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Exeter, NH, Zoning Ordinance
Amended through March 2016The town's zoning code offers a density bonus option for the voluntary provision of affordable housing. It also includes floodplain development regulations that exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements. -
Durham, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
September 2018The city-county's unified development ordinance offers incentives for voluntary provision of affordable housing. -
East Greenwich, RI, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 26, 2013This comprehensive plan belongs to Housing Supply Planning and Inclusionary Housing collections. -
Anacortes, WA, Comprehensive Plan 2016
July 2016The city’s comprehensive plan addresses inclusionary housing in its Housing Element. -
Santa Rosa, CA, Housing Action Plan
Adopted October 2016This functional plan belongs to the Housing Supply Planning and Inclusionary Housing collections. -
Northbrook, IL, Affordable Housing Plan
n.d.The village’s affordable housing plan addresses inclusionary housing. -
Model Regulations: Inclusionary Workforce Housing Regulations
Sustainable Land Use Code Project, 2013by: Clarion AssociatesThis model code provides a template to help cities in metropolitan Hartford, CT, adopt inclusionary workforce housing regulations. -
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, PA, Model Ordinance: Inclusionary Zoning
Updated December 2015This guidance manual and model ordinance was written in response to an affordable housing needs assessment and regional housing plan completed for the Lehigh Valley region in Pennsylvania. -
CityLab University: Inclusionary Zoning
CityLab, July 2018by: Benjamin SchneiderThis article belongs to the Inclusionary Housing and Introducing Planning Concepts to Nonplanners collections -
Inclusionary Zoning: The Most Promising—Or Counter-Productive—Of All Housing Policies
Sightline Institute blog post, November 29, 2016by: Dan Bertolet, Alan DurningThis blog post argues for inclusionary housing policies “done right” that balance affordability mandates with incentives to offset increased costs to developments. -
Centre County, PA, Inclusionary Housing: Model Policies for Centre County
June 30, 2010This guidance manual was written in response to an affordable housing needs assessment completed for the county. -
Model Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw
2007This guide and model ordinance on inclusionary zoning is part of the Smart Growth/Smart Energy Toolkit produced by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. -
Is Inclusionary Zoning Creating Less Affordable Housing?
Strong Towns blog, April 11, 2018by: Emily HamiltonThis blog post questions whether inclusionary housing requirements reduce overall access to housing by driving up the costs of building market-rate housing. -
Mixed-Income Housing and Neighborhood Integration: Evidence from Inclusionary Zoning Programs
Journal of Urban Affairs, 36(4): 716–41, October 2014by: Constantine KontokostaThis article analyzes the effect of inclusionary housing programs on racial and income integration and neighborhood change in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Suffolk County, New York. -
Can Inclusionary Zoning Be an Effective and Efficient Housing Policy? Evidence From Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Journal of Urban Affairs, 32(2): 229–52, April 2010by: Vinit Mukhija, Lara Regus, Sara SlovinThis article evaluates inclusionary zoning programs in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, and finds positive outcomes. -
Inclusionary Zoning and Mixed-Income Communities
Evidence Matters, Spring 2013This article highlights the inclusionary housing policies of two of the largest U.S. cities with high housing costs—New York City and Chicago. -
Housing Market Effects of Inclusionary Zoning
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 7, 2009by: Antonio Bento, Scott Lowe, Gerrit KnaapThis article presents an empirical analysis of the effects of inclusionary zoning policies on housing prices and starts in California during the years 1988–2005. -
Cracking the Foundation: Highlighting and Criticizing the Shortcomings of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Practices
Pepperdine Law Review, 37(3): 1039–112, 2012by: Michael FloryanThis Comment from the Pepperdine Law Review questions the legality and effectiveness of mandatory inclusionary housing policies. -
Inclusionary Zoning: One Approach to Create Affordable Housing
MRSC Insight Blog, November 23, 2016by: Steve ButlerThis blog post from Washington State’s Municipal Research and Services Center provides a basic overview of inclusionary housing policies, along with several links to inclusionary housing programs from Washington communities. -
Inclusionary Housing, Incentives, and Land Value Recapture
Land Lines, January 2009by: Nico Calavita, Alan MallachThis article promotes treating inclusionary housing as a vehicle for recapturing for public benefit some of the gain in land value resulting from public action. -
Ten Ways to Talk About Inclusionary Housing Differently
2017by: Sasha HauswaldThis briefing paper offers 10 messages to better frame new conversations about inclusionary housing. -
Economics of Inclusionary Housing Policies & Impact Fees: A Literature Review
April 2018This briefing paper offers an annotated list summarizing peer-reviewed studies and other academic articles relevant to inclusionary housing policies from the economics and planning literature. -
Steps to a Walkable Community: Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Engineers
2012by: Laura MacNeil, AICP, Scott Bricker, Samuel SchwartzThis guide belongs to the Active Transportation and Built Environment and Health collections. -
Making Inclusionary Housing More Flexible: Four Ideas for Urban Settings
Inclusionary Housing Research & Policy Brief, July 2015by: Robert HickeyThis briefing paper offers four ideas to help improve the flexibility of inclusionary housing policies. -
After the Downturn: New Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusionary Housing
Inclusionary Housing Research & Policy Brief, February 2013by: Robert HickeyThis briefing paper examines how inclusionary housing policies fared during the Great Recession and highlights the major issues and opportunities confronting this approach during the housing market’s recovery. -
On Common Ground: Joint Principles on Inclusionary Housing Policies
July 2005This briefing paper lays out five key principles about inclusionary housing based on a societal right to an adequate supply of housing. -
Housing and Health: The Role of Inclusionary Zoning
Health Affairs Health Policy Brief, June 7, 2018This briefing paper argues that inclusionary housing policies can help improve health outcomes for disadvantaged families. -
What Makes Inclusionary Zoning Happen?
Inclusionary Housing Research & Policy Brief, May 2016by: Lisa Sturtevant, Brian StrombergThis briefing paper looks at how inclusionary housing policies vary across localities and what makes local jurisdictions adopt these programs. -
What Do We Know About Inclusionary Housing? Lessons from a National Survey of Programs
January 2018by: Ruoniu Wang, Sasha Hauswald, Emily ThadenThis briefing paper draws from a 2016 national survey of inclusionary housing programs to offer insights on these programs currently operating in the United States. -
Silver Bullet or Trojan Horse? The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets in Greater Boston
March 2009by: Jenny Schuetz, Rachel Meltzer, Vicki BeenThis briefing paper examines inclusionary housing policies in the Boston metropolitan area and compares them to those in the San Francisco Bay area and greater Washington, D.C. -
Delivering on the Promise of Inclusionary Housing: Best Practices in Administration and Monitoring
2007by: Rick JacobusThis briefing paper notes the importance of proper administration of inclusionary housing programs in ensuring the production and maintenance of affordable housing units. -
Best Practices for Setting Homeowners Association Dues in the Presence of an Inclusionary Housing Policy
2016This briefing paper examines the issue of homeowners association dues as a costly and unpredictable challenge to the affordability of for-sale units produced through inclusionary housing programs. -
The Economics of Inclusionary Housing Policies: Effects on Housing Prices
n.d.This briefing paper addresses whether the price of market rate housing increases with implementation of an inclusionary housing policy. -
Best Practices for Inclusionary Housing Feasibility Studies
n.d.This briefing paper focuses on recommended practices for inclusionary housing feasibility studies. -
The Economics of Inclusionary Housing Policies: Effects on Housing Production
n.d.This briefing paper addresses whether inclusionary housing policies slow or stop the production of new market rate homes. -
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. -
Newton, MA, Housing Needs Analysis and Strategic Recommendations
June 2016This report from the city of Newton examines the city’s housing needs and provides housing strategy recommendations for the city. -
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 Zoning Primer
Updated August 2019This report explores the challenges and potential unintended consequences of adopting an inclusionary housing policy. -
The Economics of Inclusionary Development
2016by: Stockton Williams, Ian Carlton, Lorelei JuntunenThis report’s purpose is to help policy makers better understand the economics of inclusionary housing policies and their impacts on housing development. -
Separating Fact from Fiction to Design Effective Inclusionary Housing Programs
Inclusionary Housing Research & Policy Briefs, 2016by: Lisa SturtevantThis briefing paper evaluates inclusionary housing programs to determine factors for their success. -
Housing Market Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning
February 2008by: Gerrit Knaap, Antonio Bento, Scott LoweThis report examined the impacts of inclusionary housing policies on housing markets in California from 1988 to 2005. -
Inclusionary Housing Sample Documents Library
2014This clearinghouse collection includes administrative documents from the inclusionary housing programs of communities in twelve states. -
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. -
Inclusionary Housing Map
Updated August 10, 2018This interactive map allows users to explore local inclusionary housing regulations across the United States. -
Inclusionary Housing Program Design Worksheet
n.d.This inclusionary housing program design worksheet walks users through five steps to designing an inclusionary housing program. -
Inclusionary Housing Calculator 2.0
February 14, 2018This Inclusionary Housing Calculator is designed to allow communities to explore the relationship between various local incentives and the development of mixed-income housing. -
San Luis Obispo County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 30, 2018This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Inclusionary Housing, and Transfer of Development Rights collections.