Infill Housing Strategies & Tools

Land Use Opportunity Tracking System (LOTS) - This interactive mapping system supports infill development in the L.A. region by making pertinent spatial and socioeconomic data available in one place

Infill Opportunity Zones - A guide to California's Infill Opportunity Zones law from the Transportation and Land Use Coalition.

Smart Growth Housing Initiatives brochure [PDF, 629K] - Produced by the City of Los Angeles through the SCAG Inter-Regional Partnerships grant.

California Infill Parcel Locator - A tool that identifies specific parcels with infill potential anywhere in California.

Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing reports - Links to a variety of affordable housing design and development publications.

Raising the Roof: California Housing Development Projections and Constraints 1997-2020 - The Department of Housing and Community Development publishes periodic updates of the California Statewide Housing Plan (CSHP), to facilitate efforts addressing this State housing goal.

Locked Out 2008: California's Affordable Housing Crisis Continues - Report from the California Budget Project describing the statewide affordable housing crisis as of 2002.

Affordable Housing Design Advisor - A tool, resource, idea bank and step-by step guide to design in affordable housing.

Current Preferences and Future Demand for Denser Residential Environments - Research by Dowell Myers and Elizabeth Gearin of USC.