Are Growth Plans Being Ignored?
A new study shows that development projects are often approved at density levels much lower than general plans call for.
"Public pressure and changing housing markets are prompting cities in Ventura County to ignore their own long-range plans for development and build far fewer dwellings than allowed, a trend that could cause a severe housing shortage by 2020, a new study of local growth patterns has found... The study, to be released today, concludes that so-called general plans the supposed blueprints for city growth fail to reflect political and market realities and are not reliable predictors of how many homes will probably be built within 10 local cities."
Thanks to Chris Steins
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Published on Friday, May 23, 2003 in
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