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Land Use,
Government

Dec. 1, 2022

Why Senate Bill 9’s anti-displacement measures fall short

For most, market realities combined with the generational wrenches of housing discrimination make homeownership inaccessible. Senate Bill 9 offers little help.

Sadara DeVonne

Attorney and broker
DeVonne Law

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Signed into law on Sept. 16, 2021 and effective on Jan. 1, 2022, Senate Bill 9 is broadly known as the "end of single-family zoning."

Controversial for its eminent aesthetic, logistic and financial impacts on single-family neighborhoods, it overrides discretionary local subdivision and development standards, preserving authority for municipalities to enact regulations through new objective zoning regulations. Senate Bill 9 is touted as on...

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