Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of Exclusionary Zoning on People, Resources, and... (EventID=114126)

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Connect with the House Financial Services Committee Get the latest news: https://financialservices.house.gov/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HouseFinancialCmte Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FSCDems ___________________________________ On Friday, October 15, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (ET) Housing, Community Development, and Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Cleaver and Ranking Member Hill will host a hearing entitled, “Examining the Impact of Exclusionary Zoning on People, Resources, and Opportunity." - - - - - - - - Witnesses for this one-panel hearing will be: • Sheryll D. Cashin, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice, Georgetown University • Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation • Dora Leong Gallo, President and CEO, A Community of Friends • Thomas Silverstein, Associate Director of Fair Housing & Community Development Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law • Dr. Emily Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow and Codirector of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University Background The United States is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis of historic proportions where households across the income spectrum and in every community—including urban, suburban, and rural— are affected by an undersupply of housing, rising housing costs, housing instability, and homelessness. Over the years, research has shown how restrictive and exclusionary local zoning policies exacerbate these trends. Historically, zoning policies, among other local regulations and development practices, have been used to create and perpetuate racial and economic segregation. Determined by state, county, and municipal governments, local zoning policies and practices are a form of land use management that differentiate intended land uses across geographical areas—either residential, commercial, industrial, and conservation uses or mixed uses.4 Zoning policies establish local building standards, such as the minimum amount of land required to construct on, determine the types of buildings that can be constructed in a given area, how many parking units are required per development, and how many bedrooms are required in residential units. However, the purposes and effects of zoning regulations have evolved over time.... Hearing page: https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408494