“The Western Center on Law & Poverty, another co-sponsor of the bill, says of the legislation: It “would facilitate denser, mixed income and affordable housing development in high-resource communities that lack racial and economic diversity.”
Local lawmaker pushes for denser housing: Assemblyman Bloom has two bills
“But the so-called poor-door approach — having a separate entrance and limited access to facilities — might be violating federal fair housing laws, said Sasha Harnden, a housing policy advocate with the Western Center on Law & Poverty.
“When a given action may have a disproportionate impact on a protected class, such as people of a certain race, elderly tenants, families with children, that can incur fair housing liability, that can be a prohibited practice even if it’s not intentional discrimination,” he said.”
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