Zoning

Local Housing Politicies Across California

Published: 2018 | Sarah Mawhorter and Carolina Reid | Terner Center for Housing Innovation Abstract In order to better understand how local policies affect housing supply, the Terner Center conducted a residential land use survey in California from August 2017…

City NIMBYs

Published: 2018 | Vicki Been | Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law Abstract This article published in the Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law explores the growing trend of opposition to development in cities. It describes the academic…

California’s Housing Future: Challenges and Opportunities

Published: 2017 | Ben Metcalf et al. | California HCD Abstract But while California’s housing challenges may appear to be overwhelming, California’s Housing Future: Challenges and Opportunities provides the data and analysis to describe the problem and frame the discussion…

Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works?

Published: 2016 | Lance Freeman, Jenny Schuetz | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Abstract As cities across the United States have rebounded from the Great Recession, an increasing number of households in urban areas are facing high rent burdens in…

Housing Development Toolkit

Published: 2016 | Obama Administration Abstract Over the past three decades, local barriers to housing development have intensified, particularly in the high-growth metropolitan areas increasingly fueling the national economy. The accumulation of such barriers – including zoning, other land use…