Tag: Zoning

The Illinois debate underscores a structural reality: zoning authority is a delegation from the state. States created municipalities and retain ...

When demand increases in a place where new housing can be built relatively easily, builders respond. Over time, more supply ...

For municipal leaders, the real takeaway is this: any meaningful improvement in affordability will require building more homes. Whether your ...

By resolving code compliance questions upfront, cities can reduce delays that add carrying costs and risk to housing projects.

Over the last half-century, we’ve built a governing regime designed to stop government from doing harm. And it largely succeeded. ...

For much of the postwar era, the starter home served as a practical entry point into the housing market. It ...

St. Paul’s rent control ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent for most units, regardless of turnover or inflation. ...

Minimum lot size requirements restrict the number of homes that can be built, even where demand and infrastructure support more. ...

Pre-approved housing plans are a pragmatic, cost-effective way to deliver that. Builders get speed and certainty. Residents get homes. Governments ...

What’s missing is not just housing but a holistic view of families as integral to civic health. Policies that make ...