housing in other places with better neighbors.

add on to that - the big problem i see here is getting all the details right because its a radical new way to do things thats never been deployed anywhere afaik. like what should the default action be when theres not enough votes, we can prob agree it should be yes for apartments and no for factories but what about the rest? how do we calculate the impact zones to figure out who is affected by a new build? how do you prevent developers from gaming the system with a flood of new renters paid to move there and vote, maybe make it 2 year + residents only? what about vulnerable minority groups do they get special protections? theres a ton of hard questions here but i still believe its worth it.