ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the practical application of growth management policies on the local level. Local planning boards and regional planning agencies simply don't have the kind of control over the housing market to make decisions so finely tuned that supply and demand effects can be disentangled in a way that avoids creating significant supply disruptions in the market. One of the effects was using land-use policy as a way to bestow benefits on targeted groups of individuals, including wealthy homeowners who could now use zoning to exclude politically "undesirable uses" such as affordable housing and commercial uses. Inclusionary zoning is one example, but growth management strategies that direct certain types of development to specific places to create town centers, entertainment districts, transit-oriented developments, or even large lot housing subdivisions have measurable and palpable impacts on housing supply, housing quality, and housing affordability.
