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HUD HOME Investment Partnerships Program
May 2024HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) provides grants to states and local jurisdictions to fund affordable housing development. -
USDA Rural Housing Service
2024USDA’s Rural Housing Service offers programs and resources to improve housing and essential community facilities in rural areas. -
HUD Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
April 2024This program gives state and local LIHTC-allocating agencies annual budget authority to issue tax credits for rental housing to lower-income households. -
HUD Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (ICDBG)
2024This program provides grants for housing, community facilities, and economic development for low- and moderate-income households in Indian and Alaska Native Communities. -
Yuma, AZ, Infill Incentive Plan
June 2017This plan provides existing conditions and incentives for development in the Infill Overlay District in Yuma, Arizona. -
San Luis Obispo COG, CA, The Housing & Infrastructure Regional Framework
Adopted August 2023This plan offers an analysis to inform decisions and tools in response to the housing and infrastructure shortage in San Luis Obispo, California. -
More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents
Housing Policy Initiative, April 2023This article compares four jurisdictions that implemented new zoning rules to allow more housing and increase affordability. -
Capital for Communities: Preserving Affordable Rental Housing Through a Nonprofit Real Estate Investment Trust
2017by: Noelle St.ClairThis article analyzes the Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET) to improve affordable rental housing. -
Commercial Residential Conversions: A Guidebook to Available Federal Resources
October 2023This guide is designed for users to familiarize themselves with federal programs to support commercial to residential conversion. -
Tempe, AZ, Hometown for All
January 2021Hometown for All initiative provides new affordable housing through a sustainable funding stream in Tempe, Arizona. -
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. -
Urban Planning Roles In Responding To Food Security Needs
Vol. 7, No.1, November 2016by: Christine Slade, Trevor Budge, Claudia BaldwinThis article talks about how urban planning can be used to address food security and food systems. -
Winooski, VT, Housing Trust Fund
2024The Housing Trust Fund contains multiple affordable housing funding programs to aid residents and developers in Winooski, Vermont. -
Below-Market Financing of Affordable Housing Development
May 2021This paper explains the approach to creating and administering a below-market debt financing program. -
General Obligation Bonds for Affordable Housing
May 2021This paper explains general obligation bonds and how states, counties, and cities use them to provide subsidies for affordable housing projects. -
Social Impact Bonds for Housing Revitalization: A Case Study in Richmond, California
August 2021This case study highlights Richmond, California’s unique approach to brownfield revitalization through social impact bonds. -
Lot-Size Reform Unlocks Affordable Homeownership in Houston
September 2023This article highlights a policy change in Houston, Texas, to reduce minimum-lot-size requirements, which increased the number of affordable housing units available. -
Lexington-Fayette County, KY, Urban County Government Zoning Code
December 2023Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky, updated their zoning code for their commercial center zone to increase the supply and mixture of housing types. -
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. -
Zoning Reform Toolkit
2022This toolkit includes 15 tools to expand housing supply and choice through zoning reform. -
Capital Subsidies for Building Affordable Housing Developments
May 2021This paper discusses how capital subsidies improve housing affordability and economic viability. -
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. -
Memphis and Shelby County, TN, International Residential Code With Local Amendments
November 2021This regulation amends the building code to enable missing middle housing in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. -
Point Access Block Building Design: Options for Building More Single-Stair Apartment Buildings in North America
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 26(1), 2024This paper introduces point access blocks as an alternative to traditional building codes. -
San Diego, CA, Companion Unit Handbook
2019This guide informs homeowners on how to construct a companion unit on their property in San Diego, California. -
Claremore, OK, Unified Development Code
December 2021Claremore, Oklahoma, adopted a Uniformed Development Code (UDC) to streamline planning efforts and the housing development process. -
Eliminating Parking Minimums in Buffalo, NY
September 2023by: Rebecca Orbach, Owen MinottThis case study in Buffalo, New York, demonstrates the positive effect eliminating parking minimums can have on a community’s public realm, housing supply, and economy. -
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. -
Guide to More Effective and Efficient Building Regulatory Processes Through Information Technology
2006by: Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital AgeThis report addresses the importance of streamlining the development process through effective use of information technology tools. -
Best Practices for Development Review and Permitting
2012This report offers best practices to more efficiently and effectively review and act upon permits for new development. -
Benchmarking the Development Review Process
Public Management Bulletin 4, November 2009by: David AmmonsThis briefing paper presents key findings from nine North Carolina cities which undertook a 21-month development review improvement process. -
Local Government Permitting Best Practice
2008This report provides local jurisdictions with a broad range of options for streamlining local permit processes. -
A Best Practices Model for Streamlined Local Permitting
November 2007This guide offers concrete suggestions to make review and permitting processes more efficient and effective. -
Best Practices in Development Review: Faster! Smoother! Smarter!
Imagine Austin Speaker Series, 2013This report presents the results of a panel discussion focusing on strategies to improve the development review process. -
Las Vegas, NV, Development Review Process Efficiency Analysis
2009by: Kirchhoff and AssociatesThis analysis of the city's development review process looks at ways to improve it, especially as compared to other regional jurisdictions. -
Snohomish County, WA, Evaluation of Snohomish County's Land Use Permitting Process
2002by: Demarche Consulting GroupThis evaluation of the county's land-use permitting processes recommends a complete process overhaul. -
Evaluation and Analysis of Madison's Development Review and Permitting Process
2005by: University of Wisconsin at MadisonThis report on the city's development review and permitting process is a collaboration between the public affairs school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the city. -
Philadelphia’s Development Permit Review Process: Recommendations for Reform
2010This report studies the city's development permitting process and explores ways to improve the overall process in concert with adoption of an electronic permitting system. -
Portland, OR, Development Review Process: Progress Made, Further Improvements Needed
2003This report analyzed the performance of development review services as a follow-up to a 1997 audit of the process. -
Development Reform Strategic Plan: Building a Better LA
2011This report offers strategic and action plans for immediate improvement of the land development process. -
Lincoln, NE, Development and Permitting Process Improvement Study
2005by: Zucker SystemsThis report evaluated the city's permitting process, highlighting recent changes while offering suggestions for continued improvements. -
Wilmington, NC, Development Review Process: Final Report
2012by: Novak Consulting GroupThis study used employee and stakeholder surveys to help evaluate the development review process in Wilmington. -
Report on Improving Winston-Salem, NC, Development Review Process
2012This evaluation advises the city council on ways to improve the city's development and approval process. -
Greenville, SC, Management Study of the Development Review Process
June 2012by: Matrix Consulting GroupThis audit offers recommendations for improvement of the city's development review process as well as a plan for implementation. -
Montgomery County, MD, Manual of Development Review Procedures
2007This manual codifies the rules and standards for reviewing development applications. -
Matteson, IL, Planning & Zoning Guide to the Development Review Process
n.d.This guide provides a summary overview of the development review process in the village. -
Madison, WI, Participating in the Development Process: A Best Practices Guide for Developers, Neighborhoods, and Policymakers
2005This guide offers guidance to multiple stakeholders on the development review process and ways to get involved. -
Del Mar, CA, Development Applications and Guides
2017The city's planning and community development department offers a page of links to various development applications and guides. -
Dallas, TX, Development Guide
2006This guidebook provides an overview of the entire development process, focusing on the city's land development and construction review processes. -
Weldon Spring, MO, Development Review Guide
2011The city's development review guide explains the entire development review process to make it more predictable.