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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 ...
After an L.A. County judge declared SB 9 unconstitutional, Sam Andreano, who took advantage of the program by splitting his Whittier property in half, is wondering why.
A California law passed in 2021 was supposed to make it easier for homeowners to build duplexes, but few are taking advantage of it.
Localities prohibited duplexes, small homes, and multi-family buildings, which were more likely to be occupied by racial minorities, recent immigrants, and poor households. [35] The outcome of segregating different areas of cities and regions by uses or characteristics of uses has resulted in increased racial and economic segregation. [115]
AB 1866 (2002), permits for second units a ministerial act and forces local governments to grant nearly any request for a density bonus. [3] [4]SB 1818 (2004) increased the maximum density bonus for certain affordable housing projects from 25% to 35%, and required cities to provide affordable housing builders with three incentives of the developer's choice.
A duplex house plan has two living units attached to each other, either next to each other as townhouses, condominiums or one above the other like apartments. By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two distinct properties is typically considered semi-detached or twin homes but is also called a duplex in parts of the ...
Strict zoning regulations are a primary cause behind the housing shortage in San Francisco. [citation needed] [4] [5] Historically, zoning regulations were implemented to separate residential districts from commercial districts, to restrict housing construction in wealthy neighborhoods, and to prevent minorities from moving into white neighborhoods.
California Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) is a statute streamlining housing construction in California counties and cities that fail to build enough housing to meet state mandated housing construction requirements, and exempts construction under the law from California Environmental Quality Act review. [1]