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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.
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Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas, Trey Gordner, discusses how the atlas will help modernize and democratize outdated state land use regulations.
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.
Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Generative AI
Podcast covering generative artificial intelligence projects in planning; touches on the National Zoning Atlas machine learning project.
New project helps examine how zoning affects the housing crunch in New Hampshire
Introduces the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas and evaluates its findings in the Monadnock Region.
Creating the National Zoning Atlas
Status update on the ongoing efforts to create a comprehensive National Zoning Atlas, featuring check-ins with the Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire atlases.
Zoning Single-Source-of-Truth for 30k U.S. Local Jurisdictions
Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin discussing the National Zoning Atlas’s potential to inform evidence-based policymaking.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lack of Multi-Family Zones Contributes to Nashville’s High Housing Costs, Study Says
Article citing Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas links lack of property zoned for multi-family housing in Davidson County to Nashville's affordability crisis.
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.