This research paper aims to explore the disadvantages and advantages of inclusionary housing. Inclusionary zoning ordinances is an effort by the local government to expand housing for low to moderate income households, in return private developers are given economic incentives such as higher density ordinances and more relax regulatory barriers. In theory, inclusionary zoning leveraged the private sector in the creation of cheap housing for the needy, while saving the government money in the long run. The major concern with this theory is whether the costs are passed down to other market participants like the homebuyers and landowners. The paper break downs the economic incentives offered by inclusionary zoning ordinances, that include density
