Land Lines Janeiro 2023
A Bid for Affordability: Notes from an Ambitious Housing Experiment in Cincinnati
Institutional investors have been scooping up real estate in Cincinnati, then raising the rent for increasingly neglected properties. So the metro area’s economic development agency stepped in, buying nearly 200 houses as part of an ambitious effort to increase stability, preserve affordability, and expand local homeownership.
The State of Local Zoning: Reforming a Century-Old Approach to Land Use
Communities across the United States have used local zoning to regulate land use for the last century. But critics on both sides of the aisle say this planning approach has caused social, economic, and environmental harm—and now some states are introducing changes.
Home Economics: How Manufactured Housing Can Help Solve the National Housing Affordability Crisis
As the housing crisis spreads from coastal cities to middle America, manufactured housing is increasingly drawing attention as an affordable, sustainable option. The national I’m HOME network, now convened by the Lincoln Institute, is taking steps to make the sector even stronger.
This issue explores statewide efforts at zoning reform, an ambitious effort by the Port of Greater Cincinnati to preserve affordability in that city, and the promise of manufactured housing.