How to make housing more affordable

Re:How to make housing more affordable by rmk on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:35PM (#28655179)

It will be interesting to see what the recent legislation will do to California housing prices. I'm not entirely sure if there are enough large lots to sustain multiplexes on them. But even if people start building duplexes, it may help ease the lack of inventory.

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Re:How to make housing more affordable by alistairSH on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:55PM (#28655331)

I haven’t seen it mentioned, but does the recent legislation override HOA contracts? Not sure about CA, but most homes built since the mid-70s near DC have HOAs of some sort.

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Re:How to make housing more affordable by rmk on Monday September 27, 2021 @01:19PM (#28673452)

I have seen developments in Virginia, in the middle of nowhere or along important highways, with houses built in clusters. I did not realize they all had HOAs.

I do not know the details of the legislation, but it is my understanding that the owner of a lot can raze the house and seek permits to put up up to four houses, depending on lot size. And the permit process will be on an 'as-of-right' basis, i.e., your neighbors can't block you with the CEQA nonsense: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml...

Here is the relevant excerpt:

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA does not apply to the approval of ministerial projects.

This bill, by establishing the ministerial review processes described above, would thereby exempt the approval of projects subject to those processes from CEQA.

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