Planning

Planning for greater housing affordability is an important first step. Communities can enhance affordability with a comprehensive planning and development framework. The best plans incorporate job growth as well as housing needs and supply to inform zoning decisions.

• Prepare a truly comprehensive plan that includes housing needs
• Encourage mixed-use/mixed-income development
• Encourage adaptive reuse, infill and redevelopment
• Innovative infrastructure financing tools
• State-level programs and remedies

• Case Study: Peak One — Frisco, Colo.
• Case Study: Wildflower Terrace at Mueller — Austin, Texas
• Case Study: Daybreak — South Jordan, Utah
• Case Study: Lofts at Reynoldstown Crossing – Atlanta, Ga.
• Case Study: Arcade Apartments — St. Louis, Mo.
• Case Study: Oxford Mills — Philadelphia, Pa.