Focus Area
Research on zoning codes, permitting, environmental review, and the local rules that determine what gets built where.
Datasets and Dashboards Lincoln Institute of Land Policy ↗ · September 2026
Hub of applications and datasets on municipal fiscal health, property taxation, land-based public finance, and land-use/density visualization tools (e.g., Fiscally Standardized Cities, 50-State Property Tax Comparison, Visualizing Density)…
Working Papers and Reports Lincoln Institute of Land Policy ↗ · September 2026
Hub for research papers coming out of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Topics include city and regional planning, economic development, housing, infrastructure, and more.
Working Papers and Reports Lincoln Institute of Land Policy ↗ · September 2026
Hub for policy briefs coming out of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Topics include city and regional planning, economic development, housing, infrastructure, and more.
Working Papers and Reports National Association of Home Builders ↗ · September 2026
NAHB’s periodic survey-based estimate of regulatory costs (zoning approval, permitting fees, land development standards, building codes) as a share of new-home prices; an industry-produced figure frequently cited in…
Working Papers and Reports Bipartisan Policy Center ↗ · September 2026
Ongoing series of bipartisan issue briefs, roundtable summaries, and explainers on NEPA, transmission siting, judicial review, and permitting-certainty reforms for energy and infrastructure projects.
Working Papers and Reports The Breakthrough Institute ↗ · September 2026
Empirical analysis of NEPA litigation patterns (2013-2022) across energy and public-lands projects, quantifying litigation rates, delay lengths, and which project types and plaintiffs drive permitting court challenges.
Working Papers and Reports Resources for the Future ↗ · September 2026
Research examining how NEPA review and subsequent litigation affect utility-scale wind and solar project timelines, part of RFF’s broader body of empirical permitting-delay studies relevant to energy siting.
Datasets and Dashboards Parking Reform Network ↗ · September 2026
Crowdsourced, searchable map tracking cities and regions that have reduced or eliminated minimum parking requirements — a driver of housing costs, car dependency, and land-use efficiency.
BUILD supports research on the land-use rules that underlie housing, energy, and transportation alike — zoning codes, parking mandates, permitting processes, and environmental review — and connects it to the policymakers who can act on it.
BUILD is a nonpartisan network of researchers, policymakers, and funders.