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Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook
May 06, 2024The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook is for local elected officials and community planners working to boost diverse, attainable, and equitable housing supply in communities nationwide. -
Equity in Zoning Policy Guide
by: American Planning Association February 08, 2023APA's Equity in Zoning Policy Guide positions planners to lead the way on zoning changes at the local, state, and federal level. -
Centre County, PA, Inclusionary Housing: Model Policies for Centre County
June 30, 2010This guidance manual was written in response to an affordable housing needs assessment completed for the county. -
Janesville, WI, Development Guide
March 2021The city's development guide offers a listing of various application requirements. -
San Diego, CA, Companion Unit Handbook
2019This guide informs homeowners on how to construct a companion unit on their property in San Diego, California. -
Commercial Residential Conversions: A Guidebook to Available Federal Resources
October 2023This guide is designed for users to familiarize themselves with federal programs to support commercial to residential conversion. -
Build a Housing Strategy
2024This guide details developing and implementing a local housing strategy. -
Raleigh, NC, Development Services Guide
2017This online reference tool provides detailed process descriptions that outline requirements for developing and building within the city. -
Jefferson County, CO, Development Processes
2023This county website offers links to detailed guides for 11 different development application processes. -
Overland Park, KS, Citizen’s Guide to Planning, Land Use and Development
2010This guide provides a general overview of the planning and development process in the city and how residents play a role. -
Streamlining the Municipal Development Review Process
January 2020This guide is designed to help municipalities in Ontario, Canada, design and implement improvements that streamline development review processes. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Model State Act and Local Ordinance
January 2021by: Coralette Hannon, Gerri Madrid-DavisThis guide includes model state and local legislation to encourage the development of accessory dwelling units. -
A Guide for Canadian Municipalities for the Development of a Housing Action Plan
January 2010by: Tim WakeThis guide outlines how to draft a Housing Action Plan for cities in Canada. -
Housing Wisconsin: A Guide to Preparing the Housing Element of a Local Comprehensive Plan
June 2003by: Brian Ohm, John Merrill, Joni HerrenThis guide belongs to the Comprehensive Planning and Housing Needs Assessment collections. -
New Hampshire Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development
October 2008This model belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Farmland Protection, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, Social Equity, Transfer of Development Rights, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: The Basics
April 2017This guide introduces the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. -
Preservation of Affordable Homes Near Transit Toolkit
November 2015This guide examines how to preserve affordable housing near transit in the Bay Area as transit-accessible neighborhoods become more attractive and experience gentrification and displacement. -
Shared Equity Homeownership: The Changing Landscape of Resale-Restricted, Owner-Occupied Housing
2006by: John Emmeus DavisThis guide explains how shared equity homeownership can be used as a strategy to preserve affordability. -
Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing
July 2019by: James Brooks, AICP, Michael Wallace, Gideon Berger, AICPThis guide provides recommendations for local and federal leaders to aid them in the national housing crisis. -
Building an ADU
Version 1.0, Summer 2017by: Dana Cuff, Jane BlumenfeldThis guide is designed to help property owners in Los Angeles navigate city requirements to design and build new accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Housing Needs Workbook: Assessing Community Housing Needs
May 2003by: John Ryan, Anne Marie Geartner, Kristen OlsenThis guide reviews how to assess housing needs for communities in Massachusetts. -
Vermont Housing Needs Assessment Guide
November 2016by: Mia Watson, Leslie Black-PlumeauThis guide helps communities in Vermont assess their affordable housing needs. -
Inclusionary Housing Program Design Worksheet
n.d.This inclusionary housing program design worksheet walks users through five steps to designing an inclusionary housing program. -
Inclusionary Housing Calculator 2.0
February 14, 2018This Inclusionary Housing Calculator is designed to allow communities to explore the relationship between various local incentives and the development of mixed-income housing. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Practical Option to Promote Affordability
2010This concise guide provides an overview of local policy issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and includes specific recommendations for cities and counties in Delaware to help them develop zoning regulations for ADUs. -
Secondary Suites: A Guide for Local Governments
2005This guide provides local governments in British Columbia, Canada, with information to help them develop regulations for accessory dwelling units. -
Municipal Planning Guidelines for Secondary Suites
2010This guide provides local governments in Manitoba, Canada, with information to help them develop regulations for accessory dwelling units. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Manual
2003This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Santa Cruz, California. -
Accessory Dwelling Units Program Guide
Bureau of Development Services, 2016This local guide explains the application and review process for developing accessory dwelling units in Portland, Oregon. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: Issues & Opportunities
1995by: Byron KatsuyamaThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of local policy issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and includes specific recommendations for cities and counties in Washington to help them develop zoning regulations for ADUs. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Guide to Accessory Apartments in Charlottesville, VA
2015This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Homeowners’ Handbook: A Guide for Homeowners on Oahu Interested in Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit
2016This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Oahu County, Hawaii. -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Memorandum
December 2016This guide is designed to help cities and counties in California update local zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to comply with state statutes. -
San Francisco, CA, ADU
2015by: Openscope Studio ArchitectsThis local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in San Francisco. -
Advancing Racial Equity in Inclusionary Housing Programs
February 2021by: Stephanie Reyes, Amy KhareThis guide is designed to help planners and local officials design inclusionary housing programs that support racial equity goals. -
Accessory Dwelling Units in New Hampshire: A Guide for Municipalities
December 2017by: Benjamin Frost, AICPThis guide is designed to help municipalities in New Hampshire develop and implement accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations that comply with state law. -
The ABCs of ADUs: A Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units and How They Expand Housing Options for People of All Ages
April 2019by: Eli Spevak, Melissa StantonThis guide explains the multiple benefits of ADUs for property owners and communities and highlights opportunities to support ADUs through zoning. -
Salt Lake City, UT, Building an ADU: Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units
July 2019This guide is designed to help home owners in Salt Lake City, Utah, plan and build accessory dwelling units. -
Keeping the Neighborhood Affordable: A Handbook of Housing Strategies for Gentrifying Areas
2006by: Diane Levy, Jennifer Comey, Sandra PadillaThis guide shares strategies to develop affordable housing, to retain affordable housing, and to build assets. -
Ten Principles for Developing Affordable Housing
2007by: Alexa Bach, Prema Katari Gupta, Richard HaugheyThis report lists ten principles for affordable housing development, from “inspire leadership” to “nurture partnership” to “empower the residents.” -
Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidebook
August 2019This guide is designed to help local officials, planners, and affordable housing advocates in Florida plan and implement strategies to support accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction and occupancy. -
One Key to Housing: Accessory Dwelling Units—A Resource Guide for Municipal Officials and Staff
Updated August 2019This guide is designed to help municipalities in Utah develop regulations to support accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction and occupancy. -
Lexington, KY, Homeowner’s Guide to Accessory Dwelling Units
January 2019This guide is designed to help home owner's in Lexington, Kentucky, plan and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Twin Cities ADU Guidebook for Homeowners
February 2019by: Casey Lauderdale, AICPThis guide is designed to help home owner's in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota plan and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
The City-CLT Partnership: Municipal Support for Community Land Trusts
Policy Focus Report, 2008by: John Emmeus Davis, Rick JacobusThis report points out how community land trusts (CLTs) have increased the stock of permanently affordable housing and considers how local governments can invest in these efforts. -
Housing Development Toolkit
September 2016This guide outlines barriers to affordable housing development and points out ten strategies that cities and states have used to promote affordability. -
Employer-Assisted Housing: The Basics
April 2017This guide introduces employer-assisted housing as an affordable housing strategy. -
Advocates' Guide
2024by: Sonya Acosta, Michael Anderson, Andrew AurandThis guide serves as a resource for housing advocates, providing basic descriptions of federal housing laws and programs, discussing special housing issues, identifying housing tools, and making the connection between housing and income programs. -
Affordable Housing Resource Guide
May 2017This guide identifies public and private affordable housing funding sources suitable for homeownership, rental rehabilitation or development, and rental assistance and homelessness prevention. -
Affordable Rental Housing Preservation: The Basics
October 2017This guide identifies policies and funding strategies to support rental housing preservation and examines the relationship between preservation and sustainability.
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