zoning
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The policy list includes streamlining the federal permitting process and using federal grants to incentivize local governments to enact zoning overhauls, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The party is pushing measures to expand the supply of housing, and cut down on what they call “restrictive” single-family zoning in favor of denser development.
From Los Angeles Times
It is hard to come up with a national policy to boost housing supply, anyway: Land-use restrictions and zoning laws are set by more than 33,000 different local entities across the country.
Mayor Daniel Lurie’s new zoning plan presents a denser vision for San Francisco, but it still limits how tall developments can be.
“It’s harder to see that done, especially at the federal level. In many cases zoning is a local issue. Maybe the administration could lean on the states to do something.”
From Barron's
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