Housing Production Network Map
A tool from Renaissance Philanthropy which maps the process of producing housing across seven distinct stages, from land to occupancy. The full network map displays hundreds of organizations…
Focus Area
Land Use & Zoning
Research on zoning codes, permitting, environmental review, and the local rules that determine what gets built where.
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Latest in Land Use & Zoning
Newest firstData & Applications (Fiscally Standardized Cities, Property Tax, Land Policy)
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 and Conference Papers
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.
Lincoln Institute Policy Reports and Briefs
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.
Government Regulation in the Price of a New Home (Special Study)
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…
Permitting Reform Program
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.
Understanding NEPA Litigation
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.
NEPA Review and Court Challenges to Renewable Energy
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.
About this area
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.
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