A family consisting of an older woman, older man, woman in her middle years, and four young children stands in front of a beige one-story home with a peaked roof. The older woman holds a baby and the other children are on bicycles and a scooter. There is a truck in the gravel driveway behind them.

Inclusionary Housing

Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
Rick Jacobus
December 2019
English

Inclusionary housing policies require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide affordable housing, to prevent displacing lower-income residents. In this Policy Brief, Rick Jacobus, a national expert in inclusionary housing and affordable homeownership, defines inclusionary housing, outlines the factors to consider when creating inclusionary housing programs, and provides specific recommendations for enacting such policies. The brief draws from Jacobus’s Policy Focus Report, Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities, which details how local governments are using inclusionary housing policies to combat unequal access to housing and attendant problems.

Tags: Development, Economic Development, Housing, Inequality, Local Government, Planning, Zoning

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