Research Topic: Smart Growth

Research
Creating Connected Communities (HUD, 2014)

This guidebook is intended to provide elected officials, city staff members, community leaders, and other decision makers in small and mid-sized cities with a menu of strategies for improving the transportation choices available to low- and moderate-income households.

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Inclusionary Upzoning: Tying Growth to Affordability (NHC, 2014)

This 2014 National Housing Conference paper profiles six localities that have adopted inclusionary housing policies tied to upzoning, referred to here as "inclusionary upzoning.” The paper explores how neighborhood context, market context, and policy design may affect the success of inclusionary upzoning policies and their potential for adoption in new areas of the country where inclusionary housing has not yet been implemented.

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