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Local Government Guide to Developing an Affordable Housing Strategy
August 2012This guide supports communities in the state of Washington looking to develop an affordable housing strategy. -
Mixed-Income Housing: The Basics
April 2017This guide discusses the opportunities and challenges of addressing affordable housing needs through mixed-income housing. -
Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development Action Guide
2008by: Ian Carlton, Winston Dong, Abby Thorne-LymanThis guide explains how to promote mixed-income transit-oriented development (MITOD). -
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: The Basics
April 2017This guide introduces the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. -
Secondary Suites: A Guide for Local Governments
2005This guide provides local governments in British Columbia, Canada, with information to help them develop regulations for accessory dwelling units. -
Municipal Planning Guidelines for Secondary Suites
2010This guide provides local governments in Manitoba, Canada, with information to help them develop regulations for accessory dwelling units. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Model State Act and Local Ordinance
January 2021by: Coralette Hannon, Gerri Madrid-DavisThis guide includes model state and local legislation to encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
San Francisco, CA, ADU
2015by: Openscope Studio ArchitectsThis local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in San Francisco. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Guide to Accessory Apartments in Charlottesville, VA
2015This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Manual
2003This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Santa Cruz, California. -
Lexington, KY, Homeowner’s Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units
January 2019This guide is designed to help home owner's in Lexington, Kentucky, plan and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Accessory Dwelling Units in New Hampshire: A Guide for Municipalities
December 2017by: Benjamin Frost, AICPThis guide is designed to help municipalities in New Hampshire develop and implement accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations that comply with state law. -
Twin Cities ADU Guidebook for Homeowners
February 2019by: Casey Lauderdale, AICPThis guide is designed to help home owner's in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota plan and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Aurora, CO, Sustainable Infill and Redevelopment Design Handbook
2012by:This handbook and design guidelines address Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, and Solar Energy. -
New Hampshire Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development
October 2008This model belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Farmland Protection, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, Social Equity, Transfer of Development Rights, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Keeping the Neighborhood Affordable: A Handbook of Housing Strategies for Gentrifying Areas
2006by: Diane Levy, Jennifer Comey, Sandra PadillaThis guide shares strategies to develop affordable housing, to retain affordable housing, and to build assets. -
Ten Principles for Developing Affordable Housing
2007by: Alexa Bach, Prema Katari Gupta, Richard HaugheyThis report lists ten principles for affordable housing development, from “inspire leadership” to “nurture partnership” to “empower the residents.” -
A Community Guide to Creating Affordable Housing
2005by: Cara HendricksonThis guide identifies inclusionary housing tools, community-based tools, and local funding mechanisms for creating and preserving affordable housing. -
Design for Affordability
November 2018by: Sarah Butler, Atticus LeBlancThis guide identifies four housing solutions that can improve affordability in Atlanta. -
An Advocate's Guide to Rural Housing Preservation: Prepayments, Mortgage Maturities, and Foreclosures
2018by: Jessica Cassella, Gideon AndersThis guide discusses the unique housing opportunities and challenges in rural communities and explores the legal dimensions of federal rural housing programs. -
Affordable Housing: Guide for Local Officials
2019This guide aims to encourage local action on affordable housing development and preservation in Colorado. -
Aligning Affordable Housing Efforts With Actions to End Homelessness
February 2019This guide lays out a nine-step process to align efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing with efforts to end homelessness. -
Affordable Rental Housing Preservation: The Basics
October 2017This guide identifies policies and funding strategies to support rental housing preservation and examines the relationship between preservation and sustainability. -
Developing Affordable Housing on Public Land: A Guide for Massachusetts Communities
November 2005by: Rita Farrell, Connie Kruger, Elisabeth KrautscheidThis guide supports Massachusetts communities looking to develop affordable housing. -
Green Affordable Housing Policy Toolkit
July 2010by: Trisha MillerThis guide identifies tools for promoting green building and establishes a process for developing and implementing green affordable housing policy at the state and local levels. -
Homebuyer Education and Counseling
April 2017This guide describes why homebuyer education and counseling should be part of a local affordable housing strategy. -
Housing Bonds: The Basics
April 2017This guide explains the role that housing bonds play in supporting affordable housing development and rehabilitation. -
Housing Preservation Guide: A Guide to Preserving and Restructuring Affordable Housing
2009This guide supports owners and sponsors looking to extend the affordability of their existing rental housing stock. -
Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions
2006by: Jeffrey LubellThis guide details twenty-two strategies to improve affordability at the state and local level. -
Inclusionary Housing: The Basics
2017This guide outlines the opportunities and challenges of using inclusionary housing programs to expand the stock of affordable housing. -
Housing Development Toolkit
September 2016This guide outlines barriers to affordable housing development and points out ten strategies that cities and states have used to promote affordability. -
Housing Trust Funds: The Basics
April 2017This guide introduces housing trust funds as a tool for states and cities to use to establish a reliable source of funding for affordable housing. -
Municipal Affordable Housing Trusts: How to Envision, Gain Support, and Utilize a Local Trust to Achieve Your Housing Goals
July 2013by: Jennifer Goldson, AICPThis guide explains how to establish a municipal affordable housing trust. -
Shared Equity Homeownership: The Changing Landscape of Resale-Restricted, Owner-Occupied Housing
2006by: John Emmeus DavisThis guide explains how shared equity homeownership can be used as a strategy to preserve affordability. -
The Preservation Guide: Federal Housing and Homelessness Plans: Potential Tools in the Affordable Housing Preservation Toolbox
April 2010by: Ed Gramlich, Keith Wardrip, Megan DeCrappeoThis guide features different ways that residents and advocates can get involved in local affordable housing planning. -
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Public Health
April 2015by: Allison Allbee, Rebecca Johnson, Jeffrey LubellThis guide discusses the relationship between affordable housing and health and shares policies to help improve housing affordability. -
Piecing It Together: A Framing Playbook for Affordable Housing Advocates
2018by: Moira O'Neil, Julie SweetlandThis guide establishes a shared frame for affordable housing that is designed to maximize public support by focusing on fairness over affordability. -
Preservation of Affordable Homes Near Transit Toolkit
November 2015This guide examines how to preserve affordable housing near transit in the Bay Area as transit-accessible neighborhoods become more attractive and experience gentrification and displacement. -
State Legislation to Promote Local Housing Trust Funds
March 2013by: Mary Brooks, Michael AndersonThis guide identifies four types of state legislation that can help support communities looking to establish local housing trust funds. -
Zoning and Affordable Housing
December 2017This guide explains how zoning has historically been used to restrict access to affordable housing and reinforce racial and economic segregation and describes how zoning can instead be used to create more affordable and inclusive neighborhoods. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Issues & Opportunities
1995by: Byron KatsuyamaThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of local policy issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and includes specific recommendations for cities and counties in Washington to help them develop zoning regulations for ADUs. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Practical Option to Promote Affordability
2010This concise guide provides an overview of local policy issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and includes specific recommendations for cities and counties in Delaware to help them develop zoning regulations for ADUs. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Homeowners’ Handbook: A Guide for Homeowners on Oahu Interested in Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit
2016This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Oahu County, Hawaii. -
Accessory Dwelling Units Program Guide
Bureau of Development Services, 2016This local guide explains the application and review process for developing accessory dwelling units in Portland, Oregon. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Memorandum
December 2016This guide is designed to help cities and counties in California update local zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to comply with state statutes. -
Salt Lake City, UT, Building an ADU: Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units
July 2019This guide is designed to help home owners in Salt Lake City, Utah, plan and build accessory dwelling units. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidebook
August 2019This guide is designed to help local officials, planners, and affordable housing advocates in Florida plan and implement strategies to support accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction and occupancy. -
One Key to Housing: Accessory Dwelling Units—A Resource Guide for Municipal Officials and Staff
Updated August 2019This guide is designed to help municipalities in Utah develop regulations to support accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction and occupancy. -
The ABCs of ADUs: A Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units and How They Expand Housing Options for People of All Ages
April 2019by: Eli Spevak, Melissa StantonThis guide explains the multiple benefits of ADUs for property owners and communities and highlights opportunities to support ADUs through zoning. -
Building an ADU
Version 1.0, Summer 2017by: Dana Cuff, Jane BlumenfeldThis guide is designed to help property owners in Los Angeles navigate city requirements to design and build new accessory dwelling units (ADUs).