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Innovations

How Anchorage Effectively Eliminated Single-Family-Only Zoning

Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.”

October 31, 2024

By Jon DePaolis

Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.”

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