Supreme Court Refuses to Protect Inclusionary HousingDean Preston of Tenants Togetherbyline‚ Oct. 26‚ 2009State Legislation Urgently Needed to Protect Affordable Housing Laws California’s Supreme Court last week continued the judicial assault on affordable rental housing in communities across California. The Court denied review of Palmer / Sixth Street Properties v. City of Los Angeles -- an unprecedented and erroneous appellate court ruling that the state’s Costa Hawkins Act preempts a local inclusionary housing law in Los Angeles. Any hope that the Supreme Court would step in to correct this harmful appellate decision has now vanished. We need legislation to reverse Palmer, and we need it now. |