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Development feasibility

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Development feasibility

Overview

Local Housing Solutions explains how real estate pro formas help assess how policy changes can impact the economics of developing housing.

Brief

Gauging development feasibility

This brief helps you understand how a particular policy or set of policies may affect the development decisions made by the private sector.

Balancing the preservation of existing affordable housing with new construction

This brief provides guidance for determining whether and under what circumstances the preservation of existing affordable housing or the development of new affordable housing will be more effective in achieving local policy goals.

Selected local housing policies

Accessory dwelling units
Brownfields
Expedited permitting for qualifying projects
Incentives to encourage the development of lower-cost housing types
Missing middle housing
Streamlined environmental review processes
Streamlined permitting processes
Targeted efforts to expand the supply of rental housing and lower-cost housing types in resource-rich areas
Zoning changes to allow for higher residential density
Zoning changes to facilitate the use of lower-cost housing types

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