The Irony of Inclusionary Zoning
Between 1973 and 1980, the average sale price of a single-family house in the five-county Los Angeles area rose from $40,700 to $115,000, or by 183%. This increase not only [...]
Have Housing Prices Risen Faster in Portland Than Elsewhere?
The Portland, OR, region has had a strong urban growth boundary (UGB) since 1979, so observers have focused on the relationship between its UGB and home prices, which rose sharply [...]
Impact Fees and Housing Affordability
Approximately 60 percent of U.S. cities with more than 25,000 residents now impose impact fees to fund infrastructure needed to service new housing and other development. In 89 jurisdictions selected [...]
Comparing Forecasting Methods: Expert Land Use Panel vs. Simple Land use Allocation Model
An Expert Land Use Panel was used to forecast the land use impacts of a major highway project in the Washington, DC area, the Inter-County Connector. What makes this panel [...]
Smart Growth in Maryland: Looking Forward and Looking Back
Spring of 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of the passage of Maryland’s Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiative; an effort designed to discourage sprawl development, foster more compact communities, [...]
Opening San Diego’s Door to Lower Housing Costs
The total cost of regulation amounts to about forty percent of the cost of housing across the various price segments in all of San Diego County...This study indicates that approximately [...]
Varying the Variance: How New York City Can Solve Its Housing Crisis and Optimize Land Use to Serve the Public Interest
Urban America requires a solution to its affordable housing crisis, and combined with the above data, Census Bureau reports demonstrate that New York City needs a solution more than most [...]
Administrative Discretion in Zoning
Many urban designers today severely criticize traditional, "Euclidean" zoning theory for failing to accord administrative discretion a sufficiently important role. Zoning codes limit land uses and the size and location [...]
Effects of an Urban Growth Management System on Land Values
These examples of three of the best known and oldest growth management systems illustrate that, at both the metropolitan and submetropolitan level, a general effect of such systems can be [...]
The Price Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon
The late 1960s and early 1970s brought increasing public concern over environmental issues such as rising population growth, resource depletion, and the overall quality of life. The State of Oregon, [...]