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HIP Tool: Incentive Zoning
Background
Incentives for affordable housing in residential developments is a response to high housing costs and the improbability of building lower-cost market-rate housing in many areas due to...
HIP Tool: Permitting Priority
Background
Priority processing of land use and construction permits is most effective when used selectively, to provide an incentive to develop a particular type of housing the market is not...
HIP Tool: Planned Action EIS
Background
An EIS is prepared for a site-specific project or a non-project legislative action, such as plans, ordinances or regulations, if the jurisdiction believes the proposal may have a...
HIP Tool: Inclusionary Zoning
Background
Mandatory inclusion of affordable housing in residential developments is a response to persistently high housing costs and the difficulty of building lower-cost market-rate housing in...
HIP Tool: No Maximum Densities
Background
Building form is emphasized when maximum density requirements are eliminated in particular districts. The number of dwellings on a given residentially zoned site are instead based on:...
HIP Tool: SEPA Categorical Exemptions
Background
A higher exemption threshold may spare developers the expense and time of the environmental review process for relatively smaller and simpler projects, which can then translate into lower...
HIP Tool: Transfer of Development Rights for Affordable Housing
Background
Although a TDR program is most commonly considered a means to preserve farmland, forest or open space, it can also be used to preserve affordable housing in urban areas. Manufactured home...
HIP Tool: Flexible Single Family Development Regulations
Background
Adjusting development regulations to permit varied setbacks, reduced street width and varied building height measurements in certain zones may reduce the costs of development and provide...
HIP Tool: Lot Size Averaging
Background
The flexibility and variety allowed by lot size averaging can be useful for developing housing on unusually shaped parcels or properties with critical areas, as well as for mixing housing...
HIP Tool: Performance Zoning
Background
Performance zoning is effective at increasing diversity and mixing uses; affordable housing goals may be achieved by offering incentives in tandem with this tool.
Benefits of performance...
