Coast to coast, the pro-housing movement has picked up major steam over the past few years as advocates rack up legislative victories that reform zoning laws and streamline development processes. According to the Brookings Institution, more than a dozen US cities and states have passed "substantial changes" to housing and land use policies over the las five years.
But are those policy reforms working? According to of the Institution's one senior fellows, more research is urgently needed to answer that question.
"The pro-housing movement is changing rapidly, with many local and state policymakers looking to replicate reforms from early adopters," Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, writes in a new analysis. "This creates an urgent need for real-time data and analysis to inform current policy choices."
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