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July 2, 2025
Colorado Planners Craft Forward-Thinking Housing Policy
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed the Regional Planning Roundtable Commission into law, a landmark measure that prohibits local governments from enforcing occupancy limits based solely on familial relationships. The APA Colorado Chapter was instrumental in the development of this legislation, authoring the bill and working closely to move it through the legislative process. -
June 30, 2025
Rapid Growth Overwhelmed Austin. These Housing Reforms Made a Difference.
The Austin metro was the country's fastest-growing region from 2010 to 2022, according to census data, and housing demand outpaced supply. A series of changes to land use regulations is helping to improve affordability and availability of housing. -
June 26, 2025
France’s Model for Smarter Cities Through Urban Data Standardization
Global Perspectives: Learn how France improved urban data comparability while preserving local context through standardization, a centralized platform, and public-private collaboration. -
June 16, 2025
Looking Back and Accelerating Forward: Increasing Abundance Through the Housing Supply Accelerator
Reflecting on the success of the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook, a one-of-a-kind guide for boosting attainable housing supply, and the launch of the Housing Supply Accelerator Challenge led by APA and NLC to further support communities. -
June 10, 2025
What's Next? Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook
Reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook and introducing the Housing Supply Accelerator Challenge, a nationwide network designed to accelerate the implementation of proven and innovative housing strategies and expand the supply of housing in communities across the country. -
June 3, 2025
State-Based Housing Coalitions Lead the Way to Local Solutions
As housing affordability and supply challenges intensify nationwide, states are recognizing that comprehensive solutions require broad collaboration. In states across the country, coalitions of business leaders, housing advocates, planners, and community members are coming together to craft policies that reflect their communities’ unique needs. -
May 29, 2025
Rethinking Metropolitan Governance for Inclusive Planning in Germany’s Kinzig Valley
Global Perspectives: Discover how Germany’s Kinzig Valley balances rural identity with urban reliance—underscoring the need for planning approaches that integrate small towns into metropolitan governance without erasing their unique character. -
May 21, 2025
State Momentum for Housing Reform: A Q&A With Policy Experts
To explore accelerating momentum to increase housing supply and tackle housing affordability, APA hosted a session on "State Momentum for Housing Reform." The discussion featured expert panelists who examine recent state-level efforts, emerging trends, and where housing policy is headed next. -
May 15, 2025
A Fresh Look at Incentive Zoning
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It isn't 1959 anymore. What are the keys to an effective modern incentive zoning scheme? -
May 13, 2025
Columbus 'Zones In' on More Housing Amid Population Boom
The effects of the nationwide housing supply crisis were pushing Columbus, Ohio, to the brink. -
May 5, 2025
Spokane: The Pacific Northwest’s Hidden Gem
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May 1, 2025
London's Housing Reforms: Lessons on Deregulation for Global Planners
Global Perspectives: London’s housing reforms reveal the trade-offs of deregulation, highlighting the need for planners to balance accelerated development with livability and affordability. -
March 22, 2025
Transforming Perceptions About the Everglades and Wetlands
Marjory Stoneman Douglas' groundbreaking advocacy for the Everglades preserved its vital ecosystems and influenced sustainable urban planning practices that continue to guide communities today. -
March 19, 2025
Building for Tomorrow: States Take Action on Housing Reform
While the nation navigates the latest executive orders and highly anticipated bipartisan action on the federal level, state leaders are taking action now to enable the reforms communities need to boost supply. Increasingly, governors are bringing local leaders together with housing policy experts – including planners – to determine ways the state can pave the way for local housing action. -
February 27, 2025
Ethics of AI-Enhanced Planning
Uncovering JAPA: Discover how AI-enhanced planning can drive urban development while requiring planners to tackle biases, ensure transparency, safeguard privacy, and engage communities to promote ethical and equitable outcomes. -
December 20, 2024
4 Legislative Wins for Planners and Housing Reform in the 118th Congress
The past two years have brought about significant changes across the country — but housing supply and zoning reform remain top-of-mind for planners, elected officials, and their communities. Here are four legislative wins planners — and APA — made possible in the 118th Congress. -
December 16, 2024
High Growth Utah Communities Push for Federal Housing Support
APA Utah President Tippe Morlan, AICP, sits down to talk about how high growth communities in Utah are tackling the housing crisis through zoning reform. -
November 26, 2024
YIMBY Act Finds New Support in Congress
From greenlighting two rounds of pro-housing planning funding to the launch of the Yes in My Backyard Caucus, members of the 118th Congress have demonstrated their willingness to better partner with communities on housing reform. -
November 8, 2024
Planning Together for a Sustainable Future and Sufficient Homes for Our Communities
A joint statement from the Global Planners Network member organizations about the 75th anniversary of World Town Planning Day. -
October 10, 2024
Rethinking Walkability: Prioritizing Pedestrian Movement
Uncovering JAPA: Discover how Hong Kong is tackling pedestrian detour ratios (PDR) to address challenges in high-traffic areas and promote safer, more walkable infrastructure. -
September 6, 2024
Streamlining Housing Development Review Through Zoning Reform
As communities look for solutions to increase their housing supply in a way that fits their needs, overly complicated zoning review processes often get in the way of development, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse projects. One strategy offered to increase housing supply is to speed or streamline processes for housing development review and approval. -
August 14, 2024
How Do We Safeguard Our Zoning Reforms?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Minimize or mitigate potential backlash to zoning reforms. -
July 12, 2024
Albuquerque's Community Planning Areas (CPAs) Aim to Enhance All Neighborhoods
Equity in Practice: Albuquerque uses Community Plan Area assessments to "check-in" on community needs to create comprehensive city-wide policies. -
June 5, 2024
Making HUD a Better Partner for Local Zoning Reform
The newly introduced Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act would make HUD a better policy partner to communities embracing housing reform by providing ideas and information that leverage federal expertise, increase transparency through new tools like a national zoning atlas, and spur local innovation. -
May 23, 2024
What Is a Complete Community?
Uncovering JAPA: Explore 'Complete Communities' and how it evolved to emphasize positive attributes like sustainability and livability. -
May 20, 2024
Planners Call for Federal Support for Housing Reform
Planners across the country are joining APA for Planners' Day to tell Congress why communities need federal action on zoning reform. -
May 1, 2024
Building More Resilient Transportation Networks With Big Data
Sponsored content from Geotab ITS. By using contextualized transportation data to improve infrastructure equity, efficiency, and sustainability, we can help states and nations strengthen their resiliency. -
April 23, 2024
Hardening the American Landscape
Uncovering JAPA: Explore the diverse policy options for local leaders to curb hardscape expansion during rapid infill, emphasizing the importance of modeling local factors and utilizing machine learning techniques to mitigate environmental risks. -
April 18, 2024
Navigating Quayside: Lessons in Smart City Planning
Uncovering JAPA: Explore the challenges faced in public-private partnerships using Toronto's Quayside project. -
April 11, 2024
Why Minnesota Needs to Protect the 2040 Plan
Minnesota needs to protect the 2040 Plan to maintain its position as a national leader in housing supply and zoning reform, which is crucial for addressing the housing attainability crisis and ensuring housing equity and affordability across the state. -
April 5, 2024
FY24 Spending Package: What You Need to Know About Housing
APA Public Affairs staff break down the support for housing and zoning reform in the FY24 spending bill and what it means for planners. -
February 28, 2024
5 Federal Zoning Reform Bills Every Planner Should Know
Five federal zoning reform bills, endorsed by APA, that every planner should know. -
February 1, 2024
University of Michigan Nexus Hosts Students for New Urban Planning Course
Sponsored content from Nexus at University of Michigan Engineering. Students joined in person and online for the first Scenario Planning for Urban Futures course, where they learned from Robert Goodspeed, PhD. -
January 19, 2024
60 Years of Racial Equity in Urban Planning
Uncovering JAPA: Insightful analysis about racial equity planning to inform planning practitioners' efforts to advance racial and social justice. -
January 17, 2024
Reconnecting a City to its Cherokee Culture Through Planning
How an architecture firm connected with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to craft a downtown master plan in Cherokee, North Carolina. -
December 21, 2023
Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Comprehensive Planning
Uncovering JAPA: California plans are analyzed for environmental justice (EJ) incorporation, revealing advancements in BIPOC communities while underscoring the absence of an explicit racial focus. -
December 13, 2023
Disaster Resilience Strategy and Leadership Vary Widely Among States
New research finds some have taken steps to plan and adapt, but others are lagging -
December 12, 2023
It Takes A Planner to Reconnect Cleveland’s Lakefront
Cleveland planners invited nearly 100 elected officials to come together and discuss the role of planning in shaping the city's future. -
December 8, 2023
Recommended Reading for Advancing Equity in the Planning Profession
Expand your knowledge about equity in the planning profession with this curated list of books. -
November 30, 2023
The Lasting Legacy of Harmful Land-Use Regulations
Uncovering JAPA: Early land-use regulations shaped the concepts of race, which challenge today's planners to create equitable spaces. -
November 15, 2023
Minneapolis Appeals Ruling That Delays Implementation of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Minneapolis is appealing a recent court ruling that blocked the 2040 comprehensive plan from transforming housing in the city. -
November 14, 2023
Top Five Takeaways: White House Housing Fact Sheet
The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions last month to support and accelerate commercial-to-residential conversions through new federal guidance on financing and tax incentives, technical assistance, and the reuse of federal properties. -
November 8, 2023
Support for Zoning Reform Across Capitol Hill
The PRO-Housing Program cleared important legislative hurdles this month after gaining a second year of funding in the Senate transportation and housing funding bill and passing as an amendment in the House's version of the same funding bill. -
October 23, 2023
Investing and Rejuvenating Historic All-Black Towns
Equity in Practice: Weekend festival focuses on helping historical all-Black towns survive and thrive. -
October 20, 2023
Dissecting 30 Years of Black Urbanist Thought in Urban Planning
Uncovering JAPA: Analysis confirms planning journals and practitioners have not focused on Black voices and Black urbanism for nearly three decades. -
September 28, 2023
Planning for Care - A Necessary Element of Equitable, Livable and Healthy Communities
Uncovering JAPA: Explore how care work depends on the urban environment and how planning can enhance the social and material conditions for caregiving in cities. -
August 31, 2023
Transportation Demand Management is a Movement for Improvement
Sponsored content from Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. From vehicles to bicycles, traffic flow to bus routes, one common benefit across most Transportation Demand Management (TDM) efforts is reduced emissions and cleaner air. View Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s (SPC) Strategic Action Plan for regional TDM -
August 30, 2023
Federal Zoning Reform Funding Available Now
A new federal competitive grant program – totaling $85 million – is now available to help local governments develop and implement policies that create and preserve housing options by breaking down barriers to zoning reform. -
August 3, 2023
Black Counternarratives in Planning History
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding planning history from the perspective of those oppressed by traditional planning ensures the oppressed are no longer dismissed as passive victims but active players in their lives and communities. -
June 8, 2023
A Framework for Systematizing Rigor in Planning Research
Uncovering JAPA: Incorporating empirical rigor into planning research to improve review articles and thus improve recommendations and collaboartion.
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