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Solutions to Regulatory Barriers Identified

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The third issue of Breakthroughs - the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
newsletter - has recently hit the Web, and we'd like to share it with you
now. Like the RBC site itself, Breakthroughs is loaded with information and
ideas that you can use to help alleviate or overcome state and local
regulatory barriers to the development of affordable housing. In this
issue, we look at...

o How Seattle, Washington and Cary, North Carolina are using their
zoning ordinances to encourage the development of accessory housing (a
housing unit on the same lot as a single family house that provides housing
for relatives, household help, or rental income for homeowners);

o The relationship between smart growth policies and the creation of
affordable housing in Vermont; and

o How Berkeley, California combines performance zoning and density
bonuses to create affordable housing in a very tight housing market.

The new issue of Breakthroughs is available on the Regulatory Barriers Web
site at: archives.huduser.gov/rbc/archives/strategy_archive.html

Please consider passing this message along to interested colleagues and
others in your acquaintance who are concerned with improving access to
affordable housing in America.