EQUITY AND INCLUSION -- Part 25

Planning, Zoning and other Land Use Policy Best Practices to Erase Errors of the Past that Perpetuated Bias and Deepened Inequality

Barrie said an enormous number of houses are in HOAs, which results in private zoning that denies affordable or even attainable housing.

“HOAs are able to overlay regressive and restrictive rules, creating privileged enclaves that live by their own rules,” Barrie said. 

“We have a strong storyline in our country, that it is the country of opportunity — then we create all kinds of pre-emptive state laws, zoning codes and HOAs that make it not an equitable nation.”