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AUGUST 2003
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<br />AMERICAN
<br />PLANNING
<br />ASSOCIATION
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<br />(~ tbove) Characremsrac ,'owhouses i~ ~airf~x Count., Vfl:gm~a. avai&hJe :Orou~h %~qn~v-cime
<br />homebwers program. (q~iKhr) Founders Rinse, i~ ~ai~z ,~oun~ V~?ginia. is ,~ ~snique pubJir/~Vrwaee
<br />(~rr ;o ?rovia'e a ,node/q'h(gh-.quaE~ ff~rdabie homing ;o moderate-income ,.'eczdenrs q?a,'r;hx
<br />Oun~/. 5ouaae= Rinse was conceived :hro0 a parmership of &i¢~ Oun~ and ~-he .'Vo=l, era
<br />Virginia Builai'ng [ndusrU/ A~ociarion /bcusing vn an avaiiabk piece q';ana' ~zad an idea w provide
<br />fi,.sr-c~me home owne.hzp ?porrunmes hr ;fimiiie. The development ~s 0 one o? ;.e area~ premter
<br />bui/ders, and was buds ar 3ehw-marker uosr. The project consists ,¥30 vhree-&veL :hme-Oe~room. 2{~
<br />bath, ~arage wwni~omes ~-angmff in ?rice .&om $2 0~Q90 w ~ l ] 9,Q90. Thexe home~ were markerea w
<br />fl'rsv-r~me homeozqers who ,?trher 5ye or work in Fairf~ Counff an~ have mo~ferare incomes ;vtrh a
<br />mm,mum income q'~.30,~)O0. (%p) Aa a~rdabte home in ~:azrf~ Coung~ ~/?rgima, available
<br />through a fi~zv.ctme 3omehuwrs ?rovam.
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<br />n chis era or ,eaerm ,:aroac:cs, mumclpaxmes nave oeen
<br />(orced co ~o more wi~h [ess. T2e orovision o{ ~}%rdable
<br />housing ~s no exception. Loc~icies ~e relying on a number
<br />cools and progr~s co ensure char the narion~ epidemic
<br />inadequate '? ' ' ' '
<br /> ~ ~or~aole ~ousing ~oes ~oc overwhelm mmr
<br />communities. 3u<ong ~em is inclusiona~z aoning.
<br />zoning is aoc a ~ew cool m the provision
<br />~ousing~c~e ~rsc such ordin~ces appeare~ in ~e ~adv 1970s
<br />'m Caii~bcnia. ~vta~: ' and Viraima.,_ ~:owever, in ~ecea[ years
<br />incluaionao~ Lonmg has ,gamed popnlariu/across ~e nadon.
<br />Boston, 5an Francisco, 3ouider. 5an Diego an~ Santo ~e, New
<br />~/[e:dco ~ave ~doo~ed programs within t~e {~ five 7ears.
<br />3~rhoug~ no de~nirive survey :); :hese programs exists, ~v~labie
<br />literature suggests &ar today there ~e be,,veen 50 and
<br />jurisdictions nationwide wi~ some ejpe o[ inclusionsW
<br />housing program. Even m c~e absenca o(a comoreheasive
<br />~u~/e?6 one point ~s dear about these progr~S: ~ey are nor
<br />wirho ur ch~lenges.
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<br />The Fi~: ~en~enr co ~he
<br />U.S. Constitution prohibits
<br />the ~aMng of privace properu/
<br />wi~our iusr compensation.
<br />.~rhoug~ ~e c~ngs clause
<br />gener~ly rer~rs co the use of
<br />eminent dommn, &e U.S.
<br />%oreme Court a~
<br />other ~zpes of c~ng ~ar do
<br />not mvoDe the physicai
<br />appropriation of'private
<br />properuz. Certain ~pes o~'
<br />regulation, including
<br />incMsiona~ zoning, c~ be
<br />deemed reg,Marory <~ngs.
<br />Opponents of inciusion~z
<br />programs have long ~gued
<br />char ~ese ordin~ces f~I into
<br />the reguiarop/rmcngs catego~z
<br />because the regulations deprive
<br />owners of the most
<br />economic~lv ,~iabie use their
<br />[~d. [na workbook
<br />developed [or the Chicago-
<br />based Business ~d
<br />Profession~ People For the
<br />Public interest, mrhor Mary.
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