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Municipalities across the U.S. are finding new ways to boost affordable housing by reducing, reforming, or eliminating parking requirements. Learn about three primary factors driving this new reform and how it's impacting housing affordability. |
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RELATED: The Journal of the American Planning Association explores how cities of all types stand to benefit from undoing constraining parking policies of the past. See the outcomes from Buffalo's decision to repeal minimum parking requirements five years ago and the impact of that decision. |
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Parking
Rethinking off-street parking
Many cities and counties have reevaluated their approaches to off-street parking requirements since the publication of The High Cost of Free Parking in 2005. Access resources, policy guidance, and case studies of local market-based or policy-driven parking regulations from across the U.S. in this Research KnowledgeBase Collection. |
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Zoning
Protecting vulnerable populations
Hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities are often unsafe during flood hazards. Learn how cities across the country have updated their land-use and development codes to protect vulnerable populations from coastal storms and flooding in the latest issue of Zoning Practice. |
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POLICY |
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Policy and Advocacy Conference
September 29-30
Reform, ideas, and impact
We are excited to bring together renowned experts Jerusalem Demsas, Rodney Harrell, Ph.D. and Daniel Parolek for the Daniel Burnham Forum, sponsored by AARP, to dive into the forces driving housing and zoning reform, the impact of recent innovations, and ideas for how policy makers and planners can craft effective ways to impact their communities. Be sure to add this event to your conference calendar. |
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