A survey in New London and Fairfield Counties found that land-use boards were mostly comprised of white, male homeowners.

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 ...

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.

The Attorney’s Role: A skilled land use attorney offers both more speed and better certainty in navigating the complex development landscape. Benefits of working with a zoning attorney include: ...

The denser development also increased the taxable value of the land from $319 million to $1.91 billion, which made more resources available for municipal goods and services such as police, fire ...

South Carolina is in a housing crisis. Homebuyers are priced out of what few houses are on the market. Renters are struggling to cope with skyrocketing monthly payments. Gentrification is ...

“Zoning is the only land-use tool in the toolbox in a high-growth area, such as Baldwin County,” Underwood said during the meeting Tuesday.

Obviously, we need more supply of housing for costs to come down. Pew Charitable Trust recently studied four municipalities that had eliminated single-family zoning — Minneapolis; Portland ...

Colorado's new land-use and zoning reform laws pursued by Gov. Jared Polis and legislative Democrats should alleviate the housing crisis, national experts say, but may need vigilance.