A 50-year survey of HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research’s role in seeking to understand the extent and effects of regulatory barriers — with mention of funding the National Zoning Atlas to help people understand zoning codes.

NZA leaders in Montana, Tennessee, & California share how zoning atlases are the analytical tool lawmakers are missing when it comes to counteracting harmful zoning practices.

Article demonstrating how the National Zoning Atlas helps make local housing laws more available and digestible in order to revolutionize housing policy analysis and pave the way for zoning law reform.

Podcast covering generative artificial intelligence projects in planning; touches on the National Zoning Atlas machine learning project.

Status update on the ongoing efforts to create a comprehensive National Zoning Atlas, featuring check-ins with the Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire atlases.

Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin discussing the National Zoning Atlas’s potential to inform evidence-based policymaking.

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.

Covers updates from state atlas and research initiatives from within the National Zoning Atlas research collaborative.

Highlights the National Zoning Atlas, one of four winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize, as a tool to ease the building of affordable housing.

The National Zoning Atlas was announced as co-winner in the category of Policy and Regulatory Reform for the 2023 Ivory Prize for Affordable Housing.

The winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability actively address the challenge of affordable housing through interconnected approaches.

Video introduction to the National Zoning Atlas featuring interviews with NZA staff, contributors, and supporters.

Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin about finding common ground at the intersection of zoning, land use, preservation, affordable housing, and climate change.

Through exploring debates around zoning reform in ongoing State legislative sessions, article highlights the importance of the National Zoning Atlas as a tool for better understanding complex regulatory frameworks.

Announcement of a new research partnership between the NZA and HUD with the goal of closing data gaps that limit understanding of the relationship between zoning and segregation, affordability, and other outcomes.

Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin emphasizing how the Atlas can be a valuable tool for housing and land use attorneys.

References the NZA in discussing how arcane or out-of-date zoning codes may limit opportunities to develop more housing—a key cause of rising homelessness.

Discuss how the National Zoning Atlas can inform reform efforts, highlighting its origins and impact on Connecticut.

City planner and author M. Nolan Gray talks with NZA founder and director Sara Bronin about how zoning can be tweaked for better outcomes.

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.