Land use planning drives public and private development decisions, both in housing and commercial markets. These strategies ensure that new development meets residents’ needs and creates healthy community environments. Use land use planning and economic development tools to: promote thriving neighborhood commercial districts that meet residents' needs for shops and services; ensure safe places to play, recreate, and socialize; and promote environmental sustainability.
Revitalize Commercial Districts
Healthy Food Retailing
Strategies to increase access to retail outlets that sell nutritious, affordable food in underserved low-income urban and rural communities.
Brownfields
Encourage redevelopment of brownfields (abandoned, idled, or underutilized commercial or industrial sites).
Infill Incentives
Infill incentives can produce new housing units, reduce blight, preserve open space, reduce traffic, and encourage retail development that serves the needs of existing residents.
Commercial Stabilization
Effective techniques employed by community-based organizations to preserve cultural organizations and longstanding commercial enterprises that define the historic character of communities.
Community Mapping
Mapping can be used to advocate for community benefits, convey development opportunities, track vacant properties, and more.
Transit Oriented Development
How to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals.
Build Walkable Neighborhoods
Urban Greening
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Climate Change Advocacy
Coming soon!
Infill Incentives
Infill incentives can produce new housing units, reduce blight, preserve open space, reduce traffic, and encourage retail development that serves the needs of existing residents.
Community Mapping
Mapping can be used to advocate for community benefits, convey development opportunities, track vacant properties, and more.
Transit Oriented Development
How to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals.
Preserve and Create Neighborhood Assets
Community Land Trusts
This alternative property ownership model encourages permanent affordability and wealth-building.
Commercial Stabilization
Effective techniques employed by community-based organizations to preserve cultural organizations and longstanding commercial enterprises that define the historic character of communities.
Community Mapping
Mapping can be used to advocate for community benefits, convey development opportunities, track vacant properties, and more.
Urban Greening
Coming soon!
Brownfields
Encourage redevelopment of brownfields (abandoned, idled, or underutilized commercial or industrial sites).
Infill Incentives
Infill incentives can produce new housing units, reduce blight, preserve open space, reduce traffic, and encourage retail development that serves the needs of existing residents.
Ensure Equitable Public Investmen
Community Mapping
Mapping can be used to advocate for community benefits, convey development opportunities, track vacant properties, and more.
Transit Oriented Development
How to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals.
Urban Greening
Coming soon!
Climate Change Advocacy
Coming soon!
Expand Equitable Development Opportunities
Brownfields
Encourage redevelopment of brownfields (abandoned, idled, or underutilized commercial or industrial sites).
Infill Incentives
Infill incentives can produce new housing units, reduce blight, preserve open space, reduce traffic, and encourage retail development that serves the needs of existing residents.
Inclusionary Zoning
Land use regulation mandating a percentage (usually 15-20%) of the housing units in all larger projects be affordable to people of low and moderate incomes.
Transit Oriented Development
How to implement TOD -- compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations -- in a way that achieves equity goals.
Urban Greening
Coming soon!
Climate Change Advocacy
Coming soon!
Developer Exactions
Requires new commercial developments to contribute fees to the development of affordable housing, community services and infrastructure.
Real Estate Transfer Taxes
Techniques through which tax regulations can limit two destabilizing practices in low- and moderate-income communities: delinquency and speculation.
Commercial Linkage Strategies
A range of programs and fees that tie economic development to the construction of affordable housing
