ABSTRACT
Planning for housing presents professionals with difficult choices. On the one hand, planners are expected to help protect the health, safety, welfare, and character of communities. Implicit in these expectations is protecting and increasing property values. Restrictive zoning and subdivision regulations, combined with design and development guidelines, help further these collective goals. On the other hand, planners have an ethical obligation to address the housing needs of low-income and disadvantaged people. 1 This is especially important for new immigrants, as various forces work to reduce the supply of affordable housing in Latino communities. Among these are gentrification in older urban areas and the growth of Latino immigration into suburbs with fewer housing units to accommodate this influx. In many Latino neighborhoods, housing is limited, precarious, or simply not affordable. 2
