Resources

Housing Action Plans: Example Communities

  1. Growing SLC Housing Plan (PDF)
  2. Housing an Inclusive Denver Plan (PDF)
  3. Housing Charlotte Framework (PDF)
  4. SA-Housing Policy Framework; Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force (PDF)
  5. Strategic Housing Blueprint; City of Austin (PDF)

Community Land Trust and Shared Equity References

  1. A guide for Developing Community Land Trust Affordable Homeownership Programs in Texas; University of Texas
  2. Community Land Trusts and Limited Equity Cooperatives; lincoln land institute (PDF)
  3. Deed Restrictions and Community Land Trust Ground Leases (PDF)
  4. Permanently Affordable Housing Sector Glossary (PDF)
  5. The City CLT Partnership; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (PDF)

Fair Housing and Definition of Family

  1. A 2012 Summary of Functional family definitions (PDF)
  2. City of Bryan Detached Shared Housing Ordinance (PDF)
  3. PAS-Planning and Fair Housing; American Planning Association (PDF)

Removing Barriers

  1. City of Houston Campaign: SAY YES to Affordable Housing (PDF)
  2. PAS-Zoning as a Barrier to MF Housing
  3. Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in Development Standards, Density Bonuses (PDF)
  4. Strategies for increasing housing supply in High-Cost Cities; Urban Land Institute (PDF)
  5. The White House (2016). Housing Development Toolkit (PDF)

Land Banking

  1. Land Bank Authorities: Guide for Creation and Operation; Fannie Mae Foundation (PDF)
  2. Land Banking 101: What is a Land Bank?; HUD (PDF)

Other Important References and Guides

  1. Colorado Housing Trust Fund Revenue Source Study; Economic and Planning Systems Inc. (PDF)
  2. Homelessness And Housing Toolkit For Cities
  3. Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
  4. Housing Options for Texas Communities - A Guide for Local Engagement on Affordable Housing Development
  5. Housing Trust Fund Survey: Center for Community Change (PDF)
  6. Planning an Affordable City. IOWA LAW REVIEW (PDF)
  7. San Mateo, Ca Housing Element Policy Best Practices (PDF)
  8. Strategies for Investing in Opportunity; PAHRC: Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation
  9. Ten Principles for Developing Affordable Housing; Urban Land Institute (PDF)
  10. Uprooted: Residential Displacement in Austin; University of Texas (PDF)