Land use policy insights, delivered

We apply standardized tests to your land use policies so that you understand localized development feasibility under policy constraints.

You can test your existing zoning policies and your land use policy alternatives, then compare the Zoning Report Cards results for each. See which building types could be market feasible, where zoning reforms influence development opportunities, and many other potential policy outcomes.

Rely on Zoning Report Cards to confidently implement your best policy option.

 

Standardized testing now available for your land use policy options in California

Coming soon to Oregon & Washington

Tell us the jurisdiction where you want to test policy options next

Zoning Report Cards tell you what can be built, describing the market-feasible development opportunities across every parcel under your land use regulations, so that you can compare policy options and make smarter decisions

 
 

Development analytics to help you create effective urban policy

  • Measuring the physical capacity allowed under zoning tells you one thing. Looking at combined market and regulatory constraints provides a better sense of how development could play out under your land use policies.

  • Zoning for Manhattan skyscrapers in Manhattan, Kansas doesn’t guarantee developers will build towers. What are the market-feasible opportunities?

  • Zoning that allows 100 units on a site while requiring that affordable housing be provided in multifamily buildings doesn’t guarantee developers will build 100 apartments. What are the market-feasible opportunities?

 

Note (*): Analyses of the full housing development funnel are possible in select jurisdictions with the Housing Policy Simulator produced by our strategic partners at Terner Labs. Reach out to learn more about the coverage of Zoning Report Cards compared to Simulators.

 

Contact us to start the testing process…

 

Define your policies.

We evaluate how real estate developers will respond under the land use regulations that you specify. You can consider existing policies and propose alternatives.

Share your GIS files with tabulated zoning characteristics for the fastest turnaround. Or work with our team to digitize your land use policy concepts. Contact us to learn more about the policy information we’ll need from you.

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Let us run localized feasibility tests.

Zoning Report Cards rely on industry-leading data analysis techniques from MapCraft.io to determine localized real estate development feasibility under policy constraints. Local market data on rents, sales prices, and construction costs are used when assessing each parcel in every neighborhood that is subject to the land use regulations you define.

 

Understand what building types could be feasible where.

Our results reflect pro forma models that test the financial feasibility of developing thousands of prototypical buildings, ranging from single-family detached houses to high-rises, on each parcel where you specify land use policies. The evaluation of realistic prototypes allows the Zoning Report Cards to illuminate the type and nature of buildings that could be developed.

 

Compare your policy options.

Our standardized tests provide performance snapshots for each of your policy options.

Similar to comparing student performance, use multiple Report Cards based on distinct land use policies to see how they stack up against one another.

 

Ace your land use regulations.

Use Zoning Report Cards to choose wisely. Confidently implement your best policy option!