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Community Land Trusts: A Guide for Local Governments

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

This report offers an introduction to the community land trust (CLT) model for housing. It also sheds light on the benefits CLTs bring to both residents and cities (including their role in closing the homeownership gap, improving access to affordable housing, and advancing racial...

Protecting Renters from Displacement and Unhealthy and Climate-Vulnerable Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Housing

Renters are often first and worst hit as housing prices rise, displacement and natural disasters worsen and affordable places to live become scarce. In response to these challenges, cities and advocates are accelerating implementation of tenant and renter protections: policies that...

Raising the Bar: The Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point Development Community Benefits Agreement

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Democracy & Governance

This report outlines the provisions of the community benefit agreement signed between the City of San Francisco, local unions, and community organizations with the developers of the Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point Development Project. The CBA includes union rights, living...

Expanding the Blueprint: the Role of Nonprofit and Private Organizations in Milwaukee’s Affordable Housing Landscape

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

Nonprofit and private organizations are playing an important role in combating Milwaukee's housing challenges. Through a series of surveys and interviews, this report outlines which organizations are most active in efforts to maintain and increase affordable housing supply and access;...

Regulating short-term rentals a smart move

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

The lodging tax obtained from Airbnb allows the county to regulate short term rentals. Local residents have complained of noise, crime, and other problems caused by short term rental industry. Lodging tax allows government to remove advantage these short rentals over hotels and to...

Short-Term Rentals and LA's Lost Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

In March 2015, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) released Airbnb, Rising Rent, and the Housing Crisis in Los Angeles. That report, based on data gathered in October 2014, found that Airbnb listings were dominated by commercial operations and were exacerbating the...

The Center for Health Organizing: Building a Movement for Health

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Faith in Action

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Health, Transportation & Mobility, Education

In order to improve the health of Americans, policymakers must expand the focus around health to include the socioeconomic and environmental factors that affect an individual’s and a community’s health. This report addresses the factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle and community;...

Unmasking Corporate Interference

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance

Using local and state associations, massive corporations and their overwhelmingly white, male leadership are driving forward a strategy to keep wages low and rents high by stripping away local democratic power. This report focuses on five states—Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Louisiana,...

Local Tools to Address Housing Affordability: A State-by-State Analysis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

Although local efforts to address housing affordability are often obstructed by state preemption laws, local authority over land use and zoning provides an opportunity for cities, towns and villages to improve access to housing. This report takes a look at the interplay of state policies...

Laying the Foundation: An Overview of City of Milwaukee Affordable Housing Programs and Priorities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

This report outlines the scope and scale of Milwaukee's affordable housing programs and initiatives, the people they serve, their finances, and their sustainability and/or expansion. Programs and initiatives include rent assistance, permanent supportive housing, eviction prevention...

How States Can Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Key Leverage Points and Best Practices

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Poverty & Race Research Action Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

Since the ratification of the Fair Housing Act, states significant power to shape fair housing policy independently of federal mandates. With renewed federal interest in enforcing fair housing policy this report presents seven initiatives that further State's ability to provide fair...

1989 Chicago Ordinance 1182

Type Act or Session Law

Year 1989

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance establishes a non-profit corporation in the form of a trust fund to address the permanent housing needs of residents whose income is at or below 50% of the median income....

1990 San Francisco Ordinance 121

Type Act or Session Law

Year 1990

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance established the status of residential hotel units by regulating the demolition and conversion of residential hotel units to other uses. Its purpose is to minimize the adverse impact on the housing supply and on displaces low income, elderly, and disabled persons resulting...

2021 Brooklyn Center Eviction Protection Ordinance 2021-05

Type Ordinance

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City of Brooklyn Center

Policy Areas Housing

This ordinance requires owners of affordable housing units to provide tenants a written notice at least 30 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging non-payment of rent or material breach of a lease. Additionally, it prohibits owners of affordable housing units from issuing...

Block by Block: Milwaukee’s Amani Housing Pilot as a Model for Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing

The Amani Housing Pilot aims to take a comprehensive and community-engaged approach to improve housing on one block in Milwaukee's Amani neighborhood. This report outlines the pilot's objectives, funding mechanisms, and partnerships; analyzes where the project has met its objectives...

Assessing & Addressing Preemption: A Toolkit for Local Policy Campaigns

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source ChangeLab Solutions

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health

Local policy is more likely to generate lasting change if it responds to the needs and priorities of local residents and is grounded in their lived experiences. However, some state legislatures are using the legal doctrine of preemption to block local policy innovations. This report...

Housing Market Conditions Across America’s Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

There are six types of local housing markets: high opportunity cities, growing cities, rent-burdened cities, multi-family deficit cities, wealth pocket cities, and transit-desiring cities. This report defines the demographic and economic characteristics that define each local housing...

Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, National

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

Across the United States, subsidized and affordably priced homes for rental and homeownership are disappearing. This report analyzes the factors that caused the nation's housing crisis, provides case studies of cities spearheading innovative housing policies, and outlines recommendations...

Addressing Segregation and Unequal Access to Opportunity in California with Affordable Housing Investments: A Path Forward for a Comprehensive Approach

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source California Housing Partnership

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

Racial segregation has blocked access to housing and pathway to homeownership. This report argues that to address this injustice, California must make substantial efforts to distribute funding to mitigate the racial wealth gap, through policy focused on increasing housing choice and...

City of Minneapolis 2040 Plan Executive Summary

Type Policy Brief or Report, Act or Session Law

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City Of Minneapolis

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This is the executive summary of Minneapolis 2040 regional development plan. Critically, this plan rezoned the entire city of Minneapolis eliminating single-family zoning. They did this to address the affordable-housing crisis and confront a history of racist housing practices....

The Eviction Prevention Cohort: Highlights from the Five-City Pilot

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Housing

The Eviction Prevention Cohort is a partnership between NLC, Stanford Legal Design Lab, and five cities across the U.S. to study the long-term impacts of mass evictions - particularly on low-income and BIPOC households - and to design, implement, and institutionalize effective policies...

Accessory Dwelling Units: Expanding Affordable Housing Options in Hawai'i

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level State

State(s) Hawaii

Source Hawai'i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice

Policy Areas Housing

Accessory dwelling units (ADU) are an important tool in expanding affordable housing stock, especially in areas with limited room for growth and high housing costs. This policy brief describes ADUs and their benefits and provides examples of successful ADU policies from around the...

Measure JJJ, Build Better L.A.: Affordable Housing and Labor Standards Related to City Zoning

Type Ballot Measure

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Build Better L.A. Coalition As Submitted To The Ballot For The City Of Los Angeles

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

The ballot measure text for Measure JJJ, Affordable Housing and Labor Standards Related to City Zoning for the City of Los Angeles, as approved by Los Angeles City voters in November 2016. Ballot measure developed by the Build Better L.A. labor-community coalition, including the Alliance...

House Hacking Catalog

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Housing

Missing Middle Housing is a term that refers to the types of residential buildings — those in the “middle” between single- family detached homes and large apartment buildings — that once were built in cities and towns across the country but are mostly outlawed today, and missing from...

Initiative Ordinance JJJ: Affordable and Transit-Oriented Housing Policies for the City of Los Angeles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Department of Public Health

Policy Areas Housing, Health, Transportation & Mobility

Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Measure JJJ) is a ballot initiative with two provisions intended to increase the production of affordable housing in the City of Los Angeles: the “Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Overlay” provision which would allow housing developers to build...

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