Single-family articles
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Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained
Teaching unions share family’s disappointment after government says system has ‘significant benefits’Ofsted’s controversial single-word judgments are here to stay, the government has ruled, in a blow to campaigners who hoped they would be scrapped after the suicide of the primary school headteacher Ruth Perry.Perry’s sister, Prof Julia Waters, reacted with fury to the government’s statement, published on Thursday in response to an inquiry into Ofsted by MPs on the Commons education committee,...
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Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that a landmark law ending single-family-home-only zoning in California is unconstitutional, a decision that could lead to the law being invalidated in the state’s largest cities. Judge Curtis Kin determined that Senate Bill 9 does not provide housing restricted for low-income residents and therefore cannot override state constitutional protections afforded to local zoning practices. “Because the provisions of SB 9 are not reasonably related...
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LA court strikes down controversial California law abolishing single-family zoning
The state is likely to appeal the ruling, which chips away at a signature piece of housing legislation.