A Sound Approach to Regulating Social Service Facilities

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The real and perceived impacts of social service facilities on America's neighborhoods have been a controversial topic of discussion in many jurisdictions across the country. Social service uses such as homeless shelters, halfway houses, supportive housing, and soup kitchens have a clear social value and usefulness.

They can also have undeniable adverse impacts on residential and business environments. The challenge confronting government leaders is how to provide humane, dignified, and comprehensive solutions to poverty and homelessness while ensuring healthy urban neighborhoods for everyone.

This issue of Zoning Practice takes a look at how communities can make room for uses such as homeless shelters, halfway houses, supportive housing, and soup kitchens while ensuring the health of urban neighborhoods.

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