Advancing Pro-Housing Land-Use Policy at the State Level
July 2025
By: Lydia Lo, Urban Institute, Yonah Freemark
https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Advancing_Pro-Housing_Land-Use_Policy_at_the_State_Level.pdf
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This report analyzes land use bill design, characteristics, and outreach in state legislatures across the US. The success of pro-housing bills is exemplified with a strong coalition over a wide range of ideology, a menu of options, funding for implementation, and pairing with other bills on anti-displacement and housing financing.

