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How racist restrictions in housing deeds helped shape where Rhode Islanders live today
Investigates the interwoven history of racially restrictive covenants and municipal zoning policies designed to legally segregate communities–and points to the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas as a tool to help confront these pasts.
How large-lot zoning contributes to Rhode Island’s big housing shortfall
Calls on NZA data from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire to assess the impact large minimum lot sizes has in constraining development and diving up house prices in New England.
Most Northern Virginia land is reserved for single-family-detached homes, research finds
Covers findings from the Northern portion of the Virginia Zoning Atlas in the context of local rezonings.
Zoned in with Maria Tova Enriquez Dougherty
For the PreserveCast podcast, Virginia Zoning Atlas member Maria Tova Enriquez Dougherty talks affordable housing production, preservation, and smart regional growth — and how the NZA ties it all together.
Densely speaking - The National Zoning Atlas (sara bronin and scott Markley)
NZA founder and director Sara Bronin and geospatial project coordinator Scott Markley take listeners behind the scenes of the National Zoning Atlas on the Densely Speaking podcast's season kickoff.
National Zoning Atlas Founder Sara Bronin is Empowering Communities to Transform Land Use
Interview with NZA founder and director Sara Bronin discussing how the NZA facilitates opportunity for engagement among planners and community members and how it can help people advocate for zoning reform nationwide.
The mapping tool that’s trying to make zoning laws accessible to all
NZA founder and director introduces the National Zoning Atlas on NPR’s Marketplace.
New tool hopes to change how Long Island understands its complex zoning
Discusses the potential uses for the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas.
Zoning Atlas with Sara Bronin
Podcast interview with NZA founder Sara Bronin reflecting on the Connecticut Zoning Atlas’ role in promoting zoning justice in the state.
House Party with Ivory Innovations: Sara Bronin, National Zoning Atlas
Ivory Innovations podcast interview with NZA founder and director, Sara Bronin, discussing the first-ever effort to compile the nation’s 30,000 zoning codes in a single database and how ordinary people can get involved with the project.
Hawaiʻi Zoning Atlas helps people navigate land-use rules and regulations
Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas, Trey Gordner, discusses how the atlas will help modernize and democratize outdated state land use regulations.
Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Generative AI
Podcast covering generative artificial intelligence projects in planning; touches on the National Zoning Atlas machine learning project.
Who Killed Affordable Housing?
Housing has gotten so expensive — for many of us, buying something seems totally out of reach. And even renting a decent apartment is a struggle these days. Who, or what, is to blame for these high prices? Podcast tracks down the culprit, featuring NZA founder and director Sara Bronin.
Zoning laws contribute to neighborhood segregation in CT, study finds
Public radio segment highlighting the “Bringing Zoning into Focus” report to explicate the links between single-family zoning and segregation in the state.
Report: Middle Tennessee zoning policies contributing to unaffordable housing
Reviews findings from the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas.
The Connecticut Case: Sara Bronin on Zoning Reform and Desegregation in the Nutmeg State
NZA founder Sara Bronin discusses the lessons to be learned from a Connecticut advocacy group’s mission to transform the state’s zoning laws from tools for racial exclusion to instruments of social change and sustainability.
The Quest for Zoning Zen: How Land Use Rules Are Poised for Reform
City planner and author M. Nolan Gray talks with NZA founder and director Sara Bronin about how zoning can be tweaked for better outcomes.
The Case For Zoning Reform
A discussion on the impacts of exclusionary zoning, parallels between American and Canadian land use regulation, and the work being undertaken by the National Zoning Atlas.
The Rosetta Stone of Zoning
Interview with Professor Sara Bronin on zoning regulations and processes that create barriers to affordable housing, and a discussion of the benefits of using the National Zoning Atlas to standardize zoning data across jurisdictions.
Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning
A conversation on the connections between zoning reform and sustainable transportation advocacy.