Affordable Housing for the City: Resources Housing in the Nation's Capital 2003 by Margery Turner, et al. Urban Institute, for the Fannie Mae Foundation. 2003. This is the second edition of Housing in the Nation's Capital. This edition includes newly available information from the 2000 census and a special chapter focusing on concentrated poverty. The 2003 report also places housing conditions in the Washington, D.C., region in context by comparing them with conditions in five other metropolitan areas. http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/publications/reports/hnc/2003/hnc2003.shtml Leading Indicators of Gentrification in D.C. Neighborhoods by Margery Turner and Christopher Snow, Urban Institute. 2001. This analysis on leading indicators of gentrification in the District could help identify areas where rapid reinvestment seems likely to happen next. http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=900461 Expanding Housing Opportunity in Washington, DC: The Case for Inclusionary Zoning by Radhika K. Fox and Kalima Rose, PolicyLink. 2003. This new PolicyLink report draws on inclusionary zoning successes from around the country and makes recommendations for expanding the availability of affordable housing in Washington. Inclusionary zoning requires private developers to set aside a certain amount of new housing units for moderate- and low- income residents as part of a market-rate residential development project. http://www.policylink.org/DCIZ.html Housing for All: An Affordable Housing Action Plan for the District of Columbia's Ward 7 by Marshall Heights Community Development Organization. 2003. The report identifies housing needs and priorities in Ward 7 and establishes strategies and partnerships to address those needs. http://www.mhcdo.org/AHAP_0903.pdf Revitalizing Washington's Neighborhoods: A Vision Takes Shape by Alice M. Rivlin, Greater Washington Research Program, Brookings Institution. 2003. This paper develops the policy framework for revitalizing Washington's neighborhoods and boosting the city's population in way that can make the District of Columbia a better place to live and work for all the city's groups. http://www.brook.edu/es/urban/gwrp/publinks/2003/rivlinrevitalizing.htm 100,000 New Taxpayers Does Not Have To Mean 100,000 New Residents. by Mark Rubin, DC Agenda. 2003. DC Agenda's paper suggests that expanding the D.C. tax base through sustainable neighborhood revitalization requires an integrated strategy that meets the community, housing and employment needs of new and existing residents. http://www.dcagenda.org/pdf/NIS100K.pdf Equitable Development Toolkit: Beyond Gentrification by PolicyLink. Using a comprehensive approach, PolicyLink provides tools that have been crafted to help community builders achieve equitable development-diverse, mixed-income/mixed wealth neighborhoods-strong, stable, and welcoming to all. http://www.policylink.org/EquitableDevelopment/ The Bay Area Housing Crisis Report Card by Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. 2002. This report provides a critical evaluation of nine jurisdictions in the San Francisco Bay Area, grading them on how well their comprehensive plans address projected affordable housing needs, and how well policies to address housing needs are being implemented. This Report Card can serve a model for our region. http://www.nonprofithousing.org/about/pressroom/releases/posted/housingcrisis_reportcard.pdf Transportation Costs and the American Dream: Why a Lack of Transportation Choices Strains the Family Budget and Hinders Home Ownership by Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2003. Due to good transit in the DC area, combined housing and transportation household expenditures put the DC region ahead of many other regions, despite high housing costs. http://www.transact.org/report.asp?id=224 Housing Shortage/Parking Surplus: Silicon Valley's opportunity to address housing needs and transportation problems with innovative parking policies by Transportation Land Use Coalition Housing Shortage/Parking Surplus examines solutions to Silicon Valley's housing crisis and transportation problems from a new perspective - parking. The report shows that if we rethink our approach to, and assumptions about, parking, we can free up land to yield more than 15,900 much-needed housing units. http://www.transcoalition.org/reports/housing_s/housing_shortage_home.html We Knew It: Smart Growth Helps Lower Consumer "Location" Costs for Housing, Transportation, ULI Analysis Shows by Robert Dunphy, Urban Land Institute. 2003. http://www.experts.uli.org/dk/Press/2003/ex_Press_PR_034_fst.html Residential Parking By Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. Facts: Parking is one of the most significant barriers in the housing development process. Minimum parking requirements reduce housing production and the amenities which developers can provide residents. Affordable housing developers are often required to build more parking than the building residents need. http://www.nonprofithousing.org/actioncenter/toolbox/parking/index.atomic