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

Arnab Chakraborty, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Doan Nguyen and Jung Ho Shin
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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

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 2, 437-451

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.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098009348325

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