Why Your Community Needs Planning-Led Zoning Reform
Elected leaders are turning to community planners for their insights and data-backed policy ideas to overcome restrictive zoning and other barriers that prevent housing development in the places where people most need choice.
Housing Supply Accelerator Challenge
Be a part of a nationwide network
The Housing Supply Accelerator Challenge will help support local leaders in putting the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook into practice. Participating communities will gain access to best practices, technical assistance, housing supply experts, and a peer exchange.
Applications open now!
Join the Challenge and Read the Playbook to get strategies on how to speed up housing development in your community.
Housing is a complex crisis that requires comprehensive solutions. Planners provide data-driven insights and expertise that can help policymakers improve public policies and investments that create housing abundance, efficient infrastructure, and lasting economic strength.
Hear from local policymakers how planning has produced positive outcomes in their communities:
From parking minimums to building more housing near transit, planners — together with decision-makers — are finding innovative, locally-led ways to make housing more affordable, accessible, and available to residents.
Learn how planners and elected officials are working together to create solutions for housing in communities of all sizes across the nation:
Allowing for a Range of Multiunit Housing Types,
New Ordinance Aims to Boost Sacramento’s Housing Supply (APA Blog)
Eliminating Owner-Occupied Restrictions for Missing Middle Housing (APA Blog)
Housing diversity encourages age-friendly, accessible communities (Planning magazine)
Going Beyond "Use" Zoning to Promote Housing Equity (APA Blog)
Spokane's Interim Housing Ordinance Allowed City to Do "Some Great Things" (Planning magazine)
Eagle, Colorado Goes to Bat for Affordable Housing Solutions (Planning magazine)
Reducing Parking Minimums
The Push For Parking Reform (APA Blog)
How Sacramento Won Major Housing Gains with Zoning Reform (Planning magazine)
A Business Case for Dropping Parking Minimums (Planning magazine)
Three Zoning Reform Success Stories that Reignited Downtown Development (Planning magazine)
Making Space for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
What's at Stake: Zoning Reform with Arlova Vonhm, AICP (video)
New ADU Tools May Unlock Affordable Housing In Your Backyard (Planning magazine)
ADU Resources for Policymakers: From Model Legislation to Case Studies (Knowledgebase Collection)
Rural Communities Embrace ADUs to Boost Housing Supply (Planning magazine)
San Diego County Tackles Affordable Housing and Climate Change (podcast)
Repurposing Buildings as Homes
Adaptive Reuse Revives a Casket Factory as Affordable Housing (Planning magazine)
Unlock Suburban Housing Potential and Put Empty Offices to Work (APA Blog)
Transforming Empty Churches Into Affordable Housing Takes More Than a Leap of Faith (Planning magazine)
How Adaptive Reuse Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis (Planning magazine)
Yes, You Can Convert Vacant Retail to Housing (Planning magazine)
Linking Housing to Transportation
Incentivizing Local Reform Through State Action
State-Based Housing Coalitions Lead the Way to Local Solutions (APA Blog)
Colorado Planners Craft Forward-Thinking Housing Policy (APA Blog)
Building for Tomorrow: States Take Action on Housing Reform (APA Blog)
How the Bipartisan 'Montana Miracle' Confronts the Housing Crisis Head-On (Planning magazine)
Housing Reform Through State Legislation and Local Zoning (Zoning Practice)
Bold Reforms Lead to Strong Outcomes
San Diego County increases housing and tackles climate change
Planners and policy makers in San Diego County are tackling tricky but familiar challenges — and they are succeeding. Learn how their collaborative efforts led to successfully launching an ADU program, a roadmap for electric vehicles, and reducing vehicle dependency.
Have a question or thought to share about planners' work with elected officials to increase the nation's housing supply? Email housing@planning.org
About the Housing Supply Accelerator
