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Home prices in New Hampshire set another new record; old concerns remain
Cites the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas in identifying restrictive zoning as a cause of the state’s record-high home prices.
Small Towns are Not Helping Young Families
Op-ed by a New Hampshire native citing findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas about the difficulties of purchasing a starter home in the state.
Single-Family Zoning Linked With Income and Race Segregation
Provides an overview of findings from the “Bringing Zoning into Focus” report that studies zoning’s relationship to racial and economic segregation using the Connecticut Zoning Atlas dataset.
Digital Atlas Could Reveal Zoning's Social Impact
Covers updates from state atlas and research initiatives from within the National Zoning Atlas research collaborative.
New report shows government red tape contributes to Middle TN housing shortage
Covers findings from the Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas that reveal a highly restrictive regulatory landscape.
Nashville zoning limits multi-family developments, report finds
Article summarizing findings from the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas, highlighting how the region’s exclusionary zoning affects housing costs.
Four practical ideas to improve the affordable housing crisis
Highlights the National Zoning Atlas, one of four winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize, as a tool to ease the building of affordable housing.
Zoning norms slow efforts to cut transportation pollution in Connecticut
The article highlights findings from the Connecticut Zoning Atlas, emphasizing how the state's local zoning ordinances, predominantly favor single-family homes, impede efforts to reduce vehicle emissions.
2023 Ivory Prize Winners Announced
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.
IVORY INNOVATIONS RECOGNIZES FOUR HOUSING INNOVATORS WITH THE 2023 IVORY PRIZE
The winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability actively address the challenge of affordable housing through interconnected approaches.
Zoning, Preservation, Climate Change: Connecting the Dots
Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin about finding common ground at the intersection of zoning, land use, preservation, affordable housing, and climate change.
Will States Force Localities to Build Affordable Housing?
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.
Zoning Atlas provides new tool to map state-wide housing needs and barriers to development
Overview of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas’s methods and launch announcement, highlighting its use to guide conversations about development, economic opportunity, and density.
New Hampshire zoning atlas is first statewide resource to compare housing rules
Coverage of the release of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
Zoning atlas puts New Hampshire’s municipal housing barriers on display
Overview of initial findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, offering the analysis that exclusionary zoning measures blunt statewide economic growth.
NH Zoning Atlas may be ‘turning point’ in housing crisis
Celebrates the launch of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, emphasizing its potential role in addressing the state’s housing crisis.
New Hampshire Zoning Atlas unveiled to help policymakers address housing issues
Covers methodology and major findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
New map tool compares zoning disparities around the state
The New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, launching online at nhzoningatlas.org, maps out zoning regulations across 269 jurisdictions. This $100,000 project, involving over 20 contributors, reveals varied local rules like Kingston's four-parking-space requirement for single-family homes and Amherst's large land requirements for multi-family housing. Key insights include heavy restrictions on small-lot single-family homes, with only 16% of buildable land zoned for such use, and more than half of zoning districts banning larger multi-family buildings. The Atlas aims to help communities understand regional zoning practices and address housing shortages by promoting more balanced development.
Montana’s Fear of "California-Style Zoning" Spurs Reform
Local coverage of zoning reform bills, informed by findings from the Montana Zoning Atlas, proposed in Montana’s 2023 legislative session.
HUD Highlights Zoning Reforms to Boost Housing Supply
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.