Regulatory Barriers Database

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1.  Community Acceptance of Affordable Housing

Location(s):	NATIONAL

Highlights

			Neighborhood opposition to affordable housing development often results in regulatory restrictions.
			The authors suggest using home equity assurance programs to reduce such opposition.

2.  Group Homes: Local Control and Regulation Versus Federal and State Fair Housing Laws

Location(s):	Washington

Highlights

			The courts hold that local licensing and registration requirements, density limitations, and spacing requirements of group homes violate the Fair Housing Act.
			The author contends that requirements based on public health and safety should not be rejected by the courts.

3.  A Report of the Zoning Impacts on Minority Buyers in the Austin Metropolitan Area and Texas

Location(s):	Texas	Kyle

Highlights

			Changes to Kyle's housing code have increased the cost of first time homebuyer housing, disproportionately pricing out minority households.

4.  Maine State Housing Agency NIMBY Print Ads

Location(s):	Maine

Highlights

			Maine authorities realize that restrictive land use decisions reduce housing choice.
			Maine authorities developed a series of advertisements to promote housing choice and diversity.

5.  Overcoming Exclusion in Rural Communities: NIMBY Case Studies

Location(s):	Oregon	Forest Grove
	Oregon	Portland

Highlights

			Residents opposed to seasonal housing for farmworkers wrote and passed an amendment prohibiting certain types of housing within the city.
			Oregon's State legislature passed an amendment barring city charters from prohibiting certain types of housing in a community.

6.  Fair Housing, The Zoning Process, and Land Use Politics in Rural Areas

Location(s):	NATIONAL

Highlights

			Local governments sometimes reject affordable housing projects because of NIMBY opposition.
			The authors recommend studying State Consolidated Plans and other planning documents to demonstrate a locality's noncompliance with housing obligations and to provide the basis for bringing up a fair housing complaint.

7.  Managing Local Opposition to Affordable Housing: A New Approach to NIMBY

Location(s):	NATIONAL

Highlights

			The author recognizes that local opposition results in delays in the construction of affordable housing.
			The author suggests a new way to manage local resistance that will reduce opposition and delays in the approval process.

8.  The New Jersey Fair Housing Act

Location(s):	New Jersey

Highlights

			Municipalities in New Jersey were under fire for purportedly practicing exclusionary zoning.
			New Jersey enacted a new Fair Housing Act to provide for the resolution of existing and future disputes involving exclusionary zoning through a mediation and review process rather than by litigation.

9.  Overcoming Opposition to Multifamily Rental Housing

Location(s):	NATIONAL

Highlights

			This paper states that community opposition can discourage multifamily housing development.
			This paper recommends reaching out to community residents by conducting public meetings and workshops, and establishing task forces and citizen advisory committees to overcome opposition to multifamily housing.

10.  UW Study: Rules Add $200,000 to Seattle Housing Price

Location(s):	Washington	Seattle

Highlights

			This article states that Seattle housing prices have significantly increased due to lengthy administrative review processes resulting from community opposition.