Change in zoning density in the US

Land use planners across the United States felt that zoning rules for single-family homes had not changed that much up until 2019. Indeed, jurisdictions responsible for land use in the 50 largest US metropolitan areas said that the number of houses that can be built in a given area had stayed "roughly the same" as it was 10 to 15 years before. Zoning rules can be important for homebuilders as this determines the level of supply for the residential housing market. In the United States, land use is determined on a local level - with counties being able to make their own rules for residential, commercial and industrial development.

Opinion on whether zone density for single-family housing in the United States had changed in the 10 to 15 years prior to 2019

Characteristic	Increased	Stayed roughly the same	Decreased	No answer	Not applicable
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Release date

November 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

1,703 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Respondents from jurisdictions on land use planning, from the 50 largest US metropolitan areas

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey, it only mentions "How respondents think single-family zone density has changed in past 10–15 years". Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

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