COVID-19 has exacerbated California’s housing crisis. There is a growing urgency to build affordable homes for low-income people, but restrictive zoning ordinances have halted this process, even in some of the most progressive cities.
Carolina Reid, an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and a faculty research advisor for the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, said that even before the pandemic, low-income renters were already at a serious disadvantage.
During a session conducted by Ethnic Media Services, reported that the housing crisis has been exacerbated by exclusive zoning practices that limit housing in cities, and discrimination and income inequality have worsened with the pandemic.