Livability Library: Zoning and Land Use

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

• Accessory Dwelling Units with Eli Spevak, Kol Peterson and Elizabeth Decker (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

• Website: The Future of Housing

• AARP Inclusive Home Design State Advocacy Tool Kit (2014)