I recently posted substantially revised versions of two new articles on land use and property rights issues to SSRN. The first is "The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning" (coauthored ...

Defenses or claims based in equity have long been recognized by Pennsylvania courts in zoning and other land use matters ... as granting a permit or making a representation or statement, which ...

The politics of zoning reform may be hard, but our land use regulations are badly in need of rethinking. There is substantial cross-ideological agreement among experts on these issues on the ...

A land-planning tool that many local governments use to manage growth would be outlawed under a bill before state lawmakers. The bill focuses on extraterritorial jurisdictions, or ETJs. It’s a ...

NIMBY zoning and overly restrictive land-use policies and building codes keep housing prices high, making superstar cities like New York and San Francisco less affordable. Plus, they take a huge ...

We’ve long known two things about land use regulations. One is that elements of them—in the form of large lot requirements and other aspects of “exclusionary zoning”—have led to the ...

Housing demand far exceeds the production of new homes in communities nationwide. Restrictive zoning and land use policies that dictate where and how densely housing can be built are some of the ...

Accordingly, applicants and licensees should continue to check with their local jurisdiction to understand the jurisdiction’s zoning and land use regulations. Absent such confirmation ...

The suite of landmark zoning and land-use reform laws passed by Colorado lawmakers this year should help alleviate the housing crisis, national experts say, while catapulting the Centennial State ...

The board in Savannah and Chatham County that rules on zoning and land use has a big mess on its hands. A multi-hour Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) meeting held Tuesday was described by ...