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Recommended Reports and Papers

General

  • On Common Ground: Joint Principles on Inclusionary Housing Policies The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California and the Home Builders Association of Northern California: On Common Ground: Joint Principles on Inclusionary Housing Policies; July 2005.This paper sets out a set of recommended principles, jointly agreed both by these two organizations, that can be incorporated in inclusionary zoning programs in order to enhance their effectiveness in producing affordable units.
  • Inclusionary Housing, Incentives,and Land Value Recapture Nico Calavita and Alan Mallach: Inclusionary Housing, Incentives, and Land Value Recapture; Land Lines, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; January 2009.This paper explores the concept of linking inclusionary housing programs to the rezoning process, and treating them explicitly as a way of recapturing for the public benefit some part the resulting gain in land value due to the public action.
  • Large Cities and Inclusionary Zoning Nick Brunick, et al: Large Cities and Inclusionary Zoning; Business and Professional People for the Public Interest; November 2003.This paper explores the benefits of inclusionary zoning for large cities, and provides a brief case study of the five city programs in Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Denver and Sacramento.
  • Nine Lessons for Inclusionary Zoning David Rusk: Nine Lessons for Inclusionary Zoning: Keynote Remarks to the National Inclusionary Housing Conference, Washington DC; 5 October 2005.This speech identifies the key lessons to creating and implementing an effective inclusionary zoning program.
  • Evaluating Inclusionary Zoning Policies David Rusk: Evaluating Inclusionary Zoning Policies; 2002.This paper draws a distinction between affordable housing policies and inclusionary zoning policies, and sets out the key components of an effective inclusionary zoning policy.
  • Voluntary or Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? Nick Brunick, et al: Voluntary or Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? Production, Predictability, and Enforcement; Business and Professional People for the Public Interest; November 2003. This paper compares mandatory and voluntary programs, and examines why mandatory programs are more productive.
  • Inclusionary Housing: Proven Success in Large Cities Nicholas J. Brunick: Inclusionary Housing: Proven Success in Large Cities; Zoning Practice, American Planning Association; October 2004. This paper explores the inclusionary zoning programs in the five large cities of Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and Denver.

Impact

  • Inclusionary Housing and its Impact on Housing and Land Markets David Rosen, Inclusionary Housing and its Impact on Housing and Land Markets, 2004. To determine if inclusionary housing programs are associated with a decline in housing production, the author compiled data on annual housing starts over a 20-year period in California.
  • The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets Vicki Been, et al.: The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets: Lessons from the San Francisco, Washington DC and Suburban Boston Areas; Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy, Working Paper 07-05, November 2007.This major report presents the most authoritative and objective analysis to date of the potential impact of Inclusionary zoning on prices and production.
  • Housing Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning Gerrit-Jan Knaap, et al: Housing Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning; National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education; February 2008. This report empirically examines the impact of inclusionary zoning policies in California on the price, rate of development, composition and size of market units.

Administration

Survey

  • Affordable by Choice: Trends in California Inclusionary Housing Programs  Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California & California Coalition for Rural Housing: Affordable by Choice: Trends in California Inclusionary Housing Programs; 2007. This report presents the key findings of the 2006 survey of inclusionary housing practices in the state.
  • Inclusionary Housing in California: 30 Years of Innovation Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California & California Coalition for Rural Housing: Inclusionary Housing in California: 30 Years of Innovation; July 2003.This report draws upon the findings of comprehensive 2003 state-wide survey of inclusionary housing practices to examine how inclusionary housing has evolved in the state.

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