Inclusionory housing: the controversy continues

摘要

Inclusionary housing is aimed at creating better communities by producing affordable housing and encouraging social inclusion. As used here, 'inclusion' encompasses racial and ethnic integration and income-mixing with the latter typically employed to achieve integration. Despite its laudable goals, inclusionary housing continues to spark controversy and litigation in many places. What then is the future of inclusionary housing, and, who cares? These questions are important to planners and public officials concerned with housing affordability, social inequalities, land use inefficiencies and environmental quality. Despite inclusionary housing's potential to address an array of community issues, its history, the housing crash and subsequent global economic recession threaten the survival of this planning policy.