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Title	Community Acceptance of Affordable Housing
Highlights	Neighborhood opposition to affordable housing development often results in regulatory restrictions.   The authors suggest using home equity assurance programs to reduce such opposition.                       The authors suggest that locally required fiscal impact studies can be used to restrict affordable housing development.   The authors say that such studies can reduce opposition by showing that the development would have a positive impact.                       The authors recognize that zoning regulations do not encourage affordable housing development.   Studies suggest inclusionary zoning programs, anti-snob zoning, and linkage programs as mechanisms to increase affordable housing.
Description	Anti-growth sentiments and regulatory barriers to the availability and cost of housing increasingly affect all income groups in the nation. This articles reviews efforts by cities, states, and regional development groups to reduce opposition to affordable housing. The authors review a number of approaches to overcome NIMBYism and increase affordable housing production including better communication on future developments, better design and management of developments, less litigation, inclusionary zoning programs, anti-snob zoning, and linkage programs. They also highlight home equity assurance programs and fiscal impact studies in the report.
Publication Date	2004
Organization	National Association of Realtors - National Center for Real Estate Research
Web Location	http://www.realtor.org/Research.nsf/files/koebellangfr.pdf/$FILE/koebellangfr.pdf

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