Campaign to roll back Lakewood land rules based on misinformation

Campaign to roll back Lakewood land rules based on misinformation

(Getty Images)The zoning code that Lakewood passed last year will allow our housing market to better fit the emerging needs of our community. Families living in Lakewood are smaller than they used to be and buying that first home is out of reach for more and more people. The share of homeownership in the U.S. by first home buyers has hit an all time low of 21% while the median age of the first-time home buyer has risen to 40. Lakewood is dominat…