Obama administration cites D.C.'s increasing homeless problem in call for smarter zoning
The Obama administration is urging cities across the U.S. to update their antiquated zoning regulations to address the increasing scarcity of affordable housing locally and across the country.
The White House released a Housing Development Toolkit outlining a host of policy changes and other regulatory fixes it says will reverse decline and encourage developers to set aside more of their projects for affordable housing. Politico's Lorraine Woellert first reported on the toolkit. The challenge the...