Tag: land development
Colorado Town Addresses Housing Affordability Through Intensive Planning and Development
Communities can enhance affordability with a comprehensive planning and development framework. The Peak One development in the town of Frisco, Colo., provides a strong example.
Conference Offers Advanced Education on Land Development Issues
Registration is now open for the 2018 LANDS Housing Law CLE Roundtable & Workshop, NAHB’s annual continuing legal education program on land-use issues impacting the industry. The event takes place at the National Housing Center, NAHB’s headquarters.
Drone Use Among Builders Continues its Ascent
A recent NAHB survey discovered that the popularity of drones within the housing industry is not only growing — it’s skyrocketing.
Labor and Material Costs Rising Faster Than Lot Prices
Despite the record-high prices for single-family lots, the average portion of the final sales price of a new single-family home attributed to the cost of the lot is actually decreasing. But that isn’t exactly good news.
Lots: Record-High Prices, Record-Low Sizes
Recent NAHB analysis reveals a changing landscape for lot values and sizes.
Requiring Land Use Agencies to Justify Denials
A prominent barrier to the development of affordable housing is unreasonable community opposition. This Oct. 10 presentation will explore the unique processes some states have enacted to handle land use denials.
High-End Development, Down on the Farm
Agrihoods have been popping up across the country featuring farms or food growing as a central amenity of the new residential developments.
Impact Fees Raising Concerns About Affordability
Many lawmakers and community officials continue to turn to inclusionary zoning as a seemingly quick and easy plan to adopt and impose on the housing industry. However, new research confirms that multiple strategies are needed to close the financing gap and make projects viable. NAHB recently compiled additional resources to help builders and land developers address some of their most pressing industry concerns related to impact fees and affordability—highlighting alternative approaches that produced positive results.
Where Do Your Impact Fees Really Go?
Impact fees have been a revenue generator in many city’s across the country for nearly 50 years, but they shouldn’t always be the go-to solution for financing public projects. This is especially true in the growing number of places where impact fees are likely being miscalculated and misused, as is the current debate in Bozeman, Mont., where auditors discovered misused impact fees totaling $7.2 million.
New Reports Highlight the Cost Savings of Faster Development Reviews
Inefficiencies in the development approval process can end up causing big headaches and costing big bucks. They can also negatively impact housing affordability, increase government offices’ administrative costs and stifle economic growth. But shortening the time from concept to occupancy by one year could save your business as much as 20% of the project cost.
