Affordable Housing: How Local Regulatory Improvements Can Help.
Author(s):
Weitz, Stevenson
Publication Date:
9/1/1982
Performing Organization(s):
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC
Availability:
HUD USER, P.O. Box 23268, Washington, DC 20026-3268; phone (800) 245-2691; fax (202) 708-9981; or TDD (800) 927-7589
Notes:
Product of the Joint Venture for Affordable Housing. In-house document, no contract or grant number.
Descriptors:
Affordable housing. Local government. Housing laws. Housing costs.
Abstract:
This report describes the ways local government actions affect market housing costs and identifies some of the actions communities can take to assist in cost reduction. It also examines a few concepts that might be helpful to people seeking regulatory and procedural change in local government. The report explains the impact of government actions on the component costs of housing development: raw land site improvement, construction, and other developer costs. Government can set policies on major roads and utilities, density, site improvements, and building / construction codes that affect these component costs. To tackle the problem, local communities must first establish that local regulations could be a source of the problem and must then contact the right individuals capable of handling the issue. The regulatory rating sheet provided lists 19 questions about land use regulations that can indiciate whether drastic action is called for.
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