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Zoning map of Winnipeg (1947); single-family zoning highlighted in yellow. Single-family zoning is a type of planning restriction applied to certain residential zones in the United States and Canada in order to restrict development to only allow single-family detached homes.
One indication about the future of SB 450 — and single-family zoning in charter cities — is the case of Huntington Beach and the question of its power to have local voter identification laws.
Early zoning regulations were in some cases motivated by racism and classism, particularly with regard to those mandating single-family housing. [7] [8] Zoning ordinances did not allow African-Americans moving into or using residences that were occupied by majority whites due to the fact that their presence would decrease the value of home. [9]
Single-family zoning laws According to Bankrate’s Home Affordability Survey , more than three-quarters (78 percent) of U.S. adults say they consider owning a home to be part of the American Dream.
In the past 14 months, judges in Montana, California, and Minnesota have vacated zoning reforms that upzone formerly single-family-only areas to permit smaller multifamily buildings.
The law, drafted by Anna Caballero, was originally written to apply to single-family zones of housing, but the language regarding single-family zones was removed by the Assembly Housing Committee prior to passing the Assembly. [3] The bill was signed into law by Gavin Newsom on October 11, 2023, and took effect on July 1, 2024. [4]
Single-family zoning drove up housing costs — a feature, not a bug. If they couldn’t lock people out, they’d price them out. Berkeley, California, adopted the first single-family zoning ...
2021 California Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), [1] titled the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act, is a 2021 California state law which creates a legal process by which owners of certain single-family homes in single-family zoned areas may build or split homes on their property, and prohibits all cities and counties from directly interfering with those who wish to build such ...