Part 1 of a Training Series for Sustainable Growth at the Local Level: The Economics of Developing More Homes.

Neighbors Welcome RI, in partnership with national experts, is offering a series of trainings that will dig into how housing impacts local communities. These trainings are open to all, but will be most valuable to Rhode Island public servants serving as elected or appointed leaders at the local level.

Part 1: The Economics of Developing More Homes

With Ivy Vann

*If this event is cost-prohibitive, please reach out to melodie@neighborswelcomeri.org for scholarship information.

Planners seldom have direct experience with the economics of land use planning, particularly as it relates to what actually gets built. Planning boards adopt regulations with the laudable intent of creating more housing choice and attainability or encouraging a lively downtown or making sure the town’s finances are robust. Then, when none of those things happen, they are puzzled and disappointed, when the reality is that what was coded for in those regulations is not financially possible. Development math is real and relentless and often opaque to those outside the industry.