The APA report's conclusions are one more indication that planners and organizations associated with the "smart growth" movement are zeroing in on the need for more housing, rather than efforts to contain growth and development.
A new Planning Advisory Service Report by the American Planning Association assesses the results of 23 statewide and regional approaches to produce affordable housing. It is the first report of its type in a decade. "In addition to Massachusetts, the report looks at programs and policies designed to increase housing in New Jersey, where the Mount Laurel court rulings require suburban communities to produce a ''fair share'' of affordable housing; regional housing trust funds in California, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington; a new incentive-based program in Minneapolis-St. Paul; housing appeal statutes in Connecticut and Rhode Island; and private-sector and nonprofit initiatives in San Francisco and Chicago."
Thanks to Stuart Meck, FAICP
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