AREUEA Policy Forum
The AREUEA Policy Forum aims to build bridges between research and policy making in real estate and urban policy.
“Relaxing Land Use Regulations to Allow for More Housing Construction”
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- Moderator
- Panelists
- David Garcia, Terner Center, UC Berkeley
- Solomon Greene, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Evan Mast, University of Notre Dame
- Jaehee Song, University of Colorado at Boulder
Featured Research Briefs:
Additional Resources
Working papers:
- Local Causes and Aggregate Implications of Land Use Regulations, by Andrii Parkhomenko. Working Paper.
- Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform, by Santosh Anagol, Fernando Ferreira, and Jonah M. Rexer. Working Paper.
- Sorting into Neighborhoods: The Role of Minimum Lot Sizes, by Amrita Kulka. Working Paper.
- How to Increase Housing Affordability: Understanding Local Deterrents to Building Multifamily Housing, by Amrita Kulka, and Aradhya Sood, and Nick Chiumenti, Working Paper.
- Does Building New Housing Cause Displacement?: The Supply and Demand Effects of Construction in San Francisco, by Kate Pennington. Working Paper.
Published papers:
- Lynn Fisher (2013), State Intervention in Local Land Use Decision-Making, Real Estate Economics, 41(2).
- Joseph Gyourko & Jonathan S. Hartley & Jacob Krimmel (2021), "The local residential land use regulatory environment across U.S. housing markets: Evidence from a new Wharton index," Journal of Urban Economics, 124.
- Joe Gyourko and Jacob Krimmel (2021), "The impact of local residential land use restrictions on land values across and within single family housing markets," Journal of Urban Economics, 126.
- Chang-Tai Hsieh and Enrico Moretti (2019), Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation, by American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 11(2).
- Molloy, Raven (2020), "The effect of housing supply regulation on housing affordability: A review," Regional Science and Urban Economics, 80.
- Henry Munneke, C.F. Sirmans, Barrett Slade, and Geoffrey Turnbull (2014), Housing Regulations, Externalities and Residential Property Prices, Real Estate Economics, 42(4).
- Jenny Schuetz (2009), No renters in my suburban backyard: Land use regulation and rental housing, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28(2).
- Jackson, Kristoffer. K. (2018), “Regulation, land constraints, and California’s boom and bust.” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 68: 130-147.
- Li, Xiaodi (2022), “Do new housing units in your backyard raise your rents?.” Journal of Economic Geography, 22(6): 1309-1352.
Links:
Research institutes and reports
Greene, Solomon, and Ingrid Gould Ellen (2020), Breaking Barriers, Boosting Supply: How the Federal Government Can Eliminate Exclusionary Zoning. Urban Institute.
Kahlenberg, Richard (2021), Tearing Down the Walls: How the Biden Administration and Congress Can Reduce Exclusionary Zoning. The Century Foundation.
Kazis, Noah (2022), “New York’s ideas for zoning reform offer many paths to tackling the housing crisis,” The Brookings Institution.
National Zoning Atlas
Negret, Marcel and Moses Gates (2022), “State Zoning Reforms are Key to Housing Opportunity.” Regional Plan Association.
Stacy, Christina, Eleanor Noble, Jorge Morales-Burnett, and Lydia Lo. (2020), "Designing Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations." Urban Institute.
Von Hoffman, Alexander (2021), “Single-Family Zoning: Can History be Reversed?” Joint Center for Housing Studies.
News and Podcasts
Densely Speaking Podcast: Does Building New Apartments in Low-Income Areas Cause Displacement?
PBS News Weekend Podcast, How Minneapolis became the first to end single-family zoning
Healey wants more housing. But how hard will she push communities to approve it? Mar. 2, 2023
How Backlash Reversed a Florida City’s Reforms to Allow Denser Housing Feb. 2, 2023
Taller Towers, Fewer Homes, Sept. 23, 2022
What Happened When Minneapolis Ended Single-Family Zoning, Aug. 20, 2022
How Important Was the Single-Family Zoning Ban in Minneapolis?, May 26, 2022
Effective Zoning Reform Isn’t as Simple as It Seems Mar. 24, 2022
Ending Single-Family Zoning Is Not a Stand-Alone Solution Jan. 21, 2022
The A.D.U. Experiment, Dec. 10, 2021
Blue States, You’re the Problem, Nov. 9, 2021
What just happened with single-family zoning in California?, Sept. 17, 2021
Housing Parents in a Pandemic: How About the Backyard? Feb. 7, 2021
Yes, in Your Backyard, Oct. 31, 2018
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