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Zoning reform sounds like a job for planners and lawyers. But the real decisions get made at the city council dais, in community meetings, and sometim...
So you've got a zoning reform deadline. Maybe it's a state mandate, a court settlement, or just a council promise that's now on the calendar. 2025 fee...
Zoning reform has a dirty secret: most cities fail before a single ordinance is written. They pick the right goals, hire the right consultants, print ...
Zoning reform is having a moment. From Minneapolis to California to Montana, cities are rewriting rules that have kept housing scarce and expensive fo...
A city council adopts a model zoning code. Headlines cheer: 'YIMBY win!' Six months later, permit applications for accessory dwelling units flatline. ...
Every few months, another city council announces a 'bold zoning reform roadmap.' Six months later, the same roadmap is quietly shelved. The usual susp...
Here's a question that keeps housing directors up at night: If we upzone tomorrow, will we price out the same people we're trying to help? The short a...
You’ve got the density bonuses ready. The parking minimums are gone. Your zoning reform roadmap looks clean. But no one checked the sewer lines. That’...
upzoned sounds like a straightforward fix: allow taller buildings, more units, and watch rents fall. But citie from Portland to Auckland have learned ...
You got the zoning rewrite passed. Congratulations. The new code allows duplexes everywhere, eliminates minimum parking, and streamlines ADU approvals...
Three years after Austin eliminated minimum parking requirements citywide, rents in the urban core rose 12% faster than in the suburbs. Coincidence? N...
You've seen the before-and-after photos. A four-story apartment rises on a block of bungalows. Neighbors say 'we were ignored.' Developers say 'the se...
Your upzoned outline passed six month ago. The celebrations are over. Now, instead of tight infill project and gentle density, you are seeing land-ban...
When you sit through a four-hour zoning hearing and watch a perfectly good ADU ordinance get gutted by an amendment that requires owner-occupancy, you...