Zoning & Land Use

NH&RA News

NH&RA Hosts ICAST IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator

ICAST’s IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator is now available on NH&RA’s website under the Resources section.

NH&RA News

Enterprise Publishes New White Paper on Gentrification

Enterprise has published a new whitepaper entitled Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions, which summarizes several approaches used in recent studies of gentrification and details the complications these create for identifying where it occurs. It describes how different definitions can lead to different findings about the consequences of gentrification, and how these inconsistencies affect policy making.

California

California Enacts Law to Fast Track Housing for the Homeless

On September 26 California Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA), signed into law Assembly Bill 2162, a measure that would fast-track housing for the homeless by bypassing some of the local approval hurdles.

NH&RA News

New Report on City NIMBYs Published in Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law

City NIMBYs, a new article authored by NYU Furman Center Faculty Director Vicki Been, explores the growing trend of opposition to development in cities. It describes the academic discussions of this trend to date, reviews the known impact of opposition and regulatory barriers to development, and proposes factors that may explain the growing opposition to […]

NH&RA News

Fannie Mae and Grounded Solutions Network Release Inclusionary Zoning Map Available for Use, Over 800 Programs Identified

This interactive, web-based tool identifies over 800 local rental and homeownership inclusionary housing programs nationwide and includes data on state-level legislation and judicial decisions that are related to the adoption of local inclusionary housing policies.

NH&RA News

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Publishes New Report on Inclusionary Zoning Programs

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy unveiled the largest study to date of inclusionary housing – the policy where developers reserve a portion of new development as affordable.  The study, authored by Emily Thaden and Rouniu (Vince) Wang surveys inclusionary zoning policies in 886 jurisdictions in 25 states.  The paper documents nearly 200,000 affordable housing […]

NH&RA News

Fannie Mae Examines Inclusionary Zoning

Requirements range greatly across states and localities as far as incomes served, length of affordability, and incentives.

IRS

IRS Issues Notice on QCTs; Revenue Ruling on Localities Failing to Approve Projects

Both the notice and ruling relate to fair housing concerns – regarding QCTs and local NIMBY issues.

California

2014 Spring Developers Forum Conference Materials

All conference materials, PowerPoint presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. from the 2014 Spring Developers Forum are available below under the relevant session titles.

California

2014 Spring Developers Forum Conference Materials

All conference materials, PowerPoint presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. from the 2014 Spring Developers Forum are available below under the relevant session titles.

New York

New York City’s $41 Billion, Decade Long Affordable Housing Plan

Early this week New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his highly anticipated affordable housing plan entitled, “Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan”.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Governor Announces Major Housing Initiative

On November 13 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick outlined a bold new plan to produce 10,000 new multifamily housing units a year through 2020.

congress-capitol

NCAHMA Annual Meeting PowerPoints Now Available

PowerPoint presentations from the Affordable Housing Underwriting Forum & NCAHMA Annual Meeting are now available for download.

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