Episode 06: Sara Bronin, National Zoning Atlas

How do zoning rules affect housing affordability? And what’s a developer, or housing professional, or urban planner to do when faced with 30,000 different zoning codes across thousands of municipalities across  the United States? Hear about the effort to digitize, demystify, and democratize those 30,000 different zoning codes with the National Zoning Atlas – the first-ever effort to compile this information at a national scale. We discuss states that have completed their zoning atlases and how ordinary people (like you, dear podcast listener!) can get involved.

The National Zoning Atlas was the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability Co- Winner in Public Policy & Regulatory Reform.

Released in Partnership with the Builder's Daily

Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. 

Jenna Louie is the Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Ivory Innovations, a nonprofit with the mission to catalyze innovation in housing affordability. Since 2018, the Ivory team has spoken with hundreds of innovators working on novel housing solutions – learn more at ivoryinnovations.org/database.