Debates over the development and density of housing have gained visibility in recent years
as housing costs have skyrocketed in many metropolitan areas. With those who seek to limit …

Civil society engagement in the spatial planning of neighborhoods has been an increasing
trend from the middle of the 1960s. Advocacy planning has been a branch of planning …

Many policymakers concerned about high housing costs argue that easing development
through altered land-use regulations can increase building, thereby boosting affordability …

Many cities have a two-tiered system for governing land: one set of rules for most people,
and a different set for elite investors, large developers, and others who can bend …

As cities across the country face mounting pressures to address the housing affordability
crisis, planners and policymakers have increasingly eyed upzonings as an instrument to …

Problem, research strategy, and findings Pundits and economists have recently inferred that
zoning explains housing price inflation in fast-growth metro areas. In this article, we use the …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the affordable housing crisis is forcing households to seek
lower cost housing in the outer reaches of major metropolitan areas, helping to explain …

Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about
how local legislatures and executives make housing policy decisions and how their …

Manufactured home parks (MHPs), businesses that are “designed, developed, operated and
maintained. for the placement and occupancy of manufactured homes on a long-term basis,” …

In this introductory essay, we provide an overview and theoretical context for this
Intervention of seven critical reflections on the recent 'pro‐housing'movement YIMBYism …