Episode 06: Sara Bronin, National Zoning Atlas

How do zoning rules affect housing affordability? And what’s a developer, or housing professional, or urban planner to do when faced with 30,000 different zoning codes (www.zoningatlas.org/about) across thousands of municipalities across the United States? Hear about the effort to digitize, demystify, and democratize those 30,000 different zoning codes with the National Zoning Atlas (www.zoningatlas.org/) - the first-ever effort to compile this information at a national scale. We discuss states that have completed their zoning atlases and how ordinary people (like you, dear podcast listener!) can get involved.
The National Zoning Atlas (www.zoningatlas.org/) was the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability Co- Winner in Public Policy & Regulatory Reform ( • 2023 Ivory Prize Co-Wi... ) .
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Sara Bronin (sarabronin.com/) is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places.
Jenna Louie ( / jennarlouie ) is the Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Ivory Innovations (ivoryinnovations.org/) , a nonprofit with the mission to catalyze innovation in housing affordability. Since 2018, the Ivory team has spoken with hundreds of innovators working on novel housing solutions - learn more at ivoryinnovations.org/database (ivoryinnovations.org/database) .