Policy and Advocacy

Support the ROAD to Housing Act

The bipartisan, APA-endorsed ROAD to Housing Act streamlines federal housing funding, providing planners with essential support, resources, and best practices to craft and implement reforms tailored to each community’s unique needs, bolstering housing supply and long-term resilience.

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Boost Housing Supply Funding

House and Senate committees have advanced THUD appropriation bills. Funding programs like CDBG, HOME, Choice Neighborhoods, and PRO Housing will expand housing supply, streamline development, and support locally led reforms tailored to each community’s needs.

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NLC Summit

Increase Housing Supply With Planning

Housing Supply Resources for Communities

Local leaders are turning to community planners for data-backed insights that lead to innovative housing solutions. From parking reform to building more housing near transit, see how locally-led zoning reform can help your community.

APA President Sue Schwartz, FAICP urges Congress to prioritize zoning reform

2025 Policy Priority

Federal support for zoning reform is key to increasing the housing supply

With federal support, planners can enable reforms that meet communities where they are to increase housing choice, lower housing costs, bolster local economies, and connect people to opportunity.

Planners' Advocacy Network

The national network of planning advocates is working to shape federal and state policy outcomes.

Access this APA Member Benefit

Network members gain access to:

  • Exclusive resources, tips, tools, and training
  • Updates on the latest federal and state issues that impact planners

Policy Guides

Policy Guides represent APA's official position on critical planning issues and arm planners with the tools to advocate for policies that create great communities for all. Policy guides, developed through a member-driven process, cover topics like Hazard Mitigation, Equity in Zoning, Housing, Climate Change, and more.

Amicus Curiae

APA works to advance planning through the judicial process by filing amicus curiae — friend of the court — briefs in select cases of national importance.