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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.
Think tank calls on West Tennessee policymakers to overhaul zoning before BlueOval population boom
Recaps The Beacon Center's report on the West Tennessee portion of the Tennessee Zoning Atlas, describing how zoning will dictate growth patterns coinciding with the opening of Ford's new BlueOval City electric vehicle plant.
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.
Study finds zoning regulations could be negatively affecting housing in West TN
News segment showcasing findings of the West Tennessee Zoning Atlas.
Report: West Tennessee zoning affects affordability in expected population boom
Uses findings from the West Tennessee Zoning Atlas to show how zoning regulations will impact affordability of new housing in the region surrounding Ford’s Blue Oval auto assembly plant, set to open outside Memphis.
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.
This map can help address Northern Virginia’s high housing costs
Op-ed by Virginia Zoning Atlas contributor, Emily Hamilton of Mercatus Center at GMU.
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.
Real estate industry looks to zoning atlas for housing solutions
Coverage of a panel discussing the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas as a valuable tool for addressing Long Island's housing shortage.
Housing series digs into state-level remedies
Article covering how Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development showcased the Vermont Zoning Atlas to demonstrate the limited availability of zoning allowing for single-family homes on small lots.
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.
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 complimentary 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 in data displayed in the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s regional Nashville Atlas.
2023 Housing Fact Book, Rhode Island Zoning Atlas details various housing trends
Covers HousingWorks RI’s October 2023 release of the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas.
NH among highest in country for housing needs
Uses the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas to situate another report's findings about state housing needs.