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The Effects of High-density Zoning on Multifamily Housing Construction in the Suburbs of Six US Metropolitan Areas

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  • Arnab Chakraborty

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, M230 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive, Champaign, Illinois, 61821, USA, arnab@uiuc.edu)

  • Gerrit-Jan Knaap

    (National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, 1112 Preinkert Hall, College Park, Maryland, 20905, USA, gknaap@umd.edu)

  • Doan Nguyen

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Design, University of Maryland, 1112 Preinkert Hall, College Park, Maryland, 20905, USA, dnguyen@umd.edu)

  • Jung Ho Shin

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Design, University of Maryland, 1112 Preinkert Hall, College Park, Maryland, 20905, USA, jhshin1@umd.edu)

Abstract

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 jurisdiction obtained from local zoning ordinances and geographical information data. Using two-stage least squares, the analysis provides two important results: zoning as practised by suburban governments in the six metropolitan areas limits the construction of multifamily housing below market determined levels; and, multifamily zoning constraints are not exogenous but vary systematically with distance from the central city and with the racial composition of the community in 1960.

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  • Arnab Chakraborty & Gerrit-Jan Knaap & Doan Nguyen & Jung Ho Shin, 2010. "The Effects of High-density Zoning on Multifamily Housing Construction in the Suburbs of Six US Metropolitan Areas," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(2), pages 437-451, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:47:y:2010:i:2:p:437-451
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098009348325
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