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Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse

HUD established the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (RBC) to collect, process, assemble, and disseminate information on state and local regulations and policies affecting the creation and maintenance of affordable housing.





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Released!   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s report on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing.

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Regulatory Barriers Research

Coming soon!  New Study on the costs of regulatory barriers!

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IN DEPTH

In 2016, in response to HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and accompanying assessment tool, the city of Boston began preparing an assessment of fair housing. The city’s assessment outlines 14 goals and more than 100 actions, including a call to use zoning regulations as a fair housing tool. Read More>>




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A 2019 report on the state of housing supply and housing affordability in the Boston, Massachusetts area finds that communities that permitted more multifamily housing units experienced greater reductions in racial segregation.







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