housing

This Heart & Soul Community Planning Implementation Guide provides methods to increase affordable, accessible housing for all members of the community, increasing diversity, improving relationships, and encouraging growth.

The Heart & Soul Community Planning Implementation Guides provide resources for taking action on issues, including issue introductions, methods, case studies, and policy examples.

A form-based zoning code allows local governments to regulate the physical form of new development, as opposed to only specifying its use. This encourages mixed use and development that is consistent with local character.

Partners for Livable Communities is a national, nonprofit leadership organization working to improve the livability of communities by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity.

These papers review issues relating to Smart Growth, such as sprawl, protection of open land, affordable housing and transportation.

Through partnerships with organizations, residents, and public- and private-sector partners, NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities.

The Municipal Code Corporation offers a free online Municipal Code Library: print and online versions of state codes for every state, and a variety of code-creation, code-management, and consulting services for local governments.

GOOD produces an online and print magazine, videos, and an interactive website for the general public with content about success stories and innovative ideas on a wide range of social issues.

A comprehensive planning concept to address built infrastructure, environmental infrastructure, and economic/social infrastructure in the planning process. By focusing on multiple networks, communities may be planned holistically.

Using Appreciative Inquiry, the city and residents of Dubuque, Iowa formulated a $20 million plan address housing, community and economic development issues that plagued the town.