{"id":116109,"date":"2025-05-20T04:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116109\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T04:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:11:11","slug":"royal-oak-housing-plan-sparks-fears-over-future-of-single-family-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116109\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Oak housing plan sparks fears over future of single-family neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>ROYAL OAK, Mich.<\/strong> \u2013 The city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/Royal_Oak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Royal Oak<\/b><\/a> is contemplating a significant change to its housing policy that some residents believe could threaten single-family neighborhoods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">City officials attempted to address concerns during a meeting on Monday (May 19) night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The proposed master plan does not include provisions for single-family homes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Instead, it emphasizes the need for more diverse housing options. Proponents argue that increasing housing supply will help drive down costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">However, many community members remain skeptical. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">During the public comment portion of the meeting, tensions escalated when a resident exceeded her speaking time, prompting the entire city council to walk out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This action left residents to discuss their concerns among themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Supporters of the proposal assert that Royal Oak will require additional housing to accommodate a changing demographic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They advocate for various multi-family housing units like condos, apartments, and townhomes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite these arguments, not all residents are convinced. Before the meeting, some believed that city leaders had already made their decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bob Stuglin, a Royal Oak resident, voiced his concerns, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s almost like the gentrification. It\u2019s luxury, luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Nancy Poprafski, another resident, echoed similar sentiments, highlighting the apprehension surrounding the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The meeting was ongoing after our newscast went off the air, and no decision was made as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Watch the video above for the full story<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROYAL OAK, Mich. \u2013 The city of Royal Oak is contemplating a significant change to its housing policy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[52237,5105,7710,519,52236,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-116109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-oakland-county","9":"tag-royal","10":"tag-royal-families","11":"tag-royal-family","12":"tag-royal-oak","13":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114538209889253415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}