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A Zoning Vocabulary List
The terminology used in zoning codes and land use policies can be confusing. Here's a glossary of words and phrases used in planning dialogues and documents. Learn More
FREE PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES
- The ABC's of ADUs
- Accessory Dwelling Units: A Step by Step Guide to Design and Development
- ADU Model State Act and Local Ordinance
- Enabling Better Places: A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods
- Making Room: Housing for a Changing America
INSPIRING CHANGE AND SOLUTIONS
- Small, Incremental Zoning Code Updates Can Improve Livability (2023)
- Zoning is a Key Ingredient for Community Change and Improvement (2023)
MAIN STREETS AND MORE
- Helping Commercial Districts Manage and Respond to COVID-19 (2020)
- Video: Building Support for Code Reform (2020)
THE HOME ZONE
- Vermont Has a Plan for Creating More Housing (2023)
- Prioritizing Housing Over Parking (2021)
- Universal Design and Livability (2021)
- The Past and Future Visions for Aging in Place (2019)
- Skyler: A Future Vision for Aging in Place (2019)
- Two Houses in One for a Home Within a Home (2016)
- Housing for Intentional Living (2019)
- Homesharing: A Win-Win for the 50+ (2016)
- 20 Questions and Answers about Co-Housing (2016)
- Tiny Houses Are Becoming a Big Deal (2015)
- Slideshow: Take a Tiny House Tour (2015)
EXPERT INSIGHTS
- Jonathan Pacheco Bell on Neighborhood Land Trusts (2021)
- Eli Spevak, Kol Peterson and Elizabeth Decker on ADUs (2019)
- Dan Parolek on Missing Middle Housing (2016)
- Sarah Susanka on Small Housing for Boomers and Beyond (2015)
- Richard Duncan on Universal Design (2014)
POLICY
The links on this page represent just some of what's available. Zoning-related content can also be found via AARP International's Equity by Design: Global Dialogue and Equity by Design: Principles in Action series and the AARP Public Policy Institute's Future of Housing website.
