Regulatory Barriers to Housing Affordability

Home builders today face costly challenges in these times of expanding impact fees, punitive regulations such as inclusionary zoning, lengthy approval processes, and costly permitting procedures which combine to drive up the cost of housing. You need expert sources you can turn to help you respond to and influence the regulatory agencies which impact your ability to provide quality housing to all Americans. Browse the materials below for great resources you can use.

Title	Type
Sort By: Page 1 of 1 (15 Results)
City of Eau Claire, WI Comprehensive Plan The City of Eau Claire produced a well-thought-out comprehensive plan that addresses the problem of housing affordability as one of future supply. The plan designates future planning areas for housing construction to address housing affordability. Use this example to encourage local … 4/9/2008	Web page
Court Rules Zoning Law Doesn't Apply to Rentals By Judith Davidoff The 4th District Court of Appeals today threw out Madison's controversial affordable housing law as it applies to rental properties. In a victory for the Apartment Association of South Central Wisconsin, which brought the suit against the city, the Appeals Court ruled … 4/9/2008	Web page
Getting Home: Overcoming Regulatory Barriers to Housing in Greater Boston This paper by Charles C Euchner from the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University with Elizabeth C. Frieze from Harvard University considers how regulatory barriers such as zoning and land-use regulations prevent the state … 4/9/2008	Web page
Housing Supply and Affordability - Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work? This two-part series was conducted by Benjamin Powell, PhD and Edward Stringham, PhD, professors from the San Jose State University, and commissioned by the free market think tank Reason Foundation. This study has been quoted widely by those arguing against inclusionary zoning. … 4/9/2008	Web page
Regulation and the Rise of Housing Prices in Greater Boston This is an excellent study by Edward L. Glaeser, Jenny Schuetz and Bryce Ward of Harvard University for the Rappaport Institute John F. Kennedy School of Government which starkly demonstrates how excessive regulations can have a dramatic effect on a metropolitan areas … 4/9/2008	Web page
Suit Filed Against Tallahassee Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance A coalition of builders and Realtors® filed suit on Feb. 28 (2006) in Florida's Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County challenging the City of Tallahassee's mandatory inclusionary zoning ordinance on the grounds that it violates substantive due process and is an unlawful taking and … 4/9/2008	Web page
The Effects of Land Use Regulation on the Price of Housing: What We Know and What Can We Learn? This paper was produced by the University of California at Berkeley's Program on Housing and Urban Policy in its Working Paper Series, this is an empirical analysis of the effect of regulations on the cost of housing. Although lengthy and a bit academic, the executive summary provides … 4/9/2008	Web page
Storm Water Permitting: A Guide for Builders and Developers Prepared to help builders comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Storm Water Permitting is intended to provide a starting point for builders and developers to use in locating and understanding storm water permitting requirements. In addition to information on federal and state storm … 2006	External Link
NAHB's Housing Affordability Resources Toolkit Click on the link below to access NAHB's Housing Affordability Resources Toolkit, including helpful information regarding inclusionary zoning policies. Housing Affordability Resources Toolkit This is a guidebook for the housing affordability resources toolkit which can be found on line under … 1/31/2008	Web page
HUD Guide to Creating a Regulatory Barriers Task Force 6/28/2007	External Link
Homebuilders Contribution to Housing Affordability: 2007 APA Powerpoint Presentation This powerpoint was presented at the 2007 American Planning Association Convention in Philadelphia. It explains the homebuilder's perspective on the causes of housing affordability problems and some of the actions which can be taken by the regulatory community to alleviate this concern within … 4/24/2007	MS Power Point
The Myths and Facts About Inclusionary Zoning - Update March 2007 "The Myths and Facts About Inclusionary Zoning" was developed by the NAHB Public Affairs Department and released to the Board of Directors at their Fall meeting in Salt Lake City. The development of this document was in response to numerous complaints and concerns raised to NAHB … 3/21/2007	PDF
Smart Codes Smart Process Checklist See this checklist to learn more about streamlining the development process via smart codes. 2/24/2006	MS Document
The Builder's Perspective on Inclusionary Zoning Smart Growth, Smart Choices Series The Builder’s Perspective on Inclusionary Zoning The primary purpose of this paper is to highlight a “cost-benefit” analysis of the inclusionary zoning policy. It is 11/1/2005	MS Document
Streamlining the Development Approval Process Streamlining the Development Approval Process is a background paper that was prepared for the American Planning Association’s Growing Smart Project, Phase III. This document offers a comprehensive compilation of ideas raised in various reports that have addressed the streamlining … 1/4/2005	MS Document