Celebrates the launch of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, emphasizing its potential role in addressing the state’s housing crisis.

Covers methodology and major findings from the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.

The New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, launching online at nhzoningatlas.org, maps out zoning regulations across 269 jurisdictions. This $100,000 project, involving over 20 contributors, reveals varied local rules like Kingston's four-parking-space requirement for single-family homes and Amherst's large land requirements for multi-family housing. Key insights include heavy restrictions on small-lot single-family homes, with only 16% of buildable land zoned for such use, and more than half of zoning districts banning larger multi-family buildings. The Atlas aims to help communities understand regional zoning practices and address housing shortages by promoting more balanced development.

Local coverage of zoning reform bills, informed by findings from the Montana Zoning Atlas, proposed in Montana’s 2023 legislative session.

Connects research from the Montana Zoning Atlas to advocacy efforts in favor of addressing exclusionary zoning conditions in the Mountain West.

Aaron Houck of the North Carolina Zoning Atlas outlines the process and impetus for the creation of a zoning atlas covering the fourteen-county Charlotte region.

Coverage of Montana Zoning Atlas report highlighting how Montana’s severe zoning restrictions undercut efforts to build much-needed multi-family housing throughout the state.

Opinion piece from Montana Zoning Atlas Director Kendall Cotton outlining key findings from the newly completed Montana Zoning Atlas that show how zoning constraints contribute to the state’s housing crisis.

Discusses the progress of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas and the National Zoning Atlas, highlighting recent local examples of zoning limiting the construction of new affordable housing.

Opinion piece from Kendall Cotton, Director of the Montana Zoning Atlas, explaining how restrictive zoning increases housing prices and produces sprawl as Montana experiences rising housing demand.

Offers background on Hawaii’s existing land use regime and discusses how the Hawaii Zoning Atlas might provide a tool for housing reform. Includes a video interview with Trey Gordner, Director of the Hawaii Zoning Atlas.

Sara Bronin, Professor of Architecture and Planning at Cornell University, joined the podcast to discuss a recent article she wrote about the need for a zoning atlas. She talked about her time on the Planning Commission in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, and how they updated the City’s zoning code. She discussed founding Desegregate Connecticut and creating the Connecticut Zoning Atlas and how better information about zoning affects the conversation about reform.