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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Hampshire zoning atlas is first statewide resource to compare housing rules
Coverage of the release of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
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 favoring single-family homes, impede efforts to reduce vehicle emissions.
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.
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.
New Hampshire Zoning Atlas unveiled to help policymakers address housing issues
Covers methodology and major findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
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 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.
YIMBY Zoning Reform Sweeps the Mountain West
Connects research from the Montana Zoning Atlas to advocacy efforts in favor of addressing exclusionary zoning conditions in the Mountain West.
Creating a Charlotte Region Zoning Atlas
Aaron Houck of the North Carolina Zoning Atlas outlines the process and impetus for the creation of a zoning atlas covering the fourteen-county Charlotte region.
Report highlights zoning reforms that could improve Montana's housing supply
Coverage of Montana Zoning Atlas report highlighting how Montana’s severe zoning restrictions undercut efforts to build much-needed multi-family housing throughout the state.
Kendall Cotton: Time for Action on Housing Affordability
Opinion piece from Montana Zoning Atlas Director Kendall Cotton outlining key findings from the newly completed Montana Zoning Atlas that show how zoning constraints contribute to the state’s housing crisis.