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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. -
Housing Need and Demand Study
March 2010This model report provides a template to help cities in British Columbia assess their affordable housing needs. -
Cottage Housing Development: Model Ordinance
Updated December 2015This model ordinance is designed to help municipalities in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, adopt permissive zoning regulations for cottage housing development. -
Infill Development Standards and Policy Guide
2006by: David Listokin, Carole Walker, Reid WalkerThis report provides a wide-ranging analysis of the benefits of and barriers to infill development in New Jersey and offers extensive guidance to inform state and local policy reform efforts. -
Oregon Model Development Code and User’s Guide for Small Cities
Edition 3.1, November 2015This model unified development code provides a template to help small cities in Oregon draft land-use and development regulations. -
SmartCode
Version 9.2, 2008by: Duany Plater-Zyberk & CompanyThis model unified development code provides a template to help cities and counties draft form-based land-use and development regulations. -
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. -
Village Residential District: Creating a Village Community
2011by: Montgomery County, PA, Planning CommissionThis model zoning ordinance provides a template to help municipalities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, draft regulations for traditional neighborhood development. -
Model Ordinance, Cottage Housing Development
2015by: Lehigh Valley Planning CommThis model ordinance provides a template to help municipalities in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley draft regulations for cottage housing development. -
Model Infill Development Overlay District Bylaw
2015This model bylaw provides a template to help municipalities in Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley draft regulations for a special-purpose overlay to encourage contextual infill and redevelopment. -
KCMTD, WA, Right Size Parking Model Code
December 2013by: VIA ArchitectureThis model code belongs to the Housing Supply Planning, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Shared Mobility collections. -
Centre County, PA, Inclusionary Housing: Model Policies for Centre County
June 30, 2010This guidance manual was written in response to an affordable housing needs assessment completed for the county. -
Promoting Workforce Housing: Expanding Locations and Development Potential
2008These models belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing Programs, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
New Hampshire Model Ordinance Provision for a Homeownership Affordability Retention Lien
April 2007This model ordinance provides a template to help cities retain the affordability of owner-occupied housing units beyond the initial owner. -
Westchester County Affordable Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Units Model Ordinance Provisions
August 2010This model ordinance provides a template to help cities achieve fair and affordable housing goals. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Model State Act and Local Ordinance
January 2021by: Coralette Hannon, Gerri Madrid-DavisThis guide includes model state and local legislation to encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
New Hampshire Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development
October 2008This model belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Farmland Protection, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, Social Equity, Transfer of Development Rights, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Issues & Opportunities
1995by: Byron KatsuyamaThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of local policy issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and includes specific recommendations for cities and counties in Washington to help them develop zoning regulations for ADUs. -
Model Regulations: Housing Diversity and Affordability—Accessory Dwelling Units
Sustainable Land Use Code Project, 2013This model ordinance provides a template to help towns in metropolitan Hartford, Connecticut, draft regulations that encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Model Ordinance
2011This model ordinance provides a template to help cities in Southwest Idaho draft regulations that encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
Rockingham County, NH, Accessory Dwelling Unit Model Ordinance
2016This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and towns in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, draft regulations that encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
Oregon Guidance on Implementing the Accessory Dwelling Units Requirement Under Under SB1051
September 2019This model ordinance provides a template for cities and counties in Oregon to help them update their zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Memorandum
December 2016This guide is designed to help cities and counties in California update local zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to comply with state statutes. -
PVPC, MA, Model Accessory Apartment Bylaw
Smart Growth Toolkit, 2015This model ordinance is designed to help cities and towns in Western Massachusetts adopt zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidebook
August 2019This guide is designed to help local officials, planners, and affordable housing advocates in Florida plan and implement strategies to support accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction and occupancy. -
Georgia Model Code: Alternatives to Conventional Zoning
June 2007by: Georgia Department of Community AffairsThis model unified development code belongs to the Design Review, Farmland Protection, Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.
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