Regulatory Barriers to Housing Affordability

Home builders today face costly challenges in these times of expanding impact fees, punitive regulations such as inclusionary zoning, lengthy approval processes, and costly permitting procedures which combine to drive up the cost of housing. You need expert sources you can turn to help you respond to and influence the regulatory agencies which impact your ability to provide quality housing to all Americans. Browse the materials below for great resources you can use.

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This paper was produced by the University of California at Berkeley's Program on Housing and Urban Policy in its Working Paper Series, this is an empirical analysis of the effect of regulations on the cost of housing.
7/13/2011 		Web page
This report takes a close look at the connection between local zoning policies and the rise unaffordable housing over a twenty year period
6/9/2011 		External Link
Housing prices have increased greatly between 1980 and 2004, but supply has not increased nearly as much. They present two theories as to why this is the case.
6/9/2011 		External Link
A description of why the 30-year mortgage is essential to the health of the U.S. housing finance system and cannot be blamed for the nation’s housing woes.
4/7/2011 		PDF
This study follows housing price trends in the Boston metropolitan area from 1965 to 2000 and correlates the escalating home values to tighter growth restrictions during this period.
4/9/2008 		Web page
  
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