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Project Aims to Decode Nation’s Zoning
NZA outreach coordinator Diana Drogaris discusses how the National Zoning Atlas facilitates market-to-market analysis of housing rules — a benefit for builders and suppliers of manufactured housing.
RESEARCHERS LAUNCH UNPRECEDENTED SURVEY OF LOCAL REGULATIONS WITH ‘ZONING ATLAS’
Profiles the release of the National Zoning Atlas integrated zoning atlas map launch.
Here’s how hard it is to build apartments on Long Island
Article covering initial findings from the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas, emphasizing prevalence of single-family housing.
Long Island Zoning Atlas maps apartments
Long Island Zoning Atlas shows how few areas allow new apartments: Discusses the future of housing development in the Long Island region, emphasizing that the Long Island Zoning Atlas reveals that single-family housing is permitted on the majority of land while multifamily housing is limited to a small amount.
Younger Generations Hold the Keys to More Affordable Housing
Points new policymakers to using the National Zoning Atlas to ensure future zoning reforms accommodate abundant options for affordable housing.
Long Island Zoning Atlas launched to promote housing development
Celebrates the launch of and highlights findings from the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas.
Housing advocates see momentum for change despite tight market
Discusses how the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas tracks—and promotes—shifting public sentiment toward anti-exclusionary changes in zoning.
Amid housing crisis, advocates celebrate innovation in N.H
Showcases 2023 data updates to the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
Housing experts weigh in on Housing Works RI 2023 fact book
Highlights the launch of the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas as complementary to the release of HousingWorks RI's 2023 Housing Fact Book.
THE ROLE OF ZONING IN FUTURE PLACEMAKING
Reflections on the what the Hampton Roads portion of the Virginia Zoning Atlas reveals about the region's history of restrictive zoning.
What's the argument for rewriting Nashville's zoning code
Cites data in displayed in the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’ regional Nashville Atlas.
2023 Housing Fact Book, Rhode Island Zoning Atlas detail various housing trends
Covers HousingWorks RI’s October 2023 release of the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas.
NH among highest in country for housing need
Uses the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas to situate another report's findings about state housing needs.
Emanuel Garcia Flores: Why it’s easier to build single-family suburbs but not denser affordable housing
Op-ed by former NZA intern Emanuel Garcia Flores on what working with zoning codes revealed about the national state of housing access.
CAN DIGITALIZATION IMPROVE HOW WE PLAN, REVIEW, AND REGULATE HOUSING?
Overview of NZA founder and director Sara Bronin’s contribution to JCHS’s 2022 symposium on housing and digitalization.
The Zoning Data Revolution is Here
Showcases the National Zoning Atlas, along with the Zoning Restrictiveness Index, as two tools succeeding in making zoning data more comprehensive, standardized and accessible to the public.
A statewide consensus: More affordable housing is needed in New Hampshire
Looks at survey data that reveals New Hampshire residents are increasingly in support of building more affordable housing, underscoring the prescient value of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
Fifty Years of Efforts to Reduce Regulatory Barriers
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.
Zoning Atlases Will Aid State Housing Reform, Advocates Say
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.
National Zoning Atlas Could Contribute to Zoning Law Reform, Policy Analysis
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.