https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2021/06/17/...

Some of the housing regulations were legitimately put in place for safety reasons to protect people. Others were put in place to keep black and Asian people out. Especially after government initiatives to prevent discrimination in housing like the 1968 Fair Housing Act, efforts to keep out minorities became cloaked in the garb of "public safety", and minority-excluding regulations were sanitized into affordability-excluding regulations.

Specifically:

- Huge min lot sizes

- Offsets

- Covenants*

We can start by removing/revising those.

(*Certain covenants are no longer enforceable today)

In Washington, certain cities put restrictions on SRO units. The state is passing legislation to make that easier. [1][2]

These are just cities I've lived in. I would imagine other cities are facing similar zoning questions.

Some of us think that more housing is a good thing, and laws preventing units like ADUs or SROs are prima facie misguided.

[0] https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2021/09/put-a-spare-home-or-tw...

[1] https://www.seattle.gov/sdci/vault/micro-housing

[2] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/once-curbe...