Zoning Want a Home With More Space? Consider an ADU First Nearly 1.4 million single-family properties currently house some sort of accessory dwelling unit, whether it be a guest house, in-law suite ...
Zoning Nebraska Lawmakers Build Support for Relaxing Density Restrictions Nebraska could become the second state in the nation after Oregon to pass a statewide law on zoning. Single-family homes predominate in...
Affordability How Zoning and Housing Regulation Missteps Can Lock Out Potential Buyers Mid-size, affordable cities are blossoming nationwide, but the pressure of a growing population is putting strain on the housing market in...
Zoning Will Nebraska Become the Second State to Pass a Statewide Zoning Law? Nebraska may be the next frontier for upzoning to increase housing affordability. Following in the footsteps of Virginia, California, and...
Affordability How Updating Zoning Laws Can Help Solve the Affordable Housing Shortage A look at how local zoning remains a barrier to greater access to housing, and what can be done about it
Multifamily Multifamily Housing May Be the New American Home Zoning laws have often kept single-family homes as the only viable option for builders. But now states such as Virginia are rethinking what...
Regulations Which Cities Are the Most Expensive, Heavily-Regulated in America? With strict zoning laws and costly regulation, home building in these heavily-regulated, expensive cities can have builders feeling like...
Regulations Is Upzoning the Next Political Battleground? As rents rise amid an already scarce stock of affordable housing, some cities are turning to deregulating single-family lots in order to...
Affordability Even Young Professionals Finding Housing Costs Too High in Gentrified Neighborhoods After many years of implementing policies to woo young professionals, some cities are now too expensive for that demographic. Post...
Regulations A Housing Development, Two Zoning Regs, and Why Building in Boston Is Hard A proposed housing project on the border of Boston and neighboring Brookline sharply illustrates a reason for the area’s high housing costs....