Inclusionary Housing

This Comment from the Pepperdine Law Review questions the legality and effectiveness of mandatory inclusionary housing policies. The article describes the historical foundation of affordable housing and the emergence of inclusionary zoning; explains inclusionary zoning basics and analyzes the legal challenges against this type of affordable housing technique; analyzes mandatory inclusionary zoning ordinances and concludes that they are in fact exactions that require a heightened scrutiny, and the programs in operation today fall short both constitutionally and of their intended purpose; and argues for voluntary programs that avoid all the pitfalls associated with the current mandatory inclusionary programs.