Subdivision Requirements: Barriers to Affordable Housing

From: HUD USER News
 
The intent of local subdivision regulations is to ensure
that new housing developments are properly designed,
safe and healthy, cost-effective, and beneficial to the
community. However, if the costs of meeting these
requirements are excessive, they become "regulatory
barriers" to affordable housing. To determine when local
standards are excessive, HUD's Office of Policy
Development & Research commissioned research that is
described in Study of Subdivision Requirements as a
Regulatory Barrier. The key objective of the study was
to develop a national estimate of the cost of excessive
land and site development standards on a single-family
detached house built in a typical subdivision.
 
Researchers collected regulatory standards from a
national representative sample of jurisdictions,
established benchmark values and unit costs for each
requirement, developed cost estimates for excessive
regulations based on benchmark values and costs, and
created a national cost estimate of excessive
regulations.
 
The full study is available to download from HUD USER,
free of charge, at
 www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/commdevl/subdiv_report.html.
It is also available in print, for a nominal fee, by
calling 800-245-2691, option 1. Additional information
on subdivision requirements and other regulatory
barriers to affordable housing is available through the
Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse at www.huduser.gov/portal/rbc/home.html.
 
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