A relatively new way to add more housing is starting to gain popularity, but not without some legal opposition.

Senate Bill 9 is known as the “California Housing Act” or lot division law. The bill allows single-family homeowners to divide their lot and build up to two homes on each lot.

But SB-9 runs into some obstacles. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled it unconstitutional earlier this week, even as it is being implemented in the Bay Area.

The SB-9 has not been used much. Partly because of state bureaucracy and because some residents have rejected the idea of ​​dividing up lots near their homes.

Scott Budman has more in the video above.