[foobar23]

I live in Mountain View and it's been very interesting to watch the fight between Google and MTV play out. Google very much wants to build more and denser housing (and more office space) and it's just a constant fight with the city.

Google owns some land that had previously been developed for dense residential until the city council changed their minds. They've just been sitting on it for the last few years. Finally, the city council is approving 10-12 story residential (which is unheard of in the Bay Area), but they're still bickering over the details.

The crazy part is that Google wants Google employees to live in Google-owned housing next to Google. This should be a no brainer. Every Google employee that lives next to their place of employment takes another car off the road, has another person walking to work. But people are arguing it would create more traffic.

[DrScump]

  This should be a no brainer.

But do fair housing laws allow a developer to limit rental property to its employees? I presume they could use an "includes room and board" salary model, but that would mean eviction upon a break in employment.