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HIP Tool: Infill Development
Background
Infill development adds residential capacity to cities without annexation or infringing on open space or other sensitive areas. Instead, it directs development to areas where it already...
HIP Tool: Master Planned Communities
Background
Master planned communities (MPCs) allow developers flexibility and creativity by establishing whole communities on large tracts of land. A master plan establishes a conceptual layout of...
HIP Tool: Mixed-Use Development
Background
Traditional urban forms freely mixed uses both in neighborhoods and individual buildings. With the advent of zoning, this style of development was “zoned out” of some urban areas....
HIP Tool: Mobile/Manufactured Homes
Background
Manufactured housing provides relatively dense single-family housing in urbanized and rural areas. The number of manufactured home communities has declined in some jurisdictions as a...
HIP Tool: Multifamily Development
Background
Multifamily housing is a key element to providing affordable rental or ownership housing through economical use of land and shared building infrastructure. Low-rise multifamily...
HIP Tool: Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Background
PUDs are frequently created as floating or overlay zones. Alternatively, land slated for a known project could be rezoned as a PUD. Standards will vary based on the intent of the...
HIP Tool: Preservation & Rehabilitation
Background
One of the greatest threats to the long term availability of affordable units, especially those affordable to households with incomes less than 80% of area median, is the loss of existing...
HIP Tool: Townhomes
Background
Townhomes are a common and well-established way to increase density and diversity. Styles that allow side-by-side units with individual yards fit well in single-family neighborhoods, and...
HIP Tool: Zero Lot Line Development
Background
Zero lot line development aims to maximize land use efficiency through the orientation of the house on a property. In small lot developments, where land is at a premium, or where narrow...
HIP Tool: Development Agreements
Background
Development agreements are attractive to developers because they secure approvals at the outset of a project and assure that multi-phased projects will not be subject to regulations...
