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NATIONAL ZONING ATLAS Press
Urban Omnibus, A Bigger Picture: Interview with NZA founder and director Sara Bronin and zone code project coordinator Aline Fader about how the NZA sheds lights on a regional view of land use from Long Island to Connecticut.
Bloomberg CityLab, Can a National Zoning Atlas Chart a Way Out of the US Housing Crisis?: Discusses the Atlas’s successes in informing and promoting pro-housing zoning reforms.
RISMedia, Researchers Launch Unprecedented Survey of Local Regulations with ‘Zoning Atlas’: Profiles the release of the National Zoning Atlas integrated zoning atlas map launch.
U.S. News, Younger Generations Hold the Keys to More Affordable Housing: Points new policymakers to using the National Zoning Atlas to ensure future zoning reforms accommodate abundant options for affordable housing.
Bloomberg CityLab, MapLab: The Zoning Data Revolution is Here: Showcases the National Zoning Atlas, along with the Zoning Restrictiveness Index, as two tools succeeding in making zoning data more comprehensive, standardized and accessible to the public.
Law360, Zoning Atlases Will Aid State Housing Reform, Advocates Say: NZA leaders in Montana, Tennessee, & California share how zoning atlases are the analytical tool lawmakers are missing when it comes to counteracting harmful zoning practices.
PD&R Edge, Creating the National Zoning Atlas: Status update on the ongoing efforts to create a comprehensive National Zoning Atlas, featuring check-ins with the Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire atlases.
The Builders Daily, Zoning Single-Source-of-Truth for 30k U.S. Local Jurisdictions: Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin discussing the National Zoning Atlas’s potential to inform evidence-based policymaking.
Route Fifty, Digital Atlas Could Reveal Zoning's Social Impact: Covers updates from state atlas and research initiatives from within the National Zoning Atlas research collaborative.
The Salt Lake Tribune, Four practical ideas to improve the affordable housing crisis: Highlights the National Zoning Atlas, one of four winners of the 2023 Ivory Prize, as a tool to ease the building of affordable housing.
Pro Builder, 2023 Ivory Prize Winners Announced: National Zoning Atlas announced as co-winner in the category of Policy and Regulatory Reform for the 2023 Ivory Prize for Affordable Housing.
Common Edge, Zoning, Preservation, Climate Change: Connecting the Dots: Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin about finding common ground at the intersection of zoning, land use, preservation, affordable housing, and climate change.
Route Fifty, Will States Force Localities to Build Affordable Housing?: Through exploring debates around zoning reform in ongoing State legislative sessions, article highlights the importance of the National Zoning Atlas as a tool for better understanding complex regulatory frameworks.
DS News, HUD Highlights Zoning Reforms to Boost Housing Supply: Announcement of a new research partnership between the NZA and HUD with the goal to close data gaps that limit understanding of the relationship between zoning and segregation, affordability, and other outcomes.
Law 360, Mapping Project Aims To Demystify American Zoning: Q&A with NZA director Sara Bronin emphasizing how the Atlas can be a valuable tool for housing and land use attorneys.
Governing, Few Mayors Connect the Dots Between Zoning and Homelessness: References the NZA in discussion of how arcane or out-of-date zoning codes may limit opportunities to develop more housing—a key cause of rising homelessness.
Land Lines, The State of Local Zoning: Reforming a Century-Old Approach to Land Use: Discusses how the National Zoning Atlas can inform reform efforts, highlighting its origins in and impact on Connecticut.
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, President’s Message: Zoning’s Asteroid Moment: Reviews the trend of bipartisan state laws preempting local zoning control, and highlights the importance of the National Zoning Atlas in generating standardized zoning data.
Planetizen, Project Highlights Relationship Between Zoning and Affordable Housing: Introduces the work of the National Zoning Atlas and DesegregateCT.
Observer, Biden’s Housing Plan Sounds Good in Theory But Needs Lots of Help If It’s Going to Work: Introduces the National Zoning Atlas as a potential tool to assist in the implementation of the Biden Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan.
Next City, New Digital Atlas Hopes to Demystify Urban Zoning: Traces the evolution of the National Zoning Atlas, focusing on zoning atlas projects in Connecticut, New York, and New Hampshire.
Governing, Digital Atlas Reveals Zoning’s Impact on Affordable Housing: Examines various aspects of the National Zoning Atlas, including the potential for cross-jurisdictional zoning research and state-level policy change. Highlights state atlases in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Montana.
Forbes, Three Women, Three Projects Bring Zoning Into The Future To Fix Housing Crisis: Profiles three women-led projects, including the National Zoning Atlas, making zoning more accessible to policymakers and the public.
Streetsblog USA, More States — and the Feds — Are Getting into Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport: Summarizes recent actions by state governments and the Biden Administration to enact zoning reform.
Cornell Chronicle, National Zoning Atlas Launched to Make America's Patchwork of Codes Accessible and Comprehensible: Announces the launch of the National Zoning Atlas.
National Apartment Association Blog, New Tool Reveals America’s Zoning Problem: Ties the launch of the National Zoning Atlas to research compiled in the National Apartment Association’s Barriers to Apartment Construction Index.
Strong Towns, Is It Time for a National Zoning Atlas?: Recounts the production of the Connecticut Zoning Atlas and introduces the concept of a National Zoning Atlas.
Bloomberg, Why the U.S. Needs a National Zoning Atlas: Opinion piece from Sara Bronin, founder of the National Zoning Atlas, explaining its rationale and promise.
NATIONAL ZONING ATLAS VIDEOS/PODCASTS
Science Vs, How Killed Affordable Housing?: Podcast investigation into the causes of high housing costs featuring NZA founder and director Sara Bronin who explains why exclusionary zoning is a key culprit.
Ivory Innovations, 2023 Ivory Prize Co-Winner in Public Policy and Regulatory Reform - National Zoning Atlas: Video introduction to the National Zoning Atlas featuring interviews with NZA staff, contributors, and supporters.
Land Matters Podcast, The Quest for Zoning Zen: How Land Use Rules Are Poised for Reform: City planner and author M. Nolan Gray talks with NZA founder and director Sara Bronin about how zoning can be tweaked for better outcomes.
The Sustainable City Show, The Connecticut Case: Sara Bronin on Zoning Reform and Desegregation in the Nutmeg State: NZA founder Sara Bronin discusses the lessons to be learned from a Connecticut advocacy group’s mission to transform the state’s zoning laws from tools for racial exclusion to instruments of social change and sustainability.
Sprawlcast, The Case For Zoning Reform: A discussion on the impacts of exclusionary zoning, parallels between American and Canadian land use regulation, and the work being undertaken by the National Zoning Atlas.
Go Cultivate! Podcast, The Rosetta Stone of Zoning: An interview with Professor Sara Bronin on zoning regulations and processes that create barriers to affordable housing, and a discussion of the benefits of using the National Zoning Atlas to standardize zoning data across jurisdictions.
American Planning Association Webcast, Building a National Zoning Atlas: Scaling Transparency & Consistency: A webinar aimed at planning practitioners explaining the National Zoning Atlas and how planners can get involved.
The Brake/Streetsblog USA Podcast, Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning: A conversation on the connections between zoning reform and sustainable transportation advocacy.
CitySCOPE, Zoning Atlas with Sara Bronin: Podcast interview with NZA founder Sara Bronin reflecting on the Connecticut Zoning Atlas’ role on promoting zoning justice in the state.
State Atlas Projects News
WSHU Public Radio, New tool hopes to change how Long Island understands its complex zoning: Discusses the potential uses for the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas.
Long Island Business Review, Long Island Zoning Atlas launched to promote housing development: Celebrates the launch of and highlights findings from the Long Island portion of the New York Zoning Atlas.
NH Business Review, Housing advocates see momentum for change despite tight market: Discusses how the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas tracks—and promotes—shifting public sentiment toward anti-exclusionary changes in zoning.
Boston Globe, Amid housing crisis, advocates celebrate innovation in N.H: Showcases 2023 data updates to the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
Nashville Post, What's the argument for rewriting Nashville's zoning code: Cites in data displayed in the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s regional Nashville Atlas.
The Brown Daily Herald, 2023 Housing Fact Book, Rhode Island Zoning Atlas detail various housing trends: Covers HousingWorks RI’s October 2023 release of the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas.
Town Meeting TV, Complex Systems and Homelessness with Yoshi Bird: Project Director, Yoshi Bird, discusses the processes and motivation behind the creation of the Vermont Zoning Atlas—to democratize how we understand land use regulations.
Concord Monitor, A statewide consensus: More affordable housing is needed in New Hampshire: Looks at survey data that reveals New Hampshire residents are increasingly in support of building more affordable housing, underscoring the prescient value of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
Hawaii Public Radio, Hawaiʻi Zoning Atlas helps people navigate land-use rules and regulations: Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas, Trey Gordner, discusses how the atlas will help modernize and democratize outdated state land use regulations.
NH Business Review, Home prices in New Hampshire set another new record; old concerns remain: Cites the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas in identifying restrictive zoning as a cause of the state’s record-high home prices.
Connecticut Public Radio, Zoning laws contribute to neighborhood segregation in CT, study finds: Public radio segment highlighting the “Bringing Zoning into Focus” report to explicate the links between single-family zoning and segregation in the state.
Governing, Single-Family Zoning Linked With Income and Race Segregation: Provides an overview of findings from the “Bringing Zoning into Focus” report that studies zoning’s relationship to racial and economic segregation using the Connecticut Zoning Atlas dataset.
Planetizen, Lack of Multi-Family Zones Contributes to Nashville’s High Housing Costs, Study Says: Article citing Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas links lack of property zoned for multi-family housing in Davidson County to Nashville's affordability crisis.
The Center Square, Report: Middle Tennessee zoning policies contributing to unaffordable housing: Reviews findings from the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas.
Axios Nashville, Nashville zoning limits multi-family developments, report finds: Article summarizing findings from the Tennessee Zoning Atlas’s Middle Tennessee Zoning Atlas, highlighting how the region’s exclusionary zoning affects housing costs.
Energy News Network, Zoning norms slow efforts to cut transportation pollution in Connecticut: Article highlights findings from the Connecticut Zoning Atlas, emphasizing how the state's local zoning ordinances, which predominantly favor single-family homes, impede efforts to reduce vehicle emissions.
Union Leader, Small Towns are Not Helping Young Families: Op-ed by New Hampshire native citing findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas pertaining to the difficulties of purchasing a starter home in the state.
Boston Globe, New Hampshire Zoning Atlas unveiled to help policymakers address housing issues: Covers methodology and major findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
The Keene Sentinel, New project helps examine how zoning affects the housing crunch in New Hampshire: Introduces the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas and evaluates its findings in the Monadnock Region.
Manchester Ink Link, NH Zoning Atlas may be ‘turning point’ in housing crisis: Celebrates the launch of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, emphasizing its potential role in addressing the state’s housing crisis.
Concord Monitor, Zoning Atlas provides new tool to map state-wide housing needs and barriers to development: Overview of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas’s methods and launch announcement, highlighting its use as a tool to guide conversations about development, economic opportunity and density.
NH Business Review, Zoning atlas puts New Hampshire’s municipal housing barriers on display: Overview of initial findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, offering the analysis that exclusionary zoning measures blunt statewide economic growth.
Strong Towns, Montana’s Fear of "California-Style Zoning" Spurs Reform: Local coverage of zoning reform bills, informed by findings from the Montana Zoning Atlas, proposed in Montana’s 2023 legislative session.
Bloomberg CityLab, YIMBY Zoning Reform Sweeps the Mountain West: Connects research from the Montana Zoning Atlas to advocacy efforts in favor of addressing exclusionary zoning conditions in the Mountain West.
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Creating a Charlotte Region Zoning Atlas: Aaron Houck of the North Carolina Zoning Atlas outlines the process and impetus for the creation of a zoning atlas covering the fourteen-county Charlotte region.
The Center Square, Report highlights zoning reforms that could improve Montana's housing supply: Coverage of Montana Zoning Atlas report highlighting how Montana’s severe zoning restrictions undercut efforts to build much-needed multi-family housing throughout the state.
Independent Record, Kendall Cotton: Time for Action on Housing Affordability: Opinion piece from Montana Zoning Atlas Director Kendall Cotton outlining key findings from the newly completed Montana Zoning Atlas that show how zoning constraints contribute to the state’s housing crisis.
Honolulu Civil Beat, This Group Is Trying To Make Sense of Hawaii’s Regulatory Landscape: Discusses the progress of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas and the National Zoning Atlas, highlighting recent local examples of zoning limiting the construction of new affordable housing.
Washington Post, How NIMBYism Chokes Off Affordable Housing Even in Big Sky Country: Opinion piece from Kendall Cotton, Director of the Montana Zoning Atlas, explaining how restrictive zoning increases housing prices and produces sprawl as Montana experiences rising housing demand.
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, “Hawaii Zoning Atlas” Will Identify Barriers to Housing: Offers background on Hawaii’s existing land use regime and discusses how the Hawaii Zoning Atlas might provide a tool for housing reform. Includes a video interview with Trey Gordner, Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas.