The 1970s were a long time ago. Now the City of Columbia is looking to drag its zoning code out of the decade of Watergate and “Jaws” and into the 21st century. Columbia City Council is set to ...

In any given place, zoning laws decide what we can build and where. There are estimated to be some 30,000 local governments in the U.S. that employ zoning laws, and they can be complex. “Sometimes 150 ...

Restrictive zoning codes limit the housing supply and contribute to segregation, but the nuances of how and where this happens can be hard to nail down. Now, new datasets and maps are shining a light ...