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1. www.csmonitor.com › Business › 2022No zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?

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   Nov 17, 2022 · Houston does have “de facto” zoning, Professor Festa says. Land use regulations include height restrictions, minimum lot size requirements, and historic districts.

2. www.texaspolicy.com › multimedia › articleZoning Out: Does Houston Have a De Facto Zoning Problem?

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   Feb 2, 2021 · 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST. Houston is famous for its lack of zoning, but a new court case challenging Houston’s Historic Preservation Ordinance (HPO) is putting that idea to the test. In the eyes of some—including the Texas Public Policy Foundation—the city is engaged in de facto zoning, which would be contrary to both its character and ...

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4. therealdeal.com › texas › 2023/03/16Houston’s Reputation for no Zoning Isn’t What you Think

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   Mar 16, 2023 · Mar 16, 2023, 8:00 AM. Forget everything you think you know about Houston. Renowned as the nation’s largest city with no zoning laws, it has been a magnet for developers drawn to its lack of ...

5. www.houstonchronicle.com › news › houston-texasWhy doesn't Houston have zoning laws? - Houston Chronicle

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   Feb 7, 2024 · Article continues below this ad. In its city charter, Houston has a provision preventing the city council from authorizing a zone ordinance without a majority referendum. In its absence of zoning ...

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6. www.mercatus.org › research › policy-briefsLiberalizing Land Use Regulations: The Case of Houston

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   Aug 17, 2020 · A deed restriction could, for example, restrict a neighborhood exclusively to single-family homes, blocking the development of new apartments. Researchers have characterized these deed restrictions as a kind of de facto zoning. Nonetheless, by 1998 Houston provided an exceptionally liberal, pro-growth regulatory environment for housing development.

7. www.fastcompany.com › 90849067 › what-houstonsHouston's affordable housing is thanks to a unique urban ...

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   Feb 13, 2023 · Houston does still have pockets of de-facto single-family zoning. These areas have protected their single-family status by covenant, a mutually agreed upon, time-limited rule within a given ...

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   Does Houston have de facto zoning?

   • Houston does have “de facto” zoning, Professor Festa says. Land use regulations include height restrictions, minimum lot size requirements, and historic districts. Still, the broad effect is that, while you can’t build anything anywhere in Houston, there are fewer restrictions.

   No zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?

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   Is Houston zoning affordable?

   • Oregon, California, and the city of Minneapolis are places that since 2019 have all been rolling back exclusive single-family zoning. But Houston isn’t affordable on every metric. For the lowest-income residents, Houston doesn’t outperform other major American cities, zoning or no zoning.

   No zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?

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   Why does Houston have no zoning?

   • The reason Houston doesn’t is really because Houston residents have been able to vote on the question – three times so far, to be exact. The 1948 and 1962 votes both rejected zoning by a comfortable margin, and the most recent vote – in a low-turnout 1993 referendum – saw the anti-zoners prevail by about 4 percentage points.

   No zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?

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   Do developers have a lot size limit in Houston?

   • Developers have quite a bit of latitude to build what they want, where they want. But Houston still has certain restrictions on housing construction, like parking minimums and setback requirements. For years, the city had a minimum lot size of 5,000 square-feet in most neighborhoods—the standard in your typical postwar suburb.

   Houston's affordable housing is thanks to a unique urban development …

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   Is Houston a vision of the future?

   • As the policy tide turns to the end of single-family zoning and looser housing development regulations, Houston is a vision of the future. Other cities have a lot to learn from its successes and failures. Houston famously has no zoning. Developers have quite a bit of latitude to build what they want, where they want.

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   Does New York City have zoning?

   • And while it doesn’t have formal zoning, the city does have land use policies. This more relaxed regime has allowed for a greater diversity of housing stock, and perhaps inhibited gentrification (for now), but it’s bred environmental and health concerns in certain neighborhoods.

   No zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?

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9. kinder.rice.edu › urbanedge › houston-city-no-zoningHouston, the city of no zoning, lives to plan another day

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   Jun 14, 2021 · Law professor Matt Festa, who represented the Heights-area clients in challenging the historic preservation law, has long argued that “de facto” zoning has been in effect in Houston. He was part of a team that documented the city’s zoning-like tools in a 2017 report as a Kinder Institute fellow.