Single-family zoning
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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.
An example of a single-family home in the United States
California housing shortage
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Since about 1970, California has been experiencing an extended and increasing housing shortage, such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the states of the U.S. in terms of housing units per res
Single-family zoning
…Berkeley estimated that this new law could potentially result in 700,000 new housing units statewide, about 20% of the homes necessary to alleviate the housing shortage of 3.5 million homes. In January 2021, the city council of Sacramento voted to permit up to four housing units on all residential lots to help the city…
A tent city, a form of improvised housing, in Oakland, California
Most zoning laws in California make building any type of multi-family housing illegal like this large modern duplex on the west side of Bridgeway in downtown Sausalito.
A homeless person sleeps on the sidewalk next to a limousine in the Mission area of San Francisco.