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Title	Solving America's Shortage of Homes Working Families Can Afford: Fifteen Success Stories
Highlights	This report states that extensive review processes can discourage new housing development.   This report includes examples of strategies such as expedited review processes to encourage new housing development.                       This report states that community opposition to low-income housing can decrease the affordable housing supply.   This report recommends developing mixed-income housing with creative design solutions to overcome community opposition and increase the affordable housing supply.                       This report states that excessive development fees can discourage workforce housing development.   This report includes case studies of workforce housing projects, which were developed from utilizing fee waivers.                       There is implicit recognition that zoning policies can discourage affordable workforce housing development.   This report includes examples of inclusionary zoning policies to encourage affordable workforce housing development.
Description	This report from Homes for Working Families looks at state and local government programs that promote the development of affordable workforce housing. Programs described in the report include S.M.A.R.T. Housing Initiative adopted by Austin, Texas; Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit Program adopted by Montgomery County, Maryland; Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, California; and the Comprehensive Permit Law adopted by the state of Massachusetts. The report also analyzes case studies from eleven workforce housing projects that were developed by utilizing innovative strategies to overcome barriers to affordable housing development; such barriers include lengthy review processes, high development fees, and community opposition. Examples of creative solutions presented in the report include expedited review processes, mixed-income housing developments, fee waivers, and inclusionary zoning policies.
Publication Date	2006
Organization	Homes for Working Families and Urban Land Institute
Web Location	http://content.knowledgeplex.org/kp2/cache/documents/154821.pdf

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