Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Journal
Washington Law Review
Journal ISSN
0190-8782
Volume
96
Issue
3
First Page
811
Last Page
880
Abstract
This Article argues that the Euclid Proviso, which allows regional concerns to trump local zoning when required by the general welfare, should play a larger role in zoning's second century. Traditional zoning operates to severely limit the construction of additional housing. This locks in the advantages of homeowners but at tremendous cost, primarily in the form of unaffordable housing, to those who would like to join the community. State preemption of local zoning defies traditional categorization; it is at once both radically destabilizing and market-responsive. But, given the ways in which zoning is a foundational part of the racial and economic status quo, it is time for scholars and policymakers to move away from traditional zoning and towards more permissive regional or state approaches to housing development
Recommended Citation
Ezra Rosser,
The Euclid Proviso,
96
Washington Law Review
811
(2021).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1990