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September 11, 2025
Historic Districts and Housing Goals: A Case Study of Two L.A. Neighborhoods
Uncovering JAPA: Explore how a Los Angeles case study shows historic preservation districts extend beyond architecture, driving debates over zoning, property rights, development, and housing affordability. -
August 1, 2025
'ROAD to Housing' is Paved by Planning
The ROAD to Housing Act is the biggest housing package in a generation, made possible through bipartisan compromise and support for local reforms. It marks an important victory in bipartisan federal action on housing. -
May 15, 2025
Japan's Approach to Aging Urban Housing
Global Perspectives: Learn how Japan’s approach to aging condominiums offers planners a flexible model for keeping older housing viable amid shifting demographics worldwide. -
May 13, 2025
Columbus 'Zones In' on More Housing Amid Population Boom
The effects of the nationwide housing supply crisis were pushing Columbus, Ohio, to the brink. -
May 1, 2025
London's Housing Reforms: Lessons on Deregulation for Global Planners
Global Perspectives: London’s housing reforms reveal the trade-offs of deregulation, highlighting the need for planners to balance accelerated development with livability and affordability. -
April 21, 2025
New Ordinance Aims to Boost Sacramento’s Housing Supply
When Nguyen Nguyen, an associate planner in Sacramento, California, began meeting with residents about housing concerns in 2021, he started hearing similar stories. -
April 17, 2025
Eliminating Owner-Occupied Restrictions for Missing Middle Housing
Uncovering JAPA: Discover how allowing private developers to build middle housing is key to making single-family zoning reform effective and expanding affordable housing options. -
March 27, 2025
4 Ways to Use State Funding for Local Housing Supply
As federal funding programs are changed, reduced, or curtailed, localities are increasingly looking to states to supplement finance efforts to produce, preserve, and improve housing supply. Here are four ways to use state funding for local housing action, plus a look at two states that are creating even more opportunities for financing -
March 27, 2025
Finance Tools for Housing Abundance
Despite a shifting political environment, planners can still support their communities in securing funding for local reforms that increase housing abundance. Here are four tips to explore the wide variety of financial tools available, and a look at how some communities are already using these tips to their advantage. -
March 20, 2025
The Case for Rental Registries: Uncovering Ownership
Uncovering JAPA: Learn about rental registries and their role in improving housing transparency while addressing legal and privacy concerns. -
February 24, 2025
Building Housing and a Cultural Connection in Sacramento
Equity in Practice: The Wong Center in Sacramento, California, offers a roadmap for addressing housing inequities while promoting inclusion and honoring cultural heritage. -
January 31, 2025
The Connection Between Unpermitted ADUs in San José and the Need for Zoning Reform
Uncovering JAPA: Discover how policymakers are using computer vision to identify unpermitted ADUs in San José — shedding light on informal housing and the barriers to legal construction. -
December 13, 2024
Iowa City Creates Path to Homeownership
Equity in Practice: Iowa City, Iowa, uses vacant or underused properties to create a path to homeownership and neighborhood revitalization for residents in the South District. -
November 13, 2024
Three Ways a Lack of Workforce Housing Impacts Communities
The consequences for insufficient workforce housing are severe. Learn how planning advocates are fighting to secure federal support to improve local economies. -
November 11, 2024
Rogers, Arkansas, Planners Take On Regulatory Reform
APA Public Affairs Program Manager Brenna Donegan spoke to planning advocate John McCurdy about how his city of Rogers, Arkansas is addressing housing challenges, and why other small to mid-size communities in Northwest Arkansas need federal investment and support to make smart zoning reforms happen. -
November 4, 2024
Understanding Housing Instability
Uncovering JAPA: Learn how city planners, urban practitioners, and policymakers to better understand the vulnerabilities of urban residents and the multidimensional manifestation of housing precarity. -
October 29, 2024
Revitalizing a Stressed Neighborhood
Equity in Practice: Lewiston, Maine, is leveraging its Choice Neighborhood grant to improve existing and provide additional housing in the historic Tree Streets neighborhood, creating new opportunities for residents. -
October 17, 2024
Holding Landlords Accountable
Uncovering JAPA: Learn how OpenRefine is being used to track landlords' property ownership, enabling planners to target code enforcement and improve housing policy efforts. -
September 26, 2024
Navigating Intra-Ethnic Tensions
Uncovering JAPA: Gentrifiers of color can contribute to neighborhood revitalization, but this often results in increased displacement, underscoring the urgent need for urban planners to implement policies that support economically disadvantaged communities. -
June 26, 2024
Spokane's Interim Housing Ordinance Allowed City to Do 'Some Great Things'
The Building Opportunity and Choices for All interim ordinance adopted by Spokane in 2022 allowed for up to four housing units to be built on any residential lot. -
May 30, 2024
Can We Measure Land Use Policies’ Role In Fair Housing?
Uncovering JAPA: Explore the Fair Housing Land Use Score and how it measures whether local governments' land use policies promote neighborhood inclusion. -
May 14, 2024
Eagle, Colorado Goes to Bat for Affordable Housing Solutions
In the summer of 2021, Eagle staff ramped up their efforts to update the town’s zoning code. That meant getting out into the community to hear from their residents to "get a gauge of what was being felt in the community." -
May 8, 2024
5 Reasons to Join APA for Planners' Day
This is a unique opportunity to sharpen your advocacy and communication skills, meet one-on-one with members of Congress, and explain why your community needs federal support for housing and zoning reform. -
April 22, 2024
Manufacturing Affordability
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: The important role of manufactured housing in supporting housing choice, availability, and affordability. -
April 11, 2024
Why Minnesota Needs to Protect the 2040 Plan
Minnesota needs to protect the 2040 Plan to maintain its position as a national leader in housing supply and zoning reform, which is crucial for addressing the housing attainability crisis and ensuring housing equity and affordability across the state. -
March 21, 2024
Housing Assistance and Mental Health: Testing the Direct Association
Uncovering JAPA: HUD two housing program: vouchers for private landlords and public housing. -
March 11, 2024
Women Advocates for Quality Housing
Two women were early trailblazers in ensuring the availability of safe, quality and affordable housing. -
February 8, 2024
The Need for Greater Transparency in Financialized Rental Housing
Uncovering JAPA: Montreal's rental housing financialization to promote transparency in policy decisions for fairness. -
January 8, 2024
The AARP Livability Index Platform: A Planning Resource for Livable Communities
Sponsored content from AARP. Through the AARP Livability IndexTM platform and other livable community resources, AARP seeks to support efforts by planners and APA to help inform policy, increase community awareness and participation, and improve the quality of life for people of all ages. -
December 20, 2023
The Impact of Infrastructure and Workforce Challenges on Local Housing Supply
The Housing Supply Accelerator recently concluded its series of convenings in Atlanta, focused on the need to align infrastructure investments with housing development and address the shortage of construction workers through strategic initiatives. -
December 11, 2023
Can Zoning Save Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH)?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: What role can zoning play in shielding naturally occurring affordable housing from redevelopment? -
November 2, 2023
Impact of Low-Cost Housing Interventions
Uncovering JAPA: The positive impact of low-cost housing remediations led to reduced blight and crime in Philadelphia. -
October 27, 2023
Examining the Role of Land Use and Regulations in Housing Development
A recap of the third convening for the Housing Supply Accelerator focusing on examining the role of regulatory processes in facilitating housing production to address shortages. -
October 18, 2023
Three Governors Issue Executive Orders on Housing to Increase Supply
Governors of Colorado, New York, and Hawaii have exercised their executive powers to implement various levels of zoning reform within their states. -
October 13, 2023
No State Immune to Housing Supply Shortage
A new report, sponsored by APA, finds that the nation's housing supply shortage is getting worse, faster — especially for small towns and suburban communities that face high housing demand in the aftermath of the pandemic. -
September 12, 2023
Housing Finance Takes Focus at Most Recent Housing Supply Accelerator Convening
The second Housing Supply Accelerator convening held in Tacoma, Washington, focused on housing finance, including filling the information gap, public-private partnerships, and utilizing federal funding and programs. -
July 13, 2023
SHELTER: A Redistributive Affordable Housing Policy
Uncovering JAPA: Plan to reuse existing revenues to fund innovative housing policy reforms. -
July 10, 2023
Small Churches Equal Big Opportunity
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Does your zoning allow new housing on faith-based land? -
June 21, 2023
Three Chicago Housing Developments Meeting Community Needs
Members of the Housing Supply Accelerator Steering Committee tour three housing developments on Chicago's south and west sides to see innovation at work. -
June 21, 2023
Construction and Development Issues Take Focus at Latest Housing Supply Accelerator Convening
Recent Housing Supply Accelerator convening explored the various issues and opportunities related to construction and development of the nation's housing. -
June 15, 2023
Increasing Sharing Options in Housing to Improve Mental Health
Uncovering JAPA: Planners can promote sharing capabilities to create a flexible backdrop for people to live within to meet the social needs of Americans today. -
June 7, 2023
The Importance of Intergenerational Communities
Multigenerational and age-friendly communities create a vehicle to bring generations together; reduce age segregation and ageism; decrease social isolation, depression, and loneliness; and improve community infrastructure and facilities. -
May 31, 2023
An Activist Walking Guide to Philadelphia's Chinatown
A walking tour during NPC23 illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing Philadelphia's Chinatown. -
May 30, 2023
How to Overcome ADU Barriers
APA and AARP partner to create a guide to expand local supply and legal occupancy of ADUs -
March 24, 2023
State of the State Addresses Aim to Tackle the Housing Crisis
Governors address housing policies in state of state addresses in 2023. -
March 22, 2023
National Experts Join the Housing Supply Accelerator to Guide Meaningful Action
National experts appointed to help guide the Housing Supply Accelerator. -
March 2, 2023
Maximizing Affordable Housing Production Under Inclusionary Zoning
Uncovering JAPA: Authors aim to understand the effectiveness of different inclusionary zoning policies. -
January 19, 2023
Potential of Manufactured Housing and Resident-Owned Communities
Uncovering JAPA: Manufactured housing deserves more academic attention. -
January 10, 2023
Congress Funds New ‘YIMBY’ Grants for Zoning Reform
Congress passes a new $85 million grant program aimed at zoning reform. The funding represents a new and significant incentive and support for local zoning reform and planning for housing affordability. -
November 22, 2022
Restorative Planning in Action: Lessons from Mound Up!
Equity in Practice: Community-led planning effort builds upon Memphis 3.0 to revitalize Orange Mound neighborhood.
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