Subsidizing? They are forbidden, period. My city is a Bay Area suburb and the last apartment building of any kind was built in 1978. Even if you could get zoni

Subsidizing? They are forbidden, period. My city is a Bay Area suburb and the last apartment building of any kind was built in 1978. Even if you could get zoning permission, the fee per housing unit is about $100K. This is supposed to cover the "impacts" on traffic, sewer, and, hilariously, affordable housing. A developer would have to be insane to build apartments for $200K when the city is getting $100K, when they can build a 2000 sq. ft. condo or zero-lot-line home instead.