Metropolitics

Institutional Readings on Zoning

Jamaal Green — 2020-11-20T06:00:00Z

A new edited volume on zoning approaches the subject as a tool of planning, part of a network of institutions and practices that shape US cities.
Zoning is, arguably, the central problematic in US urban planning. If one examines almost any question regarding the physical development of our city regions, zoning often pops up as a major villain. From debates over gentrification to the potential of a Green New Deal, zoning is characterized as a major barrier towards progress, however one may

- Reviews / zoning, urban planning, comprehensive planning, racism, economic development

The Cost of Affordability: Inclusionary Zoning and Displacement in East New York

James Shelton — 2018-03-20T06:00:00Z

What are the impacts of New York City's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program upon low-income communities of color? James Shelton offers new insights in a consideration of the recent East New York rezoning.
Population growth and a steady increase in housing costs since the mid‑1990s has led to a crisis of housing affordability and access in New York City. To address this, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has embarked on an ambitious campaign to generate 300,000 units of affordable

- From the Field / housing, housing policy, inequalities, New York, affordable housing, displacement, housing crisis, de Blasio administration, zoning, inclusionary zoning, East New York

To Prevent Worsening Inequality, Put Affluent Neighborhoods on NYC Rezoning List

Moses Gates — 2015-11-17T06:00:00Z

Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning is meant to boost the affordable housing supply and create more economically integrated and more equitable neighborhoods. But in New York, it matters crucially how – and where – the program is applied. Moses Gates argues that if Mayor Bill de Blasio is unwilling to rezone affluent neighborhoods as well as poorer ones, he won't make a dent in the city's inequality problem.
In the days of our current housing crunch and focus on transit-oriented development, there

- Debates / housing, inequalities, density, New York, densification, affordable housing, zoning, inclusionary zoning