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Zoning in the Twin Cities

Data and methodology for others interested in replicating the Star Tribune's analysis of zoning data in the Twin Cities

Suggested reading

“It’s time to end single-family zoning,” Michael Manville, Paavo Monkkonen, Michael Lens

“The zoning strait-jacket: The freezing of American neighborhoods of single-family homes,” Robert Ellickson.

“Zoning and the cost of housing: evidence from Silicon Valley, Greater New Haven and Greater Austin,” Robert Ellickson

“Exclusionary zoning: Origins, open suburbs and contemporary debates,” Andrew Whittemore

Various papers and articles by Salim Furth

“Decoding zoning,” the Othering & Belonging Institute

“Racial segregation in the Bay Area,” the Othering & Belonging Institute

“Land use politics, housing costs and segregation in California cities,” Jonathan Rothwell

“Density zoning and class segregation in U.S. Cities,” Jonathan Rothwell

“The Color of Law” (book), Richard Rothstein

“Zoning by a thousand cuts,” Sara Bronin