“Although the legislation touts the 30,000 units of affordable housing that were produced during the past decade through inclusionary mandates, it ignores the fact that the mandates reduced the growth of new housing by a far-greater number. In Los Angeles and Orange counties alone we estimate that during the period we studied more than 17,000 potential new homes were never built due to the inclusionary zoning requirement, while only 770 inclusionary units were added.  Politicians like inclusionary zoning because it allows them to champion affordable housing without having to directly raise taxes. But the new houses aren’t free. Someone must pay for them.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=4726

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