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Zoning changes to facilitate the use of lower-cost housing types

Zoning changes to allow for higher residential density

Collaborating with PHAs to achieve shared housing goals

Comprehensiveness and balance – key attributes of a local housing strategy

Encouraging walkable mixed-use development

Setting income eligibility levels for local housing programs

Balancing trade offs between the quantity, quality, and location of affordable housing

The role of states in shaping local housing strategies

Balancing the preservation of existing affordable housing with new construction

Balancing increases in affordable housing in resource-rich areas with investments in low-income neighborhoods

Allocating resources to address housing needs among various household types including older adults and families with children

Working with a consultant to develop a local housing strategy

Engaging employers in local housing strategies

What is a local housing strategy and why is it important

Promoting interagency collaboration in the development of a local housing strategy

Use of publicly owned property for affordable housing

Transfers of development rights

Tax incentives for new construction and substantial rehabilitation

Targeted efforts to expand the supply of rental housing and lower-cost housing types in resource-rich areas

Targeted efforts to create and preserve dedicated affordable housing in resource-rich areas

Streamlined permitting processes

Streamlined environmental review processes

Key steps to develop a local housing strategy

Housing Strategy Review Long Version

Engaging the community in the development of a local housing strategy

Addressing housing challenges on a regional basis

Linkage fees/affordable housing impact fees

Carbon emissions and energy use

Increases in the supply of buildable land by expanding growth boundaries

Incentives to encourage the development of lower-cost housing types

Housing Strategy Review Short Version

Allocating resources between tenant based and project based rental assistance

Expedited permitting for qualifying projects

Changes to increase the predictability of the regulatory process

Strengthening the resources and opportunities in high-poverty neighborhoods

Strengthening communities through community development activities

Reducing energy use and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions

Improving educational outcomes for children

Expanding access to public transit

Spurring housing development with form-based codes in Chapel Hill, NC

The city of Chapel Hill, NC implemented a form-based code to regulate land development in one area of the town known as the Blue Hill District.

Small housing in Spokane, WA

The city of Spokane, WA made to its building and zoning codes to enable the development of small housing in the city, including cottage housing, pocket residential developments, and tiny homes.

Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership

The Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership spearheaded the development of a new regional housing plan that aims to triple the amount of affordable housing in the region over the next fifteen years.

Improving the health of children and adults

Density bonuses

Reduced or waived fees for qualifying projects

Seattle “Grand Bargain”

Seattle’s Grand Bargain achieved national attention in large part due to the breadth of the stakeholder coalition that participated in developing and agreeing to the MHA initiative.