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The Arlington Example
The “Arlington example”—a common framework used in legal scholarship and urban planning—considers how facially neutral zoning and housing policies, such as single-family character protections or limits on multifamily dwellings, disproportionately exclude people of color and perpetuate historical segregation. [1, 2, 3]
A racial perspective on the Arlington example examines how historical discriminatory structures—such as exclusionary covenants, Jim Crow-era planning, and racialized zoning—continue to shape the socioeconomic realities and urban landscape of Arlington today.