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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.
A zoning ordinance in the Village of Arlington Heights, a Chicago suburb, barred the construction of multi-family housing facilities (such as apartment complexes) in the center of the neighborhood. The neighborhood was zoned for single-family dwellings without variance since 1959.
In September 2021, the state of California adopted Senate Bill 9 allowing the development of up to four residential units on single-family lots, following a growing push from local governments such as Berkeley (set to phase out single-family zoning by December 2022), San Jose and other cities across the state. [64]
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.
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.
The end of single-family zoning will mean the end of the suburbs “At the very moment when the pandemic has made people rethink the advantages of dense urban living, the choice of an alternative ...
Tenement houses in Chicago by the early 1900s mainly comprised either complexes or single houses. Within these houses or complexes, single rooms would be rented out to individuals or families. [ 5 ] These rooms were very overcrowded with people, allotting only about 2 square yards per-person on average in some houses. [ 2 ]
Today’s local government land use stack of single-family zoning, minimum lot sizes, setbacks and other restrictions are little more than latter-day redlining. Just like historic redlining in the ...