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  2. Inclusionary zoning - Wikipedia

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    Inclusionary zoning (IZ) is municipal and county planning ordinances that require or provide incentives when a given percentage of units in a new housing development be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes. Such housing is known as inclusionary housing. The term inclusionary zoning indicates that these ordinances seek to counter ...

  3. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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    The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [9])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...

  4. Homelessness in California - Wikipedia

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    In California housing costs are exceptionally high and the supply of affordable housing is low. California ranks second from the bottom among U.S. states in the number of housing units per capita. [18] As of 2021 California had only 24 homes that were considered affordable and available for each 100 of the lowest income renter households ...

  5. Housing segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, housing segregation is the practice of denying African Americans and other minority groups equal access to housing through the process of misinformation, denial of realty and financing services, and racial steering. [1] [2] [3] Housing policy in the United States has influenced housing segregation trends throughout history.

  6. Residential segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Commons. v. t. e. Residential segregation is the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighborhoods [1] —a form of segregation that "sorts population groups into various neighborhood contexts and shapes the living environment at the neighborhood level". [2] While it has traditionally been associated with racial segregation ...

  7. California cities divided on response to homeless encampments

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    San Francisco will ramp up sweeps of homeless encampments under a directive issued days after California Governor Gavin Newsom told cities to begin enforcing laws against camping, while Los ...

  8. In L.A., thousands of newer apartments have rent caps ... - AOL

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    Until recently, state law in California outlawed rent caps on properties built after Feb. 1, 1995, and even earlier in some cities like Los Angeles, with the exemption for newly built properties ...

  9. Rent control in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the rent of residential housing to function as a price ceiling. [1] More loosely, "rent control" describes several types of price control: "strict price ceilings", also known as " rent freeze " systems, or " absolute " or " first generation " rent ...