Tag: Upzoning Upzoning articles Oregon’s Untapped Gold Mine: The Homes that Don’t Yet Exist To reduce housing shortages, small doses of cash could get many projects built. A bill introduced in Oregon this year suggests a clever place to find it. Jun 1, 2023 June 1, 2023 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead Five Lessons from California’s Big Zoning Reform A pattern is emerging here. Aug 26, 2021 August 26, 2021 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead A New Idea for State-Led Upzoning: Letting Cities Opt Out After this, it'll take a supermajority vote for a Connecticut city to re-ban ADUs. May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead Good Transit Is Pointless When People Can’t Live Near It A good Oregon bill would hold high-capacity transit lines to a very basic standard. Apr 7, 2021 April 7, 2021 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead Zoning Reformer in Chief President Joe Biden wants you to lift your bans on duplexes, apartments, and car-free homes. Mar 31, 2021 March 31, 2021 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead UPDATED: State Incentives for Local Abundant Housing Policy Washington lawmakers try a new tactic to address the state housing shortage. Jan 22, 2021 January 22, 2021 Dan Bertolet https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/ Director, Housing and Urbanism California’s Home Shortage is Making Everyone Else’s Worse Every time California rejects a housing bill, it offloads its housing shortage on other states, too. National leaders should act. Sep 9, 2020 September 9, 2020 Michael Andersen https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead Will the Federal Hammer Come Down on Apartment Bans? Despite rants about the “suburban lifestyle dream,” US lawmakers take on zoning that segregates. Sep 3, 2020 September 3, 2020 Dan Bertolet https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/ Director, Housing and Urbanism Five Steps to Prevent Displacement Why and how abundant-housing advocates should fight displacement. Aug 3, 2020 August 3, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director A Federal One-Two Punch to Protect Renters—Pandemic and Beyond Two moves to aid renters now and keep housing prices down for the long haul. Apr 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 Dan Bertolet https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/ Director, Housing and Urbanism 1 2 Next »