Re:Homelessness is about housing
by potatolicious on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:18PM
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Some action has happened on that front that's promising - but IMO the most promising thing about these new laws isn't how effective they will be (mildly) but the attitudinal changes they represent.
The RHNA rules are riddled with loopholes, and cities are already finding creative ways to jumping through them. Most notably it does not strictly require that zoned capacity be likely (or even possible) to develop.
You'll find examples where cities have proposed rezoning mountain-side lots on steep ravines in order to fulfill state RHNA mandates, knowing full-well that any actual project would be unbuildable. Time will tell if state regulators will have the teeth to go after cities for this kind of blatant bad faith NIMBYism.
Re:Homelessness is about housing
by mullingitover on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:05PM
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It almost seems like the law was created with the full intent of tearing down local zoning privileges en masse. I won't get my hopes up, but I would love to see that.
I wasn't at all surprised when damn near every community appealed the new RHNA rules (49 jurisdictions tried last I checked). I was surprised when only two were successful. We'll see what they actually end up doing, but it's a nice step in the right direction.
California recently enacted a law with teeth, it requires regions to meet specific, aggressive housing goals, and if the regional proposals don't pass the scrutiny of the state government the region completely loses control over its zoning rules.