Cities Struggle to Comply With Tougher Housing Element Rules
- Josh Stephens
- Feb 14, 2022
- 8 min read
The layers of bureaucracy that lie between the state’s estimated housing need, as expressed by projections by the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the actual zoning for new units at the local level are seemingly infinite—from the legislature to metropolitan planning organizations to local agencies, with an array of stakeholders and agencies thrown in for good measure.
