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Boon for Affordable Housing 

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision not to review a ruling from the California Supreme Court in Building Industry Association v. City of San Jose gives cities across the country a road map to use zoning to impose affordable housing requirements on new housing developments. 

This U.S. Supreme Court decision has opened the door for a new way of requiring more private developers to subsidize affordable housing.  It is only a matter of time until local governments use this inclusionary zoning tool as a way to help fund the high demand for lower cost housing.