The Case for #AffordableHousing: Shaping #SustainableCommunities: #SmartGrowth
#YIMBY #Sustainability #InclusiveCommunities
#UrbanDevelopment
#ZoningReform
#HousingForAll
#CommunityRevitalization
#BuildMoreHousing
#ClimateAction
#FutureReadyNeighborhoods

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I just learned of the battle between #louisville and #kentucky over whether more affordable #housing types should be permitted there. "I think it stops the momentum. I think it worsens the crisis" https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/kentucky-lawmakers-seek-freeze-on-louisville-land-code-changes/article_ed876410-e7b1-11ee-8951-3b61116736d2.html #zoning #zoningreform #shortage #predatorydelay #inflation #economy #jobs

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-wont-legalize-cafes-in-residential-neighborhoods-lawmakers-decide/ “Klicker pitched HB 2252 as a way to improve mental health and strengthen connections between neighbors by creating more opportunities for them to gather near their homes. Some lawmakers saw the bill as an opportunity to encourage walking over driving or to bolster property owners’ rights” #washington #zoningreform #climate #zoning #economicdevelopment #propertyrights

https://fortune.com/2023/12/16/california-housing-crisis-policy-failure-threaten-rest-of-the-country “While engaging communities on issues started from a good place, Schuetz says it’s “evolved into this process where extremely wealthy homeowners dominate…and poor people, who are supposed to be prioritized, are in fact not a part of that” #housing #zoning #zoningreform #equity #publicengagement

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/12/1/alexandria-virginia-says-goodbye-to-exclusionary-zoning “The question we’re facing as a Council, and as a city, is whether we’re willing to commit the effort and resources to make Alexandria an inclusive city” #alexandria #equity #housing #climate #virginia #zoning #zoningreform

@bookish this is a relatively new area of study so we don’t have a lot of real world assessments. Here is a simulation that looked at how this would work for Seattle. There they found that upzoning produced lower travel times and costs on average https://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/kockelman/public_html/TRB23UpzoningSeattleNaifu.pdf #zoning #zoningreform #climate #equity

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/11/10/edmonton-passes-zoning-reform-to-revive-traditional-housing “Good land-use policy is good fiscal policy, and if these changes are executed as projected, the reduced burdens on maintenance could enable Edmonton to offer homeowners a 5% residential tax reduction” #zoningreform #edmonton #housing #equity #taxreform

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/10/31/the-6-zoning-reforms-every-municipality-should-adopt Nice quick rundown of some of the big ideas in #zoningreform in #northamerica right now. If you’ve been following the last few years of work in #cville this may seem familiar

I've been saying nice things about Cottage Courts. I believe that they will be possible in the R-B and R-C zones of the recommended draft of the #cville #zoning #housing #zoningreform https://missingmiddlehousing.com/types/cottage-court#overview

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/the-next-draft-of-charlottesvilles-zoning-ordinance-includes-a-new-type-of-residential-district/ Thanks to Erin O’Hare for covering the #cville #cvilleplanstogether #zoning rewrite. #zoningreform #housing #equity #climate

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/government-politics/i-dont-want-to-be-right-charlottesvilles-upzoning-opponents-could-be-losing-this-fight/article_5d3958f8-613f-11ee-b6a1-57e887127fdc.html Impressively well researched article from Jason Armesto on the current #zoningreform #housing debate in #cville , with extensive interviews from experts on the subject including Yonah Freemark #equity #zoning #climate #trees

"This is not tinkering around the edges. This is groundbreaking, literally, by rewriting the wrongs of history" https://citylimits.org/2023/09/21/mayor-adams-pitches-zoning-for-less-parking-more-housing/ #zoning #zoningreform #parkingreform #housing #equity #nyc

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-cannot-proceed-with-2040-plan-court-rules/600302266/ “We've invested in record amounts of affordable rental housing production in Minneapolis, limited rent increases to just 1% for the past five years, and have been credited with keeping inflation way below the national average. … So much of this progress, and our ability to meet future housing goals, has been made possible thanks to the 2040 Plan.” #housing #zoning #zoningreform #inflation #policy #minneapolis

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-suburb-that-defied-nimby-a9bf4af9 “We have a model that can be replicated” #housing #newrochelle #zoning #zoningreform

Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the #cvilleplanstogether process #zoning #cville #zoningreform #housing #equity #climate #podcast https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/august-15-2023-charlottesvilles-complete#details

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/rent-growth-is-slowing-where-housing-got-built.html “So long as high-paying jobs are being created in your city, high-income workers are going to move there. If there is no new “luxury” housing to absorb them, they will simply outbid less affluent residents for the housing units that already exist. Thus the less new housing that gets built, the faster rents will rise in a booming city.” #housing #zoning #zoningreform #luxury

Fortune: “California homes are so pricey that only 16% of the state’s residents can afford to buy one—and it’s only getting worse”

https://fortune.com/2023/08/11/california-home-prices-real-estate-affordability/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/27/biden-harris-administration-announces-actions-to-lower-housing-costs-and-boost-supply/ i see a number of #housing reforms here, including up to $10 million per locality for #zoningreform and #parkingreform work to reduce barriers to affordable housing #us

More and more cities are scrapping their wasteful #parking requirements. But many of them could be asking developers for something more: better #walking, better #biking, and more support for public #transit.

I wrote about it for @TheConversationUS. https://theconversation.com/to-reclaim-downtowns-from-traffic-require-developers-to-offer-strategies-for-cutting-car-use-206921