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46 Vt. L. Rev. 422 (2021-2022)
Pandemics and Housing Insecurity: A Blueprint for Land Use Law Reform

handle is hein.journals/vlr46 and id is 444 raw text is: PANDEMICS AND HOUSING INSECURITY: A BLUEPRINT FOR LAND USE LAW REFORM John R. Nolon* INTRODUCTION: FOUR PANDEMICS AND HOUSING INSECURITY....... 423 I. HOUSING INSECURITY AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH . 426 II. TRADITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING........................................ 430 A. Mandatory Affordable Housing.............................................. 431 B. Incentives for Affordable Housing.......................................... 433 C. Off-Site and Buy-Out Options ................................................ 434 III. OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES.............................. 435 A. Flexible Large-Scale Multifamily Housing ............................ 435 B. Floating Zones........................................................................ 435 C. Overlay Zones ........................................................................ 436 D . Infill D evelop m ent .................................................................. 436 E. Adaptive Reuse ....................................................................... 438 IV. REFORMING SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING ....................................... 442 A. Missing Middle ....................................................................... 442 B. Accessory Dwelling Units....................................................... 445 V. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING................................................................. 450 A. New York City's Supportive Housing Program...................... 452 VI. DISTRESSED PROPERTY REMEDIATION ...................................... 454 A. Enforce Existing Housing or Property Maintenance Codes.. 454 B. Regulate Vacant and Substandard Properties ....................... 455 C. Abating Public Nuisances in Buildings .................................. 456 D. Taking Title to Distressed Buildings......................................457 E. Disposing of Title to Acquired Properties.............................. 457 VII. ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ............................................................... 458 CONCLUSION.................................................................................... 460 * Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Counsel to the Land Use Law Center, which he founded in 1993; J.D. 1966, University of Michigan Law School; B.A. 1963, University of Nebraska. Professor Nolon is indebted to his Research Assistant, Bailey Andree, who not only contributed research and text to this article, but coordinated and edited the work of over 25 students who have been involved in the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project since it was initiated in the fall of 2020. The work of each member of the student research team is gratefully acknowledged.

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