HOUSING SOLUTIONS
A Western Matters Topic
Imagine working countless hours only to be priced out of your own neighborhood. Home prices in the Western US have soared by 40% in the past five years, outpacing wage growth by a staggering 25%. It's a crisis which affects us all.
KEY WESTERN PLANNER ARTICLES ON HOUSING
Homes on the Range Series by Arthur C. Nelson, Ph.D., FAICP
Levers of Housing Affordability: Strategies and Tools for Planners
by Jamin Kimmell and Catherine Corliss, AICP
Creating Missing Middle Housing Through State and Local Zoning Reform
by Brian J. Connolly
Strategies to preserve mobile parks and to mitigate displacement when they are closed
by Shelby Sommer in collaboration with Don Elliott, Ken Waido, and Ishbel Dickens
Do tiny houses fit into your community?
by Jayna Watson, AICP, Spearfish, South Dakota
Opening Zoning Barriers to the Missing Middle in Bend, Oregon
By Pauline Hardie, Senior Code Planner (City of Bend); Lynne McConnell, Housing Director (City of Bend); Allison Platt, Core Area Project Manager (City of Bend)
Overcoming Objections to Zoning Reform: A Primer for Planners
By Jamin Kimmell, AICP; Lydia Ness; and Rachel Cotton, AICP - Cascadia Partners
OTHER RESOURCES
Download the Housing Solutions Booklet
Access the Breaking the Code toolkit
Download the APA’s Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook
University of Denver offers a Executive Certificate in Affordable Housing:
https://www.du.edu/affordable-housing