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Executive Director, Housing Affordability Institute | Sr. Director of Housing Policy, Housing First Minnesota

From my latest Housing Affordability Institute commentary outlining why housing allowed on paper also needs to be allowed in practice: "What the public perceives as zoning — density and housing typology — reflects what is allowed on paper. The performance standards (bulk controls, dedications, conditions, etc.) dictate if what is allowed on paper is also allowed in practice. Here’s the secret about by-right approvals that is often left out of the by-right discussion: by-right isn’t actually by-right when local policies are designed, either carelessly or intentionally, to drive projects into a discretionary review." https://lnkd.in/eRX8uyHb #housing #housingpolicy #homebuilding #planning

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Jack Rowe

Land Acquisition, Entitlement, and Development for Volume Homebuilders in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA

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This is truly an area of dysfunction. I have had candid conversations with city staff who are equally frustrated by their labyrinthine processes that result in outcomes that not only does the private citizen applying for approvals want, but neither that the city staff themselves want. More often than not, I’ve found city staff in urban planning departments to be conscientious and well-intentioned, with a deep concern for their community and its built environment.

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