A lot of what makes single family homes desirable, and thus increase demand for them, have discriminatory roots. For example, absurdly high minimum lot sizes a

A lot of what makes single family homes desirable, and thus increase demand for them, have discriminatory roots. For example, absurdly high minimum lot sizes and low coverage ordinances were designed to keep cheaper and denser units from being built as a roundabout way to keep POC from desirable neighborhoods. These ordinances remain on the books today, and much of the Bay Area and its insane housing policies is connected to this.