Urban Land

Legalizing More Housing Construction with State and Local Innovations

Making infill development easier, adding a state role to local land-use controls, and connecting housing with transit were some of the top trends in housing policy that emerged on May 9 at the 2024 ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues. The forum topic, “State and Local Innovations to Expand Housing Opportunities,” reflected something that many communities around the United States are grappling with: dire housing shortages.

Urban Land

New Opportunities and Challenges for Financing Affordable Housing

In the session “Financing Tools to Make Affordable Deals Pencil” at the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference, panelists shared a variety of tools and strategies designed to support the production of more affordable housing.

Urban Land Institute

Case Study: Caton Flats

Caton Flats transformed a Caribbean vendors’ market and municipal surface parking lot in Brooklyn, New York. The new construction, mixed-use property retained the existing marketplace, added office and commercial space, parking, and mixed-income housing.

Urban Land Institute

Case Study: Broadway Lofts

Broadway Lofts is a mixed-use development on a former brownfield site in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, in the middle of the state’s lower peninsula. Mt. Pleasant is a rural city with a population of 21,688 full-time residents, as well as home to 14,000 students at Central Michigan University. Broadway Lofts was awarded the 2023 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Awards by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing.

Urban Land

Leveraging Land for More U.S. Housing with Innovative Partnerships

Communities can add to local housing supply by leveraging underutilized land owned by houses of worship and school districts, according to panelists at “Innovative Partnerships to Leverage Land for More Housing,” at the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference.

Urban Land

State and Local Housing Policy Innovations Having National Impact

Land use is local, and so are many housing policy opportunities. In the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference session, “A Look Back on the Latest State and Local Housing Policy Innovations,” moderator Michael Wilt, senior manager of external relations for the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, asked the panelists: “The dynamics and conversations around housing are changing a lot. What is going to net the greatest benefits?”

Urban Land Institute

Revitalization of the Point Neighborhood In Salem, Massachusetts

An in-depth case study examining how investments in placemaking and public space have helped revitalize the Point neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts.

ULI Northwest Arkansas

Aligned for Affordability: A Roadmap for Local Government Policy and Practice in Northwest Arkansas

A guide for city planners and local leaders seeking more livable, affordable communities.

Heading Home of South Central Indiana

Heading Home Guide

A “one-stop shop” of centralized information on regional resources to support housing security.

City of Franklin, Tenn.

Envision Franklin Housing Strategy

A Housing Strategy crafted to identify and address local housing needs for the City of Franklin, Tennessee.

Urban Land Institute

Forging a Path for Intentionally Inclusive Development in Durham

Community-centered redevelopment of the Fayetteville Street Corridor in the Hayti District, an historically Black neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina.

Shelterforce

The Road to Transportation Equity: Listening to Non-Drivers

Laying the groundwork for transportation equity can start with listening to disabled people’s experiences.

Indiana Land Use Summit

What is the Future of Housing in Your Community?

A presentation at the 2023 Indiana Land Use Summit on land use regulatory tools that affect housing supply and recent trends in housing.

City of Franklin, Tenn.

Franklin and the Future of Housing

Myerson Consulting created this presentation to share information on national and local housing trends and housing opportunities for the City of Franklin, TN.

Urban Land Institute

Folsom and Sacramento County: Attainable Housing Along Commercial Corridors

Opportunities to support the development of mixed-income housing along commercial corridors in Folsom and Sacramento County, California.

Urban Land Institute

Investing in Livable Communities

Charlotte, North Carolina, has pursued a steady vision for regional transit service as a strategic investment for stronger and more livable communities.

ULI Northwest Arkansas

Connecting People and Places

Connections among people and places are key elements that shape downtowns and neighborhoods.

LOCUS/Smart Growth America

LOCUS Policy Snapshots

A series of fact sheets featuring a real estate sector-focused analysis of several plans in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

ULI Northwest Arkansas

Framing the Conversation with Missing Middle Housing

National speaker, architect, urban designer, and author Daniel Parolek on expanding more diverse and affordable housing options in neighborhoods.

ULI Northwest Arkansas

Market Forecast: Households Growing Faster Than Homes

What should communities do when households are growing faster than available homes?

Cityscape/U.S. Housing and Urban Development

Mapping Equity and Exclusion in Neighborhood Associations in Bloomington, Indiana

Neighborhood associations: A vital channel for citizen participation in local decisions? Or mired in a long history of exclusion?

ULI Northwest Arkansas

The Truth About Livable Communities

The opportunities and challenges for more mixed uses, livable neighborhoods, and attainable housing.

Limestone Post

Invisible Neighbors: How To Include People Left Out of B-town’s Neighborhoods

Exclusionary housing policy continues to be the root of issues related to housing affordability, racial inequity, and climate change.

NAHB/Best In American Living

What’s In Your Crystal Ball? I See “America at Home”

The America at Home Study has become a guiding force to anticipate rapidly changing preferences for both homeowners and renters.