Why Your Community Needs Planning-Led Zoning Reform
Elected leaders are turning to community planners for their insights and data-backed policy ideas to overcome restrictive zoning that prevents housing development in the places where people most need choice.
From parking minimums to building more housing near transit, planners — together with decision makers — are finding innovative, locally led ways to make housing more affordable, accessible, and available to residents.
Housing Supply Resource Sections
Allowing For a Range of Multiunit Housing Types
Reducing Parking Minimums
Making Space for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Repurposing Buildings as Homes
Linking Housing to Transportation
Incentivizing Local Action Through State Intervention
Allowing For a Range of Multiunit Housing Types
Planners Can Lead Through Zoning Reform and Equitable Comprehensive Plans (podcast)
Dismantling Discriminatory Barriers to Housing: APA Equity in Zoning Policy Guide (webpage)
Housing diversity encourages age-friendly, accessible communities (Planning magazine)
Going Beyond "Use" Zoning to Promote Housing Equity (APA Blog)
Reducing Parking Minimums
A Business Case for Dropping Parking Minimums (Planning magazine)
Three Zoning Reform Success Stories that Reignited Downtown Development (Planning magazine)
Making Space for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
What's at Stake: Zoning Reform with Arlova Vonhm, AICP (video)
ADU Resources for Policymakers: From Model Legislation to Case Studies
What's Blocking an ADU Boom? (Planning magazine)
San Diego County Tackles Affordable Housing and Climate Change (podcast)
Repurposing Buildings as Homes
Is Zoning Helping or Hindering Office-to-Housing Conversions? (APA Blog)
Small Churches Equal Big Opportunities (APA Blog)
How Adaptive Reuse Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis (Planning magazine)
Linking Housing to Transportation
Axios Local Events: How Zoning Reform Can Spur Redevelopment, Economic Growth, and a Demand for Housing (video)
Incentivizing Local Action Through State Intervention
How the Bipartisan 'Montana Miracle' Confronts the Housing Crisis Head On (Planning magazine)
Housing Reform Through State Legislation and Local Zoning (Zoning Practice)
Building Local Capacity to Identify and Accelerate Housing Solutions
Housing Supply Accelerator
APA is proud to partner with the National League of Cities to empower communities to advance innovative local housing solutions. Through the Housing Supply Accelerator, planners and elected leaders are working together to tackle their communities toughest housing challenges.
Have a question or thought to share about planners' work with elected officials to increase the nation's housing supply? Email housing@planning.org