Not in My Back Yard: Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing

摘要

The Commission's goal has been to assess comprehensively prevailing Federal, State, and local regulations governing construction and rehabilitation, and to recommend ways to reduce the barriers to affordable housing these regulations may raise. The year-long review included an examination of Federal housing and environmental regulations and State and local regulations regarding growth controls, zoning, permitting, and building codes. The Commission recognizes the influence of many factors and phenomena on housing affordability, ranging from macroeconomic policy to technological change.