Inclusionary zoning is both a perfectly reasonable idea and, by empirical evidence, dramatically insufficient to spur affordable housing production: http://city

Inclusionary zoning is both a perfectly reasonable idea and, by empirical evidence, dramatically insufficient to spur affordable housing production: http://cityobservatory.org/inclusionary-zoning-has-a-scale-problem/ http://cityobservatory.org/inclusionary-zoning-has-a-scale-p... Much of the problem stems from undersupply driving formerly affordable housing to gentrify— that's why I, as a well-paid programmer, live in a formerly-abandoned tenement.