Achieving Inclusion in Infill Settings Solutions 2013 – The National Conference on State and Local Housing Policy Robert Hickey 9/18/2013

Center for Housing Policy Research affiliate of the National Housing Conference Works to broaden understanding of the nation’s housing challenges, and to broaden awareness of promising local and state housing policies and programs that are helping address these needs.

Art Rodgers – Senior Housing Planner, DC Office of Planning Cheryl Cort – Policy Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth Jim Campbell – Principal, Somerset Development Company Alex Nyhan – Senior Vice President, Development, Forest City Case Study of Washington, DC

What Do We Mean by Infill Settings? What Do We Mean by Inclusion? Why Care About Inclusion in Infill Settings?

Nearly ¾ of the nation’s 51 large metropolitan regions saw an increased share of infill housing development during , as compared to (EPA OSC, 2012) In 2011, cities and high density suburbs grew at a faster rate than the nation’s exurbs for the first time in decades. (Brookings, 2012) Trending Toward Greater Infill

Large metro regions with the greatest share of infill home construction Source: EPA analysis of 2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2001 National Land Cover Database, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS) version 1.2., and 2011 Navteq NAVSTREETS.

Large metropolitan regions with the greatest increase in infill construction Source: EPA analysis of 2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2001 National Land Cover Database, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS) version 1.2., and 2011 Navteq NAVSTREETS.

Medium metropolitan regions with the greatest increase in infill construction Source: EPA analysis of 2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2001 National Land Cover Database, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS) version 1.2., and 2011 Navteq NAVSTREETS.

Challenges for Mixed-Income Housing in Infill Settings The high cost of land Land acquisition requires quick + patient capital Greater complexity and unpredictability in the entitlement process The need for infrastructure improvements The high cost of parking The higher construction costs of tall buildings Stewardship of affordable condominiums presents unique challenges