For nearly a century, the humble single-family lot has shaped the American map more than almost any other planning rule. It quietly decided who could live where, how neighborhoods grew, and how much a ...

Housing issues have made headlines for years — and they should, since solving housing goes a long way toward fixing a lot of other problems. So why are cities still clinging to anti-development ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first zoning laws in the United States. It would be a good occasion on which to begin reversing the damage these laws have done over the decades. In 1926, ...

An aerial view of Milford, a suburban town in Connecticut. Single-family housing is the only type of development that’s allowed on 62 percent of land in the state. A new report from the Urban ...

Tobias Peter, in his May 8 commentary “State housing bills are dead; time for local leaders to step up,” advocates for taking away zoning protections from single-family homes so they can be demolished ...

Street parking on a Lakewood road near the Belmar neighborhood. Residents are concerned about potential parking issues included in the new zoning code proposal. The proposal would allow multi-family ...