Housing and Community Development Projects
Housing is a fundamental part of all communities – and a critical part of community development. Yet the types of housing needed, and the best way to deliver housing to residents, differs due to household characteristics, economic pressures, and community resources. We conduct customized research to identify our clients’ most pressing needs for housing, community development, and community services. These studies result in data-driven strategic plans that do more than simply “make a dent” or comply with federal requirements.
Our research helps communities make a difference.
The Housing and Community Development practice area includes market analyses, needs assessments, Consolidated Plans, Comprehensive Plans, neighborhood plans, affordability studies, and strategic plans.
McKinney, Texas Consolidated Plan, AI, and Housing Market Analysis
Root Policy prepared the city’s Consolidated Plan, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice [...]
San Marcos Housing Market Analysis
Root completed a housing needs assessment for the City of San Marcos, which has [...]
Denver Neighborhood Planning Initiatives
The Root team has supported several of Denver’s Neighborhood Planning Initiatives, including the East [...]
Aurora Mobile Home Task Force
In 2018, the City of Aurora, Colorado created a Mobile Home Task Force to [...]
Chaffee County Land Use and Zoning Facilitation
Root Policy worked with the Chaffee County Planning Collaborative to facilitate a Developer’s Forum: [...]
Southwest Colorado Council of Governments Housing Strategy
Root Policy worked with the Southwest Colorado Council of Governments and Housing Solutions of [...]
New Hampshire Consolidated Plan Support and Scoring Evaluation
For the State of New Hampshire, Root surveyed stakeholders, assisted with virtual stakeholder discussions, [...]
Larimer County Affordable Housing Needs Assessment
Root Policy completed the first Affordable Housing Needs Assessment for Larimer County in response [...]
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority Program Guidance
Root Policy was contracted by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority (SHRA) to provide [...]
Colorado Housing Finance Authority Cost Containment Study
Our team completed a study for the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) that [...]
Nationwide HUD Consolidated Planning
In our view, Consolidated Plans are an opportunity to leverage federal requirements to accomplish needed [...]
Austin and Travis County Neighborhood-level Equity Model
We built a housing needs and equity model for the City of Austin and [...]
Boulder County, CO Strategic Planning Facilitation
Root founder Heidi Aggeler was retained by Boulder County, the housing authorities within the county, [...]
City of Boulder, CO Housing Choice Survey
City of Boulder staff wanted to understand the housing choices made by the city’s 60,000+ [...]
Mono County, CA Housing Choice and Policy Survey
The Root team conducted a needs assessment for Mono County that was based on a [...]
Westminster, CO Housing Plan Facilitation
We first prepared a housing needs assessment and later were hired to facilitate the development [...]
Franklin, TN Housing Needs Assessment
Heidi Aggeler and Mollie Fitzpatrick completed the city’s first comprehensive housing market study. Franklin is [...]
Boulder, CO Middle Income Housing Study
This report examined the affordability of attached products—duplexes, townhomes, and condos—over time. In addition to [...]
Cincinnati, OH Housing Plan
We completed a comprehensive analysis of the housing market for Cincinnati as part of the [...]
Lawrence, KS Housing Market Analysis
The project team worked with the City of Lawrence on a comprehensive housing market study [...]
Denver, CO Housing Plan and Consolidated Plans
The project team provided research and analytical support to the Mayor’s original Housing Task Force [...]
Tempe, AZ Housing Inventory and Affordability Analysis
We conducted a housing inventory and affordability analysis for the city. The primary purpose of [...]
Las Cruces, NM Housing Strategy, Con Plans, and Fair Housing Studies
Our team assisted the City of Las Cruces’ Ad Hoc Committee on Affordable Housing develop [...]
Santa Fe, NM Housing Needs Study and Consolidated Plans
The study team has completed multiple housing market studies and needs assessments for the [...]
Idaho Fair Housing and Housing Needs Assessment
We assisted the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) and the Idaho Department of Commerce [...]
Indiana Consolidated Plan and Fair Housing Studies
Since the late 1990s, we have helped prepare the State of Indiana’s Consolidated Plans, Annual [...]
Adams County, CO Balanced Housing Plan
We conducted a comprehensive housing study for the county, commissioned by the Long Range Planning [...]
Salt Lake City Housing Market Analysis
For Salt Lake City Corporation, we conducted a housing market study that focused on affordable [...]
Denver Resident Preference Policy
We advised the City and County of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on [...]
Denver Expanding Housing Affordability
This joint housing and planning project began with development of a complex economic feasibility [...]
Yuma Consolidated Plan, AI, and Housing Market Analysis
Root Policy conducted research that pinpointed housing needs across income ranges, and tenure, in [...]
Florida Con Plan and Fair Housing Study
The Root team worked closely with the State of Florida to draft their 5-year [...]
Tacoma Housing Strategy
The Root Policy team is assisted with a transformative Housing Action Plan for the [...]
Fort Collins Housing Strategy
Root lead the development of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado’s Housing Strategic Plan, [...]
Colorado Division of Housing (CDOH), Strategic Housing Working Group and Governor’s Office Special Eviction Prevention Task Force
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Root was the lead facilitator for a Strategic Housing Working [...]
Grand Valley Housing Needs Assessment and City of Grand Junction Housing Strategies Report
Root Policy completed a two-phase project to identify and quantify housing needs across the [...]
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