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Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook
May 06, 2024The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook is for local elected officials and community planners working to boost diverse, attainable, and equitable housing supply in communities nationwide. -
Equity in Zoning Policy Guide
by: American Planning Association February 08, 2023APA's Equity in Zoning Policy Guide positions planners to lead the way on zoning changes at the local, state, and federal level. -
Housing Wisconsin: A Guide to Preparing the Housing Element of a Local Comprehensive Plan
June 2003by: Brian Ohm, John Merrill, Joni HerrenThis guide belongs to the Comprehensive Planning and Housing Needs Assessment collections. -
Guide and Data Template for Preparing a Housing Needs and Demand Assessment
April 2013This model plan provides a template to help cities assess and plan to address housing needs. -
PSRC, WA, Housing Element Guide
July 2014This guide aims to help communities in the Puget Sound region of Washington update the housing element of their comprehensive plan in compliance with state law. -
Evaluating Local Affordable Housing Needs in Alaska
September 1997by: Rural Community Assistance CorporationThis guide supports communities in Alaska looking to better understand their affordable housing needs and prepare to act. -
Research to Develop a Community Needs Index
June 2007by: Econometrica, Inc., Frederick EggersThis guide presents a community needs index that local officials can use to assess current and project future needs with public data. -
Housing Needs Workbook: Assessing Community Housing Needs
May 2003by: John Ryan, Anne Marie Geartner, Kristen OlsenThis guide reviews how to assess housing needs for communities in Massachusetts. -
Vermont Housing Needs Assessment Guide
November 2016by: Mia Watson, Leslie Black-PlumeauThis guide helps communities in Vermont assess their affordable housing needs. -
The Mixed-Income Housing TOD Action Guide
2009by: Center for Transit-Oriented DevelopmentThis guide shares how to assess housing needs and develop a preservation and production plan for Bay Area transit districts. -
Roadmap to Livability: Housing Workbook
2018This guide shares how to draft a Housing Action Plan that focuses on improving livability for residents of all ages. -
Developing Community Housing Needs Assessments and Strategies: A Self-Help Guidebook for Nonmetropolitan Communities
September 1992by: Betty Jo White, Marjorie Jensen, Christine CookThis guide aims to build the capacity of nonmetropolitan communities to assess their housing needs. -
Affordable Housing Act & Plan Technical Manual
2015by: Jay Czar, Gina Hickman, Isidoro HernandezThis guide supports New Mexico communities in complying with the state’s Affordable Housing Act, which requires communities that receive affordable housing donations to create an affordable housing plan. -
Creating a Balanced Housing Stock: A Guide for Writing Your Town's Housing Element
2006This guide explains how to plan for a balanced housing stock in the housing element of a comprehensive plan. -
Building Blocks: A Comprehensive Housing-Element Guide
2019This guide details how to update the housing element of a comprehensive plan to comply with California state law. -
A Guide for Canadian Municipalities for the Development of a Housing Action Plan
January 2010by: Tim WakeThis guide outlines how to draft a Housing Action Plan for cities in Canada. -
Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing
July 2019by: James Brooks, AICP, Michael Wallace, Gideon Berger, AICPThis guide provides recommendations for local and federal leaders to aid them in the national housing crisis. -
Norfolk, VA, Missing Middle Pattern Book
Adopted June 2021This guide is designed to help property owners and developers add "missing middle" housing to established low-density neighborhoods in Norfolk, Virginia. -
Austin, TX, Special Use Infill Options and Design Tools Available Through the Neighborhood Plan Combining District (NPCD)
2017This guide for property owners and developers discusses eight infill project options for designated neighborhood planning areas. -
Blacksburg, VA, Residential Infill Design Guidelines
2011This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for small, medium, and large-site residential infill development. -
Orange, CA, Infill Residential Design Guidelines
2013This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design objectives for context-sensitive residential infill development. -
Enabling Better Places: A Zoning Guide for Vermont Neighborhoods
August 2020This guide hopes to improve the amount of available homes in Vermont by updating local zoning and land use regulations to allow for a larger range of housing types. -
Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes
EPA 231-k-09-003, November 2009by: Kevin NelsonThis guide discusses a series of zoning reform opportunities to support smart growth. -
Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Rural Planning, Zoning, and Development Codes
February 2012by: Kevin NelsonThis guide belongs in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Housing Supply Planning, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Lean Code Tool
2017by: Susan Henderson, Matthew Lambert, William Spikowski, FAICPThis guide discusses a wide range of incremental zoning reforms to support walkable, urban development. -
Community Goals Scorecard
Coastal Community Planning & Development Training, n.d.This guide presents a series of questionnaires to help coastal cities and counties evaluate the consistency of their plans and land-use and development regulations with smart growth principles. -
Los Angeles, CA, Small Lot Design Guidelines
2014This guide is intended for architects, designers, developers, and residents. It contains recommendations for site planning, building design, landscaping, approaches to sustainability and case studies related to Los Angeles’ small lot ordinance. -
Knoxville, TN, Heart of Knoxville Infill Housing Design Guidelines
2005by: Knoxville Knox County MPC,This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for context-sensitive residential infill in established neighborhoods. -
Edmonton, AB, Residential Infill Guidelines: A Manual of Planning and Design Guidelines for Residential Infill in Mature Neighborhoods
September 2009This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for small, medium, and large-scale, as well as large-site, residential infill development in established neighborhoods. -
Durango, CO, Design Guidelines for Established Neighborhoods
2006This guide for property owners and developers was developed as a companion piece to the community’s updated development standards. -
Palo Alto, CA, Single-Family Individual Review Guidelines
2005This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for new single-family homes and additions in established neighborhoods. -
Plainfield, IL, Residential Infill Design Guidelines
2009This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for residential infill development. -
Portland, OR, Infill Design Toolkit: Medium Density Residential Development
2008This guide for property owners and developers illustrates residential infill development prototypes for established neighborhoods. -
Monroe, WA, Infill, Multifamily and Mixed Use Design Standards
2011This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for residential infill development. -
Modesto, CA, Neighborhood Compatibility Guidelines
2009This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for residential infill development in established neighborhoods. -
Models and Guidelines for Infill Development
2001This guide for cities and counties in Maryland offers detailed direction for planning efforts related to encouraging incremental infill development. -
Equitable Development Toolkit: Infill Incentives
2001by: PolicyLinkThis guide focuses on incentives local government can implement that promote infill on vacant parcels or previously developed land. -
Pattern Book Homes for 21st Century Michigan
September 2022This guide provides construction plans for 2- and 4-unit houses to be used in vacant land as infill housing. -
Sustainable Development Code
2021by: Jonathan RosenbloomThis guide belongs to the Hazard Mitigation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Wildland-Urban Interface, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods
January 2021by: Lynn RichardsThis guide is designed to help communities reform their zoning codes to promote walkability, housing choice, and small business opportunities. -
How to Build Affordable, Thriving Neighborhoods: A State and Local Zoning Reform Toolkit
September 2020by: Greg Brooks, Salim Furth, Emily HamiltonThis guide explains seven local zoning and state enabling law reform strategies that could improve housing choice and affordability. -
Janesville, WI, Development Guide
March 2021The city's development guide offers a listing of various application requirements. -
Raleigh, NC, Development Services Guide
2017This online reference tool provides detailed process descriptions that outline requirements for developing and building within the city. -
Overland Park, KS, Citizen’s Guide to Planning, Land Use and Development
2010This guide provides a general overview of the planning and development process in the city and how residents play a role. -
Jefferson County, CO, Development Processes
2023This county website offers links to detailed guides for 11 different development application processes. -
Streamlining the Municipal Development Review Process
January 2020This guide is designed to help municipalities in Ontario, Canada, design and implement improvements that streamline development review processes. -
Build a Housing Strategy
2024This guide details developing and implementing a local housing strategy. -
Commercial Residential Conversions: A Guidebook to Available Federal Resources
October 2023This guide is designed for users to familiarize themselves with federal programs to support commercial to residential conversion. -
San Diego, CA, Companion Unit Handbook
2019This guide informs homeowners on how to construct a companion unit on their property in San Diego, California. -
Advancing Racial Equity in Inclusionary Housing Programs
February 2021by: Stephanie Reyes, Amy KhareThis guide is designed to help planners and local officials design inclusionary housing programs that support racial equity goals.
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