Relevant Publications

The following is a brief and admittedly partial list of publications that address the issues surrounding regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Because the first section is comprised of HUD publications (which are in the public domain), we are able to provide links to the full-text versions of the documents. In many cases, these publications are also available in printed form from HUD USER for a nominal charge by calling 1-800-245-2691, or you may order online by following this link to the HUD USER online store. Just be sure to have the full title ready when placing your order.

The second list, under the heading Bibliographic Database, includes titles, abstracts, and publishers' citations for publications that may also be of interest, but which are not published by HUD. As a result, we're unable to provide the full-text versions. Nonetheless, the citations will help you secure the publications from the respective publishers.

Please check back from time to time, as this list will be revised, as our publications database continues to grow.

HUD Publications

These publications are available as free downloads (in *.pdf format) from the HUD User website, or in printed form for a nominal charge by calling 1.800.245.2691.

Click on the appropriate link(s) to review.

• Accessory Dwelling Units: Case Study
  
  
• Affordable Housing Design Advisor
  
  
• Barriers to Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing: Volume 1 Findings and Analysis and Volume 2 Case Studies
  
  
• Best Practices for Effecting the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing
  Volume 1: Framework and Findings
  Volume 2: Technical Analyses and Case Studies
  
  
• Better Coordination of Transportation and Housing Programs to Promote Affordable Housing Near Transit
  
  
• A Builder's Guide to Marketable, Affordable, and Durable Entry-level Homes (MADE) To Last
  
  
• Cityscape: Regulatory Innovation and Affordable Housing
  
  
• A Community Guide to Factory-Built Housing
  
  
• Electronic Permitting Systems and How to Implement Them
  
  
• Eliminating Barriers to the Use of HUD-Code Housing in Attached Construction
  
  
• Factory and Site-Built Housing: A Comparative Analysis
  
  
• Getting Building Technology Accepted: Developing and Deploying New Building Technologies
  
  
• Guideline on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies
  
  
• Guide to More Effective and Efficient Building Regulatory Processes Through Information Technology
  
  
• Homes for Everyone: Universal Design Principles in Practice
  
  
• Home Builders' Guide to Manufactured Housing
  
  
• HUD's guide to creating a task force
  
  
• Impact Fees and Housing Affordability: a Guidebook for Practitioners
  
  
• Innovative Rehabilitation Provisions: A Demonstration of the Nationally Applicable Recommended Rehabilitation Provisions
  
  
• Making Housing Affordable: Breaking Down Regulatory Barriers - A Self-Assessment Guide for States
  
  
• National Survey of Rehabilitation Enforcement Practices
  
  
• Nationally Applicable Recommended Rehabilitation Provisions
  
  
• "Not In My Back Yard": Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
  
  
• Residential Remodeling and Universal Design
  
  
• A Review of Regulatory Barriers to Employer Ability to Recruit and Retain Employees
  
  
• Revitalizing Foreclosed Properties with Land Banks
  
  
• Smart Codes in Your Community: A Guide to Building Rehabilitation Codes
  
  
• The Status of Regulations for Housing Rehabilitation
  
  
• Study of Subdivision Requirements as a Regulatory Barrier
  
  
• Why Not In Our Community? - Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
  
  

Bibliographic Database

The following documents have been provided by other, non-governmental publishers of housing research, and as such, are subject to copyright restrictions. We have provided abstracts of these publications for your review, along with citations that will help you secure the document(s) from the respective publishers.

• 31 Flavors of Inclusionary Zoning: Comparing Policies From San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Suburban Boston


• A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families


• Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Development: Key Practices Could Enhance Recent Collaboration Efforts between DOT-FTA and HUD


• Affordable Housing Preservation Initiatives: A State-by-State Summary


• Community Acceptance of Affordable Housing


• Density, Housing Types and Mixed Land Use: Smart Tools for Affordable Housing


• Eliminating Barriers to Transit-Oriented Development


• Housing Market Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning


• The Impact of Building Restrictions on Housing Affordability


• Infill Development and Affordable Housing: Patterns from 1996 to 2000


• Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategies in Hot Housing Markets


• Making the Case for Affordable Housing: Connecting Housing with Health and Education Outcomes


• Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability With Location Efficiency


• Policies for Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia: Lessons from Other Cities


• Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: Principles and Action Projects to Promote Widespread Adoption of Green Development Practices


• Vacant and Abandoned Properties: Survey and Best Practices

The documents listed in the RBC Bibliographic Database have been drawn from the much larger HUD USER Bibliographic Database. Publications have been selected based on their relevance to regulatory concerns surrounding affordable housing. For a much broader subject matter search, you may wish to visit the HUD USER Bibliographic Database, which resides on www.huduser.org, the parent site of HUD's Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse. Some of the suggested keywords for a thorough search are: Regulatory Barriers, Joint Venture for Affordable Housing, Accessory Apartments, Zoning, Zoning Regulations, Granny Flats, Building Codes, Rehabilitation, Land Development, Land Development Standards, Impact Fees.