A New Cityscape!

From: HUD USER News
 
Regulatory innovation and affordable housing is the theme
of the symposium featured in the most recent issue of
 Cityscape. The symposium, guest-edited by Regina Gray,
focuses on the extent to which state and local
governments are committed to removing regulatory barriers
to affordable housing. Links to the individual articles
of the symposium follow:
 
o Housing Market Effects of Inclusionary Zoning, Antonio
Bento, Scott Lowe, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, and Arnab
Chakraborty;
 
o Evaluation of In-Lieu Fees and Offsite Construction as
 Incentives for Affordable Housing Production, Douglas R.
Porter and Elizabeth B. Davison;
 
o Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing in
 Development Standards, Density Bonuses, and Processing of
 Permits in Hillsborough County, Florida, Sam Casella and
Stuart Meck; and
 
o Urban Sprawl and the Transition to First-Time
 Homeownership, Casey J. Dawkins.
 
Other contributions to this issue include Measuring
 Housing Quality in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
 With Customer Satisfaction Survey Data by Brent D. Mast;
 Structural Insulated Panels: An Alternative to Wood Frame
 Construction by Mike Blanford; and The Impact of Mortgage
 Disclosure Reform Under RESPA by Harold Bunce, Alastair
McFarlane, William J. Reid, and Kurt Usowski.
 
A link to the complete issue of Cityscape is available at
 www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscpe/vol11num2/index.html.
Past issues are also available for downloading, free of
charge, at www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscape.html.
Printed copies are available for a nominal charge by
calling HUD USER at 800-245-2691, option 1.
 
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