As Challenges Mount For Cities, Localities Step Up Rezoning Efforts As intractable, existential problems like climate change and housing affordability worsen across the country, localities are deploying a tool that is both a building block of city planning and a flashpoint with a penchant for starting municipal spats. Zoning reform is gaining popularity among cities large and small, even being floated and incentivized on state and federal levels. And although these efforts progress slowly and can be difficult to pass through legislative channels, they’re increasingly viewed as a way to address the growing list of ingrained problems faced by American cities. 
“One of the things that is very visible now is that we've been underproducing housing for a long time,” Terwilliger Center for Housing Manager Fabiola Yurcisin said. “When we think about inclusivity and equitable access to opportunity, housing is at the center of that. That's why zoning is so important.…  Read the full story here. | 
