The Latest from CommunityScale
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CommunityScale’s Housing + Transportation Index
Introducing CommunityScale’s Housing + Transportation Index that we built to use current public data and odometer records from multiple states to deeply investigate the relationship between land use, neighborhoods, and how much residents drive.
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Introducing CommunityScale’s Regional Explorer
A growing portion of CommunityScale’s clients are interested in both the local and the regional perspective as they right-size housing policies, programs, and partnerships within a regional ecosystem. CommunityScale’s regional explorer, regions.communityscale.io, is a…
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Martha’s Vineyard Town-Owned Land Analysis
CommunityScale is working with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission and MassHousing on an analysis of town-owned parcels across the island to identify opportunities for housing development. We’re classifying all town-owned parcels by the development opportunity…
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Short-term rental restrictions have a limited impact on local home values
Municipal restrictions on short-term rentals are commonly expected to lower local home prices. Reading the rules in 8,165 municipal codes and comparing 304 adopting municipalities to matched non-adopters, we find no such effect, in…
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Indy East Economic Mobility District Housing Study
A housing study and interactive parcel map for Intend Indiana covering the Eastside Economic Mobility District of Indianapolis, focused on affordability, senior homeowners, and displacement risk.
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Communities are turning housing studies into housing programs
Muskogee has launched a Housing Incentive Program offering builders free or reduced-cost lots and infrastructure funding, aimed at the three neighborhoods our 2025 Comprehensive Housing Study prioritized. A look at what happens after a…
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Kenton County, KY Income-Aligned Housing Action Plan
An implementation plan for Kenton County, Kentucky that turns comprehensive plan goals into five measurable housing benchmarks, then maps where zoning is blocking the income-aligned homes the market could otherwise deliver.
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Allegany County, NY Housing Market Assessment
CommunityScale helped Allegany County identify housing needs, market opportunities and weaknesses, and a balanced plan for action.
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Sandusky, OH Housing Market Assessment
A housing market assessment for Sandusky, Ohio that measures which homes the market is missing, what households can actually pay, and which development types pencil out on three City-identified sites.
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Why housing need estimates for the same place don’t always agree
There is no one right way to estimate housing needs and every methodology is based on a set of choices that influence the final result. State and regional allocations carry an additional challenge the…
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Winchester Site Plan Review and Special Permit Zoning Updates
Winchester’s Site Plan Review and Special Permit provisions were pulling routine residential projects into discretionary review, straining Town staff, the boards, and applicants. CommunityScale, with BBHS Law, audited Sections 9.4 and 9.5 and drafted…
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Closer look at HPOP homeownership measure
We take a close look at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’s new homeowners-to-population ratio counts (HPOP) measure including updating our methodology page and mapping HPOP for all PUMA neighborhoods in the country.
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: Build Now
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now law. We break down what changed from the bills we analyzed in March, from a new cap on institutional investors buying single-family homes to single-stair…
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CommunityScale in the news: Community members invited to discuss plan for new housing in Maynard
Maynard will hold the first of two public forums on July 29 to shape the five-year update of its Housing Production Plan. Registration is open.
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Dorset, VT Housing Market Analysis
CommunityScale helped the Town of Dorset narrow down housing development options and set a financing strategy for a town-owned site that represents a rare opportunity to add attainable housing in an otherwise expensive and…
