Featured: Prioritizing Zoning Reform Working to Address the Nation's Housing Crisis
Planning-led zoning reform is key to tackling many of the nation's greatest challenges — especially the housing supply crisis. With adequate support, zoning reform can increase housing choice, lower housing costs, bolster local economies, address inequities in our communities, and connect people to opportunity. Planners are leading local changes and working at the state level to enable reform, but the federal government plays a pivotal role as well. Learn what can be done.
Learn MoreHousing Supply Accelerator
The Housing Supply Accelerator will bring together local governments, community planners, builders, financial institutions, housing policy associations and state and federal partners to develop, align and advance solutions for housing supply challenges at the local level. This is a national campaign led by APA and the National League of Cities.
Spring 2024 AICP Certification Cycle
AICP Certification helps you make an impact — in your career, your projects, and your community. The streamlined One Path to AICP Certification helps you acheive your planning goals. Start assessing your readiness and prepare for registration opening on Monday, April 1.
Advancing Zoning Reform
Surging at a rapid pace, the housing crisis looms with a staggering deficit of nearly 4 million homes. In alignment with our policy priority for 2024, APA calls on Congress and the Biden administration to support locally led zoning reform to deliver diverse, attainable, and equitable housing.
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