Accessory Dwelling Units: Case Study (HUD, 2008)
This case study explores how the adoption of ordinances, with reduced regulatory restrictions to encourage ADUs, can be advantageous for communities.
Read MoreManufactured Housing as a Community- and Asset-Building Strategy (NeighborWorks/JCHS, 2002)
This paper explores advantages and disadvantages of manufactured housing for those entities whose mission is community development and asset building.
Read MoreAffordable by Choice: Trends in California Inclusionary Housing Programs (NPH, 2007)
This report by the Non-Profit Housing Association of California examines California's innovative inclusionary housing policies and how they have affected housing affordability in the community.
Read MoreInclusionary Housing, Incentives, and Land Value Recapture (Lincoln Institute, 2009)
This Lincoln Institute paper suggests that a better approach is to link Inclusionary Housing to the ongoing process of rezoning—either by the developer or by local government initiative—thus treating it explicitly as a vehicle for recapturing for public benefit some part of the gain in land value resulting from public action.
Read MoreInclusionary Housing in International Perspective: Affordable Housing, Social Inclusion, and Land Value Recapture (Lincoln Institute, 2010)
This book provides the reader with relevant information about and analysis of how inclusionary housing works in North America (US and Canada) and five European countries (UK, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy).
Read MoreIs Inclusionary Zoning Inclusionary? A Guide for Practitioners (RAND, 2012)
This report examines 11 Inclusionary Zoning programs across the United States to determine the extent to which the policies serve lower-income families and provide IZ recipients with access to low-poverty neighborhoods and residentially assign them to high-performing schools, thereby promoting the academic achievement and educational attainment of their children.
Read MoreExpanding Housing Opportunities through Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons from Two Counties (HUD, 2012)
This HUD PD&R pilot study examines how effective inclusionary zoning programs are as a strategy to increase the supply of affordable housing and further other housing- and community-related goals in two study sites: Montgomery County, MD and Fairfax County, VA.
Read MoreAfter the Downturn: New Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusionary Housing (NHC, 2013)
This paper examines how inclusionary housing policies fared during the nation’s historic housing downturn, as well as the major issues and opportunities that confront inclusionary housing today, as the housing market begins to recover.
Read MoreAchieving Lasting Affordability through Inclusionary Housing (Lincoln Institute, 2014)
This Lincoln Institute white paper analyzes a set of 20 inclusionary housing programs to highlight how long affordability periods, strong legal mechanisms, carefully designed resale formulas, dedicated program stewardship, and strategic partnerships can help preserve affordable homes produced through inclusionary housing programs for multiple generations.
Read MoreInclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability (NHC, 2014)
This paper profiles six localities that have adopted inclusionary housing policies tied to upzoning, referred to here as “inclusionary upzoning.” Each profile provides a sketch of how the policy is structured and how effective it has been.
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