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Charlotte, NC, State of Housing Report
2019by: Childress Klein Center for Real EstateThis report is a housing needs assessment for the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord Metropolitan Statistical Area. -
Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing
July 2019by: James Brooks, AICP, Michael Wallace, Gideon Berger, AICPThis guide provides recommendations for local and federal leaders to aid them in the national housing crisis. -
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
March 2024This annual report provides estimates for affordable housing needs in the U.S. -
U.S. Housing Supply: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations
July 2023This report discusses trends in housing supply in relation to stock, vacancy rates, inventory, and construction metrics, and provides federal policy considerations. -
Changing Supply Elasticities and Regional Housing Booms
January 2020This report examines housing supply elasticity in the U.S. and its relation to the 1996-2006 boom and the 2012-2017 recovery period. -
Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability
September 2019by: Todd LitmanThis report belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements collections. -
Searching for the Right Spot: Minimum Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability in New York City
Furman Center Policy Brief, March 2012by: Vicki Been, Caitlyn Brazill, Josiah MadarThis report analyzes the effects of minimum off-street parking requirements on housing affordability in New York City. -
Parking Best Practices: A Review of Zoning Regulations and Policies in Select US and International Cities
2011This report presents an in-depth comparison of parking management strategies in 11 large U.S. cities and London. -
Smart Growth and Economic Success: Investing in Infill Development
2014This report discusses the increasing demand for residential infill development within compact and walkable communities. -
Portland, OR, Residential Infill Project: Concept Report to City Council
2016This report provides a series of recommendations for regulatory updates to promote context-sensitive residential infill in Portland, Oregon. -
Character-Compatible, Space-Efficient Housing Options for Single-Dwelling Neighborhoods
May 2016by: Madeline Kovacs, Eli SpevakThis illustrative report focuses on single-family neighborhoods where the goal is to maintain neighborhood character and increase housing options. -
Infill Development Standards and Policy Guide
2006by: David Listokin, Carole Walker, Reid WalkerThis report provides a wide-ranging analysis of the benefits of and barriers to infill development in New Jersey and offers extensive guidance to inform state and local policy reform efforts. -
Quality Infill Recommendations and Tools
2010by: Elaine Clegg, Urban Land InstituteThis report provides background and policy guidance to help cities and counties in Idaho plan for context-sensitive infill. -
Municipal Implementation Tool #4: Residential Infill Development
2003by: Delaware Valley Regional Planning CommissionThis report provides background and policy guidance to municipalities in metropolitan Philadelphia to help them plan for context-sensitive residential infill. -
Urban Infill Housing: Myth and Fact
2001by: Richard HaugheyThis report provides local officials and developers with an overview of the prevailing myths surrounding residential infill. -
Infill Development: Perspectives and Evidence from Economics and Planning
2010by: Virginia McConnell, Keith Wiley,This report evaluates the efficacy of efforts to promote infill development. -
Attracting Infill Development in Distressed Communities: 30 Strategies
2015by: U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyThis report discusses strategies to promote infill in areas with weak market demand. It organizes these strategies under two main categories: foundation and funding. -
Neighbourhood Level Infill Development Strategy
2013by: Brook McIlroy, Inc.This report presents a strategy for individual lot infill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that preserves the character of established residential neighborhoods. -
Filling in the Spaces: Ten Essentials for Successful Urban Infill Housing
2003by: The Housing Partnership, Washington Association of RealtorsThis report discusses 10 important conditions necessary to foster the extensive development of urban infill housing in Washington State. -
Neighborhood Conservation District Study
2005by: Larson Fisher AssociatesThis report evaluates the role that neighborhood conservation district zoning could play in protecting established neighborhoods from out-of-character infill development in Brookline, Massachusetts. -
Smart Infill
2008by: Carey Knecht, Amanda Kobler, E. StampeThis report was developed in response to the challenge of continued growth in the San Francisco Bay area and provides a framework for best-practice residential infill that supports affordability, environmental responsibility, and sustainability. -
Barriers and Solutions to Land Assembly for Infill Development
2004by: Stella TarnayThis report summarizes findings from a forum dedicated to identifying and discussing barriers and solutions to land assembly for infill development. -
Teardown Strategy Report
2008This succinct report describes the teardown trend in established residential neighborhoods in suburban Chicago. -
Rapid City, SD, Zoning Diagnosis
March 2014by: City of Rapid CityThis report analyzes Rapid City, South Dakota’s current zoning code and includes an annotated outline for a new code. -
Reshaping the City: Zoning for a More Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable Future
December 2022by: Ben Forman, Matthew Norris, Lian Plass, AICPThis report shares examples of communities with updated zoning codes that promote increases housing affordability, more mobility, and more resiliency. -
Urban Land Use Reform: The Missing Key to Climate Action Strategies for Lowering Emissions, Increasing Housing Supply, and Conserving Land
2023by: Ben Holland, Zach Subin, Duncan KayThis report analyzes how discriminatory land use and housing policies have caused transportation to become a large source of carbon emission -
Working Together: A Best-Practices Approach to Improving the City of Missoula's Development Review System
2011by: Dennis TaylorThis study reviewed the structure and organization of current city-county organizations that perform development review within the incorporated city limits of Missoula. -
Long Island, NY, Government Survey: Permit Review Process and Downtown Development
2011by: Zucker SystemsThis audit analyzes the development review practices of local municipalities and compares them to "best practices." -
The Home Builders Institute (HBI) Construction Labor Market Report
October 2023This report gives an overview of the current state of the nation’s construction labor market. -
Build a Housing Strategy
2024This guide details developing and implementing a local housing strategy. -
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties
March 2007This report provides a data analysis, strategies, and case studies for high depopulation rural communities in the Great Plains region. -
Pay for Success and Affordable Housing
2017by: Stefano RumiThis report explores the background and future of affordable housing to claim that it is a fundamental right and offers Pay for Success as a financing tool. -
Land Banks and Community Land Trusts
November 2021This report assesses land banks and community land trusts (CLTs) as tools to revitalize vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated property into affordable housing. -
Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability
November 2023by: Todd LitmanThis report analyzes and proposes recommendations for implementing reforms to combat parking requirements impact on housing costs. -
Achieving Lasting Affordability Through Inclusionary Housing
July 2014by: Robert Hickey, Lisa Sturtevant, Emily ThadenThis report belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Inclusionary Housing collections. -
Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
2015by: Rick JacobusThis report reviews the literature and case studies to detail how local governments are realizing the potential of inclusionary housing. -
Voluntary or Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? Production, Predictability, and Enforcement
August 2004by: Nicholas Brunick, Lauren Goldberg, Susannah LevineThis report argues that mandatory inclusionary housing policies are more effective than voluntary programs. -
Is Inclusionary Zoning Inclusionary? A Guide for Practitioners
June 2012by: Heather Schwartz, Liisa Ecola, Kristin LeuschnerThis report examined 11 inclusionary housing programs across the United States and the degrees to which they promoted social inclusion. -
Inclusionary Housing in the United States: Prevalence, Impact, and Practices
September 2017by: Emily Thaden, Ruoniu WangThis report belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Inclusionary Housing collections. -
Responding to Changing Households: Regulatory Challenges for Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units
NYU Furman Center Working Paper, January 2014by: Vicki Been, Benjamin Gross, John InfrancaThis report belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Promoting Workforce Housing: Expanding Locations and Development Potential
2008These models belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing Programs, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
“Why Not in Our Community?” Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
February 2005by: David Engel, Trent Frazier, Peter LawrenceThis report provides an overview of the regulatory barriers to affordable housing development and shares what states and cities are doing to reduce these barriers. -
Addressing Housing Affordability in High-Cost Metropolitan Areas in the United States
March 2019This report identifies communities with the greatest housing affordability challenges, recommends strategies to improve affordability, and highlights communities that are already working to address the problem. -
An Update Analysis of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities
May 2014by: Maxfield Research Inc.This report looks at the impact of affordable rental developments on nearby owner-occupied home values in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. -
Building and Protecting Affordable and Adequate Rental Housing
Southeast Michigan Housing Futures Brief 2, July 2018by: Mark Treskon, Carl HedmanThis report looks at the affordable housing situation in Detroit and highlights what the city needs to do to keep existing rental housing developments affordable. -
Local Tools to Address Housing Affordability: A State-by-State Analysis
2019by: Christiana McFarland, Kyle Funk, Rose KimThis report looks at the role that cities play in achieving housing affordability in different state policy contexts. -
Preserving Naturally-Occurring Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta Neighborhoods: Findings and Recommendations for Policymakers, Foundations, Developers, and Nonprofits
May 2018by: Aliya Bhatia, Miriam KellerThis report calls for the preservation of Atlanta’s older, unsubsidized rental properties, which serve as the city’s main source of naturally-occurring housing affordability. -
Opening Doors to Rural Homeownership: Opportunities to Expand Homeownership, Build Wealth, and Strengthen Communities
December 2012This report outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of developing and preserving affordable housing for low-income rural residents. -
Preserving Multifamily Workforce and Affordable Housing: New Approaches for Investing in a Vital National Asset
2015by: Stockton WilliamsThis report shares examples of financing vehicles used to preserve affordable housing. -
Overcoming Opposition to Multifamily Rental Housing
March 2007by: Mark Obrinsky, Debra SteinThis report unpacks the common arguments against multifamily rental housing related to fiscal burden, traffic, property values, and neighborliness and crime.
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