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Model Green Building Ordinance For Municipalities Open for Comment

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Energy, Housing

In 2009, the residential and commercial building sector was responsible for more than 50 percent of total annual U.S. energy consumption, 74 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption, and 39 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. There has been a growing movement to encourage...

Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing and Transportation Authority

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development

Traditional measures of housing affordability exclude transportation costs. Using their Housing + Transportation index, CNT finds that the number of communities considered affordable drops dramatically when the definition of affordability shifts from a focus on housing costs alone...

Forward Downtown and River Action Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City of Grand Rapids

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Education, Environment & Natural Resources

The GR Forward plan is a community engagement initiative to promote equitable economic growth and shared benefits across the Grand Rapids community. The brief outlines the city's plans for promoting transit-oriented development, increasing recreation opportunities, improving job quality...

1989 Chicago Ordinance 1182 Establishing A Low-Income Housing Trust Fund

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1989

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Economic Justice

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....

Ohio Foreclosures 2016: Damage in the Wake of the Housing Crisis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

This report analyzes the state of foreclosure filings in Ohio in 2015 and discusses the consequences of foreclosures on families, neighborhoods, and local governments. The report reveals that while foreclosure filings have declined, they remain times higher than pre-subprime lending...

Opportunity-Rich Schools and Sustainable Communities: Seven Steps to Align High-Quality Education with Innovations in City and Metropolitan Planning and Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level School District, City or Town, School Board

State(s) All States

Source UC Berkeley Center For Cities & Schools

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families

This report aims to help community development and regional planning practitioners collaborate on cross-sector educational improvement efforts, increase productivity, and foster social equity. Its seven-step process recommends developing an understanding of the educational landscape,...

1990 San Francisco Ordinance 121 Regulating the Demolition and Conversion of Hotels

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1990

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Housing

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 or Resolution

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...

2022 Beacon Just Cause Eviction Local Law

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Beacon City Council

Policy Areas Housing

This local law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a good cause. Legal grounds for eviction include nonpayment of rent, violation of the law, chronic nuisance, the landlord's desire to personally occupy the housing accommodation, and more. It also requires landlords...

2005 California Model Accessible Buildings Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source California Department Of Housing And Community Development

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This model establishes accessibility requirements for new construction and substantial rehabilitations for individuals with physical disabilities; and provides for exemptions from compliance where it would result in undue hardship, where the construction is a result of a natural disaster,...

Aging California's Retirement Crisis: State and Local Indicators

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

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

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Housing, Public Safety

This report evaluates California's looming retirement crisis. The study finds most California seniors are unprepared for retirement facing high costs of living and with low pension or 401K attainment....

2007 New York City Ordinance 596 Requiring the Department of Housing to Provide Language Assistance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source The New York City Council

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing

The ordinance requires the department of housing preservation and development to provide free language assistance services to limited English proficient individuals. The department shall also translate all of its documents into the top nine languages other than English spoken by persons...

Mitigating California Wildfire Impact Through Zoning and Housing Policy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source Journal of Science Policy & Governance

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Public Safety

Over the last fifty years, California has been facing an affordable housing crisis. In an attempted solution, government subsidies have driven housing development into untouched wildlands across the state. However, these developments are increasingly subject to destruction by wildfire...

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...

Who is Buying Seattle?: The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom for Seattle

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

Seattle is experiencing a luxury real estate boom, with thousands of new luxury residential and rental units in different stages of development. A decade from now, Seattle’s skyline and population demographics will be fundamentally altered by decisions being made today. This boom...

2013 Dane County Ordinance 44 Requiring Landlords to Explain Denial of Tenancy

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Philadelphia City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Civil Rights

This ordinance grants housing applicants the right to a written explanation if they are denied tenancy in some housing or apartment complexes. This ordinance requires the lessor or property owner to include an option for applicants to indicate their request of a written denial of...

Massachusetts Inclusionary Zoning Model Bylaw

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Executive Office Of Energy And Environmental Affairs

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance: requires a permit for any development that results in a net increase of 10 or more dwelling units and the grant of a Special Permit from the Board of Appeals or other designated Special Permit Granting Authority for such a development; requires that any developer using...

Regulatory Barriers to Home Construction and Rehab

Type -

Year 2021

Level -

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

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

Regulatory barriers make housing less affordable to millions of households in the US and abroad. If regulatory barriers were reduced, small developers could provide housing at more affordable prices. This article assesses the current state of knowledge about the effects of federal,...

Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) All States

Source National Institute for Early Education Research

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Health

Transgender older adults face many challenges, such as the inability to access healthcare, disproportionate experiences of violence, high rates of HIV/AIDS, employment and housing discrimination, and other physical and mental health related issues. While there are policies and programs...

Putting Places First: Targeting Infrastructure Improvements to Spur Investment in Priority Development Areas

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development

This report focuses on this region’s complex pipeline of transportation programs and recommends how Priority Development Areas (PDAs) could better target them to infill development in existing communities....

2021 Madison Resolution 21-00413 Authorizing the Creation of a City Land Bank

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Madison

Policy Areas Public Spaces

This Resolution authorizes the creation of the City of Madison Land Bank and approves the City of Madison Land Banking Fund. The Land Banking Fund's policy, attached to this document, establishes guidelines to inform how real estate will be acquired and how uses of acquired property...

1980 Berkeley Ordinance 5261 Protecting Tenants from Arbitrary Rent Increases and Evictions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1980

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Berkeley City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance regulates residential rent increases in the City of Berkeley and protects tenants from unwarranted rent increases and arbitrary, discriminatory, or retaliatory evictions, in order to help maintain the diversity of the Berkeley community and to ensure compliance with...

Bluelining: Climate Financial Discrimination on the Horizon

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level State

State(s) All States

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing

Bluelining occurs when financial institutions increase prices or withdraw services from regions they perceive to be at high environmental risk. As climate risk mitigation increasingly factors into business strategies, low-income communities are increasingly excluded. Populations disproportionately...

2006 Nassau County Local Law 9 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) New York

Source Nassau County Legislature

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits owners, landlords, and management companies from refusing to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations to any person because of their actual or perceived protected status. It also creates the Commission on Human Rights, which can refer complaints of discrimination...

A Guide for Renting and Creating Lower Cost Energy Efficient Apartments and Homes

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level -

State(s) All States

Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Policy Areas Energy, Housing

As the price of electricity and heating fuels rise, the demand for rental properties with energy-efficient features and lower utility bills is skyrocketing. This guide instructs renters on what to ask and look for to find an energy-efficient rental. It also outlines low cost measures...

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