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| equity in zoning policy guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar, Bernadette Baird-Zars, Lauren Ames Fischer, Valerie Stahl, 2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized regulatory tool. How this contradiction between the technical and political is resolved has wide-reaching implications for urban equity and sustainability, two key concerns of urban planning. Moving beyond critiques of zoning as a regulatory hindrance to local affordability or merely the rulebook that guides urban land use, this textbook takes an institutional approach to zoning, positioning its practice within the larger political, social, and economic conflicts that shape local access for diverse groups across urban space. Foregrounding the historical-institutional setting in which zoning is embedded allows planners to more deeply engage with the equity and sustainability issues related to zoning practice. By approaching zoning from a social science and planning perspective, this text engages students of urban planning, policy, and design with several key questions relevant to the realities of zoning and land regulation they encounter in practice. Why has the practice of zoning evolved as it has? How do social and economic institutions shape zoning in contemporary practice? How does zoning relate to the other competencies of planning, such as housing and transport? Where and why has zoning, an act of physical land use regulation, replaced social planning? These questions, grounded in examples and cases, will prompt readers to think critically about the potential and limitations of zoning. By reforging the important links between zoning practice and the concerns of the urban planning profession, this text provides a new framework for considering zoning in the 21st century and beyond. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Arbitrary Lines M. Nolan Gray, 2022-06-21 What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development? It’s time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations and stories, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary—if not sufficient—condition for building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Reform is in the air, with cities and states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire, with apartment bans being scrapped, minimum lot sizes dropping, and off-street parking requirements disappearing altogether. Some American cities—including Houston, America’s fourth-largest city—already make land-use planning work without zoning. In Arbitrary Lines, Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common confusions and myths about how American cities regulate growth and examining the major contemporary critiques of zoning. Gray sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Despite mounting interest, no single book has pulled these threads together for a popular audience. In Arbitrary Lines, Gray fills this gap by showing how zoning has failed to address even our most basic concerns about urban growth over the past century, and how we can think about a new way of planning a more affordable, prosperous, equitable, and sustainable American city. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Planning with Diverse Communities Ivis Garcia, Andrea Garfinkel-Castro, Deirdre Pfeiffer, 2019 The demographics of the United States are changing profoundly. Our cities and towns are growing more racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse. But the middle of the 20th century, more than half of the U.S. population will be individuals of color. PAS Report 593, Planning with Diverse Communities, offers planners the tools and strategies to better engage people of color in planning processes and improve quality of life for all diverse communities. -- from Executive Summary, page 3. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook Stuart Meck, 2020-12-17 States and their local governments have practical tools to help combat urban sprawl, protect farmland, promote affordable housing, and encourage redevelopment. They appear in the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change. The Guidebook and its accompanying User Manual are the culmination of APA's seven-year Growing Smart project, an effort to draft the next generation of model planning and zoning legislation for the United States. The Guidebook is also pertinent to those who are affected by planning decisions and who have an interest in how the statutes are revised, including: Local planners Builders Developers Real estate and design professionals Smart growth and affordable housing advocates Environmentalists Highway and transit specialists Citizens. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Model Rules of Professional Conduct American Bar Association. House of Delegates, Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association), 2007 The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Using Drones in Planning Practice Richard B. Stephens, Rob Dannenberg, Wendie Kellington, Patrick Sherman, 2020 |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Zoning Rules! William A. Fischel, 2015 Zoning has for a century enabled cities to chart their own course. It is a useful and popular institution, enabling homeowners to protect their main investment and provide safe neighborhoods. As home values have soared in recent years, however, this protection has accelerated to the degree that new housing development has become unreasonably difficult and costly. The widespread Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome is driven by voters’ excessive concern about their home values and creates barriers to growth that reach beyond individual communities. The barriers contribute to suburban sprawl, entrench income and racial segregation, retard regional immigration to the most productive cities, add to national wealth inequality, and slow the growth of the American economy. Some state, federal, and judicial interventions to control local zoning have done more harm than good. More effective approaches would moderate voters’ demand for local-land use regulation—by, for example, curtailing federal tax subsidies to owner-occupied housing--Publisher's description. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Teaching Social Equity in Public Administration Sean A. McCandless, Susan T. Gooden, 2024-03-05 Public administration education programs prepare students in the provision of important public and nonprofit services, so it is essential that such programs help prepare administrators to advance social equity, one of the pillars of the discipline. This exciting new book from social equity authorities Sean McCandless and Susan T. Gooden demonstrates how public administration faculty can teach social equity across the curriculum, in practical terms. This edited collection features chapters from authors experienced in both public administration and in teaching social equity. Each chapter discusses teaching social equity in a particular class (Introduction to Public Administration, Organizational Dynamics and Theory, Human Resources, Policy Process, Research Methods, Capstones, and more) through distinct pedagogical practices that advance student learning (including case studies, community engagement projects, and simulations). The text captures an array of instructional approaches to social equity within public affairs education, particularly at the graduate level. It includes approaches from both established and newer instructors, across a diversity of universities. The book serves as an important resource to faculty who teach these courses, as well as the students who take them. Most importantly, it is a resource to academics and practitioners alike who share a commitment to fairness in the implementation of public services. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Designing the Megaregion Jonathan Barnett, 2020-03-12 The US population is estimated to grow by more than 110 million people by 2050, and much of this growth will take place where cities and their suburbs are expanding to meet the suburbs of neighboring cities, creating continuous urban megaregions. There are now at least a dozen megaregions in the US. If current trends continue unchanged, new construction in these megaregions will put more and more stress on the natural systems that are necessary for our existence, will make highway gridlock and airline delays much worse, and will continue to attract investment away from older areas. However, the megaregion in 2050 is still a prediction. Future economic and population growth could go only to environmentally safe locations. while helping repair landscapes damaged by earlier development. Improved transportation systems could reduce highway and airport congestion. Some new investment could be drawn to by-passed parts of older cities, which are becoming more separate and unequal. In Designing the Megaregion, planning and urban design expert Jonathan Barnett describes how to redesign megaregional growth using mostly private investment, without having to wait for massive government funding or new governmental structures. Barnett explains practical initiatives to make new development fit into its environmental setting, especially important as the climate changes; reorganize transportation systems to pull together all the components of these large urban regions; and redirect the market forces which are making megaregions very unequal places. There is an urgent need to begin designing megaregions, and Barnett shows that the ways to make major improvements are already available. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Reinventing Development Regulations Jonathan Barnett, Brian William Blaesser, 2017 Introduction -- Relating development to the natural environment -- Managing climate change locally -- Encouraging walking by mixing land uses and housing types -- Preserving historic landmarks and districts -- Creating more affordable housing, promoting environmental justice -- Establishing design principles and standards for public spaces and buildings -- Implementing regulations while safeguarding private property interests |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Fair Housing Planning Guide , 1996 |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Incentive Zoning Marya Morris, 2000 Incentive zoning has received renewed attention as communities implement smart growth principles into planning and development processes. Incentive zoning allows a developer to build a larger, higher-density project than would be permitted under existing zoning. In exchange, the developer provides something that is in the community's interest that would not otherwise be required (e.g., open space, plazas, arcades, etc.). The common types of community benefits or amenities for which state and local governments have devised incentive programs are urban design, human services (including affordable housing), and transit access. This report provides historical perspective, summarizes state enabling legislation, and describes the key substantive and legal issues local governments must address in crafting such regulations. Case studies from Arlington County (Virginia), Minneapolis, and Seattle demonstrate how incentives can be used to achieve smart growth objectives. The report also provides principles to guide model legislation for zoning and affordable housing incentives. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Comprehensive Plan David Rouse, Rocky Piro, 2021-12-30 The practice of comprehensive planning is changing dramatically in the 21st century to address the pressing need for more sustainable, resilient, and equitable communities. Drawing on the latest research and best practice examples, The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century provides an in-depth resource for planning practitioners, elected officials, citizens, and others seeking to develop effective, impactful, comprehensive plans, grounded in authentic community engagement, as a pathway to sustainability. Based on standards developed by the American Planning Association to provide a national benchmark for sustainable comprehensive planning, this book provides detailed guidance on the substance, process, and implementation of comprehensive plans that address the critical challenges facing communities in the 21st century. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation Arthur C. Nelson, James C. Nicholas, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer, Clancy Mullen, 2022-11-29 After decades of evolving practice often tested in court, development impact fees have become institutionalized in the American planning and local government finance systems. But, they remain contentious, especially as they continue to evolve. This book is the third in a series of impact fee guidebooks for practitioners, following A Practitioner’s Guide to Development Impact Fees and Impact Fees: Proportionate Share Development Fees. Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation is the culmination of the authors’ careers devoted to pioneering applications of the dual rational nexus test. That test requires (1) establishing the rational nexus between the need for infrastructure, broadly defined, to mitigate the impacts of development and (2) ensuring that development mitigating its infrastructure impacts benefits proportionately. The book elevates professional practice in two ways. First, it shows how the rational nexus test can be applied to all forms of development infrastructure impact mitigation. Second, it establishes the link between professional ethics and equity as applied to proportionate share impact fees and development mitigation. The book is divided into four parts, with the first reviewing policy and legal foundations, the second detailing the planning, calculation, and implementation requirements, the third exploring economic, ethical, and equity implications, and the fourth presenting state-of-the-art case studies. Proportionate Share Impact Fees and Development Mitigation sets new standards for professional practice. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Complete Illustrated Book of Development Definitions Harvey S. Moskowitz, Carl G. Lindbloom, David Listokin, Richard Preiss, Dwight Merriam, 2017-07-05 The latest edition of The Illustrated Book of Development Definitions breaks new ground. It addresses traditional and new planning problems: natural and industrial disasters such as hurricanes and oil spills; new housing types and living accommodations; changes in urban design and practice like new urbanism; sustainability; pedestrian and bicycle friendly environments; and more. Joining Harvey S. Moskowitz and Carl G. Lindbloom, authors of the first three editions, are two prominent, nationally known planners: David Listokin and Richard Preiss. Attorney Dwight H. Merriam adds legal annotations to almost all 2,276 definitions. These citations from court decisions bridge the gap between land use theory and real world application, bringing a new dimension to this edition. More than 20,000 copies of previous editions were sold over four decades to professionals and government representatives, such as members of planning and zoning boards and municipal governing bodies. This first revision in ten years updates what is widely acknowledged as an essential, standard reference for planners. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Communities in Action National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States, 2017-04-27 In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Climate Change and Cities Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Patricia Romero-Lankao, Shagun Mehrotra, Shobhakar Dhakal, Somayya Ali Ibrahim, 2018-03-29 Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Handbook on Inequality and the Environment Michael A. Long, Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky, 2023-06-01 This innovative Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the complex relationship between inequality and the environment and illustrates the myriad ways in which they intersect. Featuring over 30 contributions from leading experts in the field, it explores the ways in which inequality impacts three of the most pressing contemporary environmental issues: climate change, natural resource extraction, and food insecurity. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Planning and Urban Design Standards American Planning Association, Frederick R. Steiner, Kent Butler, 2012-09-17 The new student edition of the definitive reference on urban planning and design Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition is the authoritative and reliable volume designed to teach students best practices and guidelines for urban planning and design. Edited from the main volume to meet the serious student's needs, this Student Edition is packed with more than 1,400 informative illustrations and includes the latest rules of thumb for designing and evaluating any land-use scheme--from street plantings to new subdivisions. Students find real help understanding all the practical information on the physical aspects of planning and urban design they are required to know, including: * Plans and plan making * Environmental planning and management * Building types * Transportation * Utilities * Parks and open space, farming, and forestry * Places and districts * Design considerations * Projections and demand analysis * Impact assessment * Mapping * Legal foundations * Growth management preservation, conservation, and reuse * Economic and real estate development Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition provides essential specification and detailing information for various types of plans, environmental factors and hazards, building types, transportation planning, and mapping and GIS. In addition, expert advice guides readers on practical and graphical skills, such as mapping, plan types, and transportation planning. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Diversity Style Guide Rachele Kanigel, 2018-10-15 New diversity style guide helps journalists write with authority and accuracy about a complex, multicultural world A companion to the online resource of the same name, The Diversity Style Guide raises the consciousness of journalists who strive to be accurate. Based on studies, news reports and style guides, as well as interviews with more than 50 journalists and experts, it offers the best, most up-to-date advice on writing about underrepresented and often misrepresented groups. Addressing such thorny questions as whether the words Black and White should be capitalized when referring to race and which pronouns to use for people who don't identify as male or female, the book helps readers navigate the minefield of names, terms, labels and colloquialisms that come with living in a diverse society. The Diversity Style Guide comes in two parts. Part One offers enlightening chapters on Why is Diversity So Important; Implicit Bias; Black Americans; Native People; Hispanics and Latinos; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans; Immigrants and Immigration; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; People with Disabilities; Gender Equality in the News Media; Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Suicide; and Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Industry. Part Two includes Diversity and Inclusion Activities and an A-Z Guide with more than 500 terms. This guide: Helps journalists, journalism students, and other media writers better understand the context behind hot-button words so they can report with confidence and sensitivity Explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that certain words can alienate a source or infuriate a reader Provides writers with an understanding that diversity in journalism is about accuracy and truth, not political correctness. Brings together guidance from more than 20 organizations and style guides into a single handy reference book The Diversity Style Guide is first and foremost a guide for journalists, but it is also an important resource for journalism and writing instructors, as well as other media professionals. In addition, it will appeal to those in other fields looking to make informed choices in their word usage and their personal interactions. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Whose Public Space? Ali Madanipour, 2010-01-21 Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban environments. Can making public spaces help overcome this fragmentation, where accessible spaces are created through inclusive processes? This book offers some answers to this question through analysing the process of urban design and development in international case studies, in which the changing character, level of accessibility, and the tensions of making public spaces are explored. The book uses a coherent theoretical outlook to investigate a series of case studies, crossing the cultural divides to examine the similarities and differences of public space in different urban contexts, and its critical analysis of the process of development, management and use of public space, with all its tensions and conflicts. While each case study investigates the specificities of a particular city, the book outlines some general themes in global urban processes. It shows how public spaces are a key theme in urban design and development everywhere, how they are appreciated and used by the people of these cities, but also being contested by and under pressure from different stakeholders. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Zoning and Planning Law Handbook , 2009 |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Women and the Environment Irwin Altman, Arza Churchman, 1994-07-31 This thirteenth volume in the series addresses an increasingly salient worldwide research, design, and policy issue-women and physical environments. We live in an era of worldwide social change. Some nation-states are fracturing or disintegrating, migrations are resulting from political up heavals and economic opportunities, some ethnic and national animosi ties are resurfacing, and global and national economic systems are under stress. Furthermore, the variability of interpersonal and familial forms is increasing, and cultural subgroups-minorities, women, the physically challenged, gays, and lesbians-are vigorously demanding their rights in societies and are becoming significant economic and political forces. Although these social-system changes affect many people, their im pact on women is especially salient. Women are at the center of most forms of family life. Whether in traditional or contemporary cultures, women's roles in child rearing, home management, and community relations have and will continue to be central, regardless of emerging and changing family structures. And, because of necessity and oppor tunity, women are increasingly engaged in paid work in and outside the home (women in most cultures have historically always worked, but often not for pay). Their influence in cultures and societies is also mounting in the social, political, and economic spheres. In technological societies, women are playing higher-level roles, though still in small numbers, in economic and policy domains. This trend is likely to acceler ate in the twenty-first century. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: A Citizen's Policy Guide to Environmental Priorities for New York City, 1974-1984 , 1973 |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Urban Green Spaces Viniece Jennings, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Alessandro Rigolon, 2019-03-28 This book crosses disciplinary boundaries to investigate how the benefits of green spaces can be further incorporated in public health. In this regard, the book highlights how ecosystem services provided by green spaces affect multiple aspects of human health and well-being, offering a strategic way to conceptualize the topic. For centuries, scholars have observed the range of health benefits associated with exposure to nature. As people continue to move to urban areas, it is essential to include green spaces in cities to ensure sustained human health and well-being. Such insights can not only advance the science but also spark interdisciplinary research and help researchers creatively translate their findings into benefits for the public. The book explores this topic in the context of ‘big picture’ frameworks that enhance communication between the environmental, public health, and social sciences. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The City in History Lewis Mumford, 1961 The city's development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Affordable City Shane Phillips, 2020-09-15 From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These options are often treated as mutually exclusive, with support for one implying opposition to the other. Shane Phillips believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. He offers readers more than 50 policy recommendations, beginning with a set of principles and general recommendations that should apply to all housing policy. The remaining recommendations are organized by what he calls the Three S’s of Supply, Stability, and Subsidy. Phillips makes a moral and economic case for why each is essential and recommendations for making them work together. There is no single solution to the housing crisis—it will require a comprehensive approach backed by strong, diverse coalitions. The Affordable City is an essential tool for professionals and advocates working to improve affordability and increase community resilience through local action. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Transportation Planning Handbook ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers), Michael D. Meyer, 2016-08-01 A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This new fourth edition is more strongly focused on serving the needs of all users, the role of safety in the planning process, and transportation planning in the context of societal concerns, including the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. The content structure has been redesigned with a new format that promotes a more functionally driven multimodal approach to planning, design, and implementation, including guidance toward the latest tools and technology. The material has been updated to reflect the latest changes to major transportation resources such as the HCM, MUTCD, HSM, and more, including the most current ADA accessibility regulations. Transportation planning has historically followed the rational planning model of defining objectives, identifying problems, generating and evaluating alternatives, and developing plans. Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a more multi-disciplinary approach, especially in light of the rising importance of sustainability and environmental concerns. This book presents the fundamentals of transportation planning in a multidisciplinary context, giving readers a practical reference for day-to-day answers. Serve the needs of all users Incorporate safety into the planning process Examine the latest transportation planning software packages Get up to date on the latest standards, recommendations, and codes Developed by The Institute of Transportation Engineers, this book is the culmination of over seventy years of transportation planning solutions, fully updated to reflect the needs of a changing society. For a comprehensive guide with practical answers, The Transportation Planning Handbook is an essential reference. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Advancing Equity Planning Now Norman Krumholz, Kathryn Wertheim Hexter, 2019-01-15 What can planners do to restore equity to their craft? Drawing upon the perspectives of a diverse group of planning experts, Advancing Equity Planning Now places the concepts of fairness and equal access squarely in the center of planning research and practice. Editors Norman Krumholz and Kathryn Wertheim Hexter provide essential resources for city leaders and planners, as well as for students and others, interested in shaping the built environment for a more just world. Advancing Equity Planning Now remind us that equity has always been an integral consideration in the planning profession. The historic roots of that ethical commitment go back more than a century. Yet a trend of growing inequality in America, as well as other recent socio-economic changes that divide the wealthiest from the middle and working classes, challenge the notion that a rising economic tide lifts all boats. When planning becomes mere place-making for elites, urban and regional planners need to return to the fundamentals of their profession. Although they have not always done so, planners are well-positioned to advocate for greater equity in public policies that address the multiple objectives of urban planning including housing, transportation, economic development, and the removal of noxious land uses in neighborhoods. Thanks to generous funding from Cleveland State University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The City-CLT Partnership John Emmeus Davis, Rick Jacobus, 2008 The community land trust (CLT) movement is young but expanding rapidly. Nearly 20 community land trusts are started every year as either new nonprofits or as programs or subsidiaries of existing organizations. Fueling this proliferation is a dramatic increase in local government investment and involvement. Over the past decade, a growing number of cities and counties have chosen not only to support existing CLTs, but also to start new ones, actively guiding urban development and sponsoring affordable housing initiatives. Two key policy needs are driving increased city and county interest in CLTs, particularly in jurisdictions that put a social priority on promoting homeownership for lower-income families and a fiscal priority on protecting the public's investment in affordable housing. Long-term preservation of housing subsidies. With local governments now assuming greater responsibility for creating affordable housing, policy makers must find ways to ensure that their investments have a sustained impact. CLT ownership of the land, along with durable affordability controls over the resale of any housing built on that land, ensures that municipally subsidized homes remain available for lower-income homebuyers for generations to come. Long-term stewardship of housing. Preserving housing affordability requires long-term monitoring and enforcement, an administrative burden that local governments are neither equipped for nor generally interested in taking on. CLTs are well positioned to play this stewardship role by administering the municipality's eligibility, affordability, and occupancy controls, while also backstopping lower-income owners to protect subsidized homes against loss through deferred maintenance or mortgage foreclosure. Municipal support comes in a variety of forms, depending on how well established the CLT is. For example, local governments may offer administrative or financial support during the planning and startup phase, followed by donations of city-owned land and grants or low-interest loans for developing and financing projects. They may help a CLT acquire and preserve housing provided by private developers to comply with inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, and other mandates or concessions. As the CLT builds its portfolio, municipalities may provide capacity grants to help support its operations. Finally, local jurisdictions may assist CLTs by revising their tax assessment practices to ensure fair treatment of resale-restricted homes built on their lands. As welcome as their support has been, local governments may inadvertently structure CLT funding and oversight in ways that undermine the effectiveness of the very model they are attempting to support. The challenge lies in finding the most constructive ways of putting municipal resources to work in pursuit of common objectives. Based on a review of three dozen municipal programs and in-depth interviews with local officials and CLT practitioners, this report describes the mechanisms and methods that cities across the country are using to structure their investment in CLT startups, projects, and operations. In addition to describing the full range of options for providing municipal support, the report highlights specific model practices for rendering that assistance. These practices have the most potential to balance the interests of all parties by: protecting the public's investment in affordable housing; expanding and preserving access to homeownership for households excluded from the market; stabilizing neighborhoods buffeted by cycles of disinvestment or reinvestment; and ensuring accountability to funders, taxpayers, and the communities served by the CLT. The city-CLT relationship continues to evolve. This report ends with a discussion of three emerging trends: shifts in the city's role from supporter to instigator, and from participant to g |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Rights and the City Sandeep Agrawal, 2022-09-20 Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. Sandeep Agrawal and the volume's contributors expose the paradoxes that planners and municipal governments face when attempting not only to combat discriminatory practices, but also advance a human rights agenda. The authors examine the legal, conceptual, and philosophical aspects of rights, including its various forms—human, Indigenous, housing, property rights, and various other forms of rights. Using empirical evidence and examples, they translate the philosophical and legal aspects of rights into more practical terms and applications. Regionally, the book draws on municipalities from across Canada while also making broad international comparisons. Scholars, policy makers, and activists with an interest in urban studies, planning, and law will find much of value throughout this volume. Contributors: Sandeep Agrawal, Rachelle Alterman, Sasha Best, Alexandra Flynn, Eran S. Kaplinsky, Ola P. Malik, Jennifer A. Orange, Michelle L. Oren, Renée Vaugeois. Afterword by Benjamin Davy |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Zoning of America Michael Allan Wolf, 2008 Revisits the landmark case Euclid v. Ambler, in which the Supreme Court surprisingly upheld the constitutionality of local zoning laws protecting residential neighborhoods from real and perceived disturbances, a decision that forever changed the way American cities and their suburbs were organized. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030, 2021-09-30 The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways. Nurses live and work at the intersection of health, education, and communities. Nurses work in a wide array of settings and practice at a range of professional levels. They are often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of all backgrounds and experiences seeking care and they represent the largest of the health care professions. A nation cannot fully thrive until everyone - no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make - can live their healthiest possible life, and helping people live their healthiest life is and has always been the essential role of nurses. Nurses have a critical role to play in achieving the goal of health equity, but they need robust education, supportive work environments, and autonomy. Accordingly, at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on behalf of the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a study aimed at envisioning and charting a path forward for the nursing profession to help reduce inequities in people's ability to achieve their full health potential. The ultimate goal is the achievement of health equity in the United States built on strengthened nursing capacity and expertise. By leveraging these attributes, nursing will help to create and contribute comprehensively to equitable public health and health care systems that are designed to work for everyone. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity explores how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology, and maintaining patient and family-focused care into 2030. This work builds on the foundation set out by The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects Daniel K. Slone, Doris S. Goldstein, 2008-08-18 Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: New Urbanism Robert Steuteville, Philip Langdon, 2009 Helps architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, builders, developers, public officials, students, and citizens understand how one of the most vital planning movements is reshaping today's cities, suburbs, small towns, and neighborhoods. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2011 Aims to encourage transportation agencies to address strategic questions as they confront the task of managing the surface transportation system. Drawn form both national and international knowledge and experience, it provides guidance to State Department of Transportation (DOT) decision makers, as well as county and municipal transportation agencies, to assist them in realizing the most from financial resources now and into the future, preserving highway assets, and providing the service expected by customers. Divided into two parts, Part one focuses on leadership and goal and objective setintg, while Part two is more technically oriented. Appendices include work sheets and case studies. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Lessons from Local Experience , 1983 |
| equity in zoning policy guide: The Happiness Policy Handbook Laura Musikanski, Rhonda Phillips, Jean Crowder, 2019-09-10 Build a better society through happiness policy Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens starting to be taken seriously as the purpose of government. While happiness science is advancing rapidly, and governments and organizations are creating indices for measuring happiness, there is little practical information on how to create policy to advance happiness. Drawing from a deep well of expertise and experience, The Happiness Policy Handbook is the first step-by-step guide for integrating happiness into government policy at all levels. Coverage includes: A concise background on happiness science, indices and indicators, and happiness in public policy Tools for formulating happiness policy and integrating happiness into administrative functions A concept menu of happiness policies Communicating happiness policy objectives to media and engaging with the community A happiness policy screening tool for evaluating the happiness contribution of any policy Policy perspectives from seasoned experts across sectors. The Happiness Policy Handbook is the essential resource for policymakers and professionals working to integrate happiness and well-being into governmental processes and institutions. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing Stuart Meck, Rebecca Coleen Retzlaff, James Schwab, 2003 Do regional approaches to affordable housing actually result in housing production and, if so, how? Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing answers these critical questions and more. Evaluating 23 programs across the nation, the report begins by tracing the history of regional housing planning in the U.S. and defining contemporary big picture issues on housing affordability. It examines fair-share regional housing planning in three states and one metropolitan area, and follows with an appraisal of regional housing trust funds--a new phenomenon. Also assessed are an incentive program in the Twin Cities region and affordable housing appeals statutes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The study looks at recent private-sector initiatives to promote affordable housing production in the San Francisco Bay area and Chicago. A concluding chapter proposes a set of best and second-best practices. Supplementing the report are appendices containing an extensive annotated bibliography, a research note on housing need forecasting and fair-share allocation formulas, a complete list of state enabling legislation authorizing local housing planning, and two model state acts. |
| equity in zoning policy guide: Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface Susan W. Vince, Mary L. Duryea, Edward A. Macie, Annie Hermansen, 2004-11-29 Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers. Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservat |
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024)
Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized …
Zoning For Equity: Guidance from the American Planning …
Identify specific ways in which the drafting, public engagement, administration, mapping, and enforcement of zoning regulations can be changed to dismantle barriers to equity. Build on, …
Equity Zoning Diagnostic Initial Observations - Joining Forces …
Equity and equitable outcomes are not mentioned within the purpose statements, public benefit statements, or anywhere in the code despite the presence other general prescriptive …
APA’s Policy Guide Zoning for Equity
Focus on the disproportionate impacts of zoning rules on some individuals and neighborhoods, and then redraft and remap zoning to reduce or eliminate those impacts.
REVISED DRAFT APA Equity in Zoning Policy Guide
The goal of this Policy Guide is to identify specific ways in which the drafting, public engagement, administration, mapping, and enforcement of zoning regulations can be changed to dismantle …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (book)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
USING GIS TO MAP THE WAY TO HOUNSIGYTQE UI - Esri
The American Planning Association (APA) recently released its Equity in Zoning Policy Guide (https://bit.ly/3XrvEam), which helps planners and government leaders identify the ways zoning
Strategies to Build Racial Equity Into Land Use & Zoning
In this brief essay, I build on existing scholarship by surveying and analyzing innovative approaches to build in racial equity into zoning and land use decisions that are being …
EQUITABLE ZONING PROJECT REPORT
In this report, Connections’ recommendations are based both on what we heard from community residents, summarized above, as well as on guidance from the American Planning Association, …
How Equity is Considered in a Rezoning Equity Defined
• What key equity concepts and policies will potentially not be advanced by approval of the rezoning? Improving Access to Opportunity (larger scale rezonings) • Is the proposed rezoning …
Cracking the Zoning Code: Understanding local land-use …
Pendall, Lo, and Wegmann analyze changes in zoning policy in jurisdictions that manage land use, finding that over the past few decades, the metropolitan areas with the strongest housing …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024) - cie-advances.asme.org
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
ZONING PRACTICE - Amazon Web Services
provided by the Equity in Zoning Policy Guide in more detail. It outlines clear steps those who write, administer, and enforce zoning regulations can take to proactively protect historically …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (book)
Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized …
APA Planning for Equity Policy Guide - Amazon Web Services
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide reafirms the commitment of the American Planning Association, its Chapters, Divisions, Interest Groups, and Student Organizations to promote …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (Download Only)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
A Framework for Promoting Equity Through Zoning
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide pro-vides a list of definitions for gentrification that focus the key themes of rapid rede-velopment, increasing property values, and displacement of current …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
Equity in Zoning Policy Guide - Amazon Web Services
The policy ideas endorsed in this guide prioritize reversing and alleviating the disproportionate impacts of zoning on historically disadvantaged and vulnerable communities through three …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024)
Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized …
Zoning For Equity: Guidance from the American Planning …
Identify specific ways in which the drafting, public engagement, administration, mapping, and enforcement of zoning regulations can be changed to dismantle barriers to equity. Build on, …
Equity Zoning Diagnostic Initial Observations - Joining …
Equity and equitable outcomes are not mentioned within the purpose statements, public benefit statements, or anywhere in the code despite the presence other general prescriptive …
APA’s Policy Guide Zoning for Equity
Focus on the disproportionate impacts of zoning rules on some individuals and neighborhoods, and then redraft and remap zoning to reduce or eliminate those impacts.
REVISED DRAFT APA Equity in Zoning Policy Guide
The goal of this Policy Guide is to identify specific ways in which the drafting, public engagement, administration, mapping, and enforcement of zoning regulations can be changed to dismantle …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (book)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
USING GIS TO MAP THE WAY TO HOUNSIGYTQE UI - Esri
The American Planning Association (APA) recently released its Equity in Zoning Policy Guide (https://bit.ly/3XrvEam), which helps planners and government leaders identify the ways zoning
Strategies to Build Racial Equity Into Land Use & Zoning
In this brief essay, I build on existing scholarship by surveying and analyzing innovative approaches to build in racial equity into zoning and land use decisions that are being …
EQUITABLE ZONING PROJECT REPORT
In this report, Connections’ recommendations are based both on what we heard from community residents, summarized above, as well as on guidance from the American Planning …
How Equity is Considered in a Rezoning Equity Defined
• What key equity concepts and policies will potentially not be advanced by approval of the rezoning? Improving Access to Opportunity (larger scale rezonings) • Is the proposed rezoning …
Resources on Equity in Land Use Planning - Amazon Web …
APA RI Chapter has put together this page of resources as a starting point for planners, advocates, elected officials, and residents interested in undertaking work on equity in land use …
Cracking the Zoning Code: Understanding local land-use …
Pendall, Lo, and Wegmann analyze changes in zoning policy in jurisdictions that manage land use, finding that over the past few decades, the metropolitan areas with the strongest housing …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024) - cie-advances.asme.org
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
ZONING PRACTICE - Amazon Web Services
provided by the Equity in Zoning Policy Guide in more detail. It outlines clear steps those who write, administer, and enforce zoning regulations can take to proactively protect historically …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (book)
Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized …
APA Planning for Equity Policy Guide - Amazon Web Services
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide reafirms the commitment of the American Planning Association, its Chapters, Divisions, Interest Groups, and Student Organizations to promote …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (Download Only)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
A Framework for Promoting Equity Through Zoning
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide pro-vides a list of definitions for gentrification that focus the key themes of rapid rede-velopment, increasing property values, and displacement of current …
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide (2024)
Equity In Zoning Policy Guide: Zoning Elliott Sclar,Bernadette Baird-Zars,Lauren Ames Fischer,Valerie Stahl,2019-11-06 Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban …
