The Latest from CommunityScale
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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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Southborough, MA Housing Production Plan 2025-2030
A five-year Housing Production Plan for Southborough, Massachusetts, adopted unanimously in July 2025 and approved by EOHLC, setting a 255-home target and the path to 40B safe harbor.
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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…
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City of Lynn honored with MHP’s Housing Hero Award
The Massachusetts Housing Partnership named the City of Lynn a 2026 Housing Hero, citing the comprehensive zoning rewrite CommunityScale led to unlock housing production.
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A framework for proactive planning
A theory of change explains what you believe needs to happen for meaningful change to occur, and how your work helps make that change possible. We find this framework a helpful way to structure…
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Geospatial housing strategies in Will County
Will County is losing out on young professionals compared to neighboring counties, which have attracted Chicago commuters and new business growth along with them. These young people are more likely to want diverse housing…
