Informal settlements exist in a legally contested space and the quality of - and access to - information about them has been historically limited. The open data movement promises to address this gap by offering alternative sources for information and free or low cost analytical platforms....

Informal settlements exist in a legally contested space and the quality of - and access to - information about them has been historically limited. The open data movement promises to address this gap by offering alternative sources for information and free or low cost analytical platforms....

For several decades, manufactured housing has been a crucial source of affordable housing, particularly for rural areas. However, electricity consumption per unit area and per capita are substantially higher for manufactured housing units relative to site built, single-family detached units....

Concern among state legislators about rural development and rural land use is not new. In many states, agriculture remains an important feature of the economic, cultural, and political landscape. As rural incomes, populations, and prosperity have declined, states have adopted a variety of...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the effects of high-density zoning on multifamily housing construction from 1990 to 2000 in the suburbs of six US metropolitan areas. Zoning constraints are measured as the total number of high-density units allowed by right in each suburban...

In this article, we present an empirical analysis of the relationship between zoning restrictiveness and the risk of foreclosure in six metropolitan areas of varying regulatory frameworks across the United States. We measure zoning restrictiveness using the diversity of housing units allowed by...