Publications 

Partial listing in reverse chronological order

Law, planning fair housing

 Murfreesboro, TN AI 2010

Murfreesboro, TN (2010) — Researched and produced Murfreesboro, Tennessee Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, a 92–page study of housing, land use, transportation, employment, demographic economic, real estate practices, mortgage lending, and other factors that influence fair choice housing in this major Tennessee city that is home to Middle Tennessee State University.

 Naperville Housing Needs & Market Analysis 2009

Naperville, Illinois (2008–2009) — Researched and produced 79–page Naperville Housing Needs and Market Analysis 2009. In addition to unearthing demographic and housing market data, research included a random sample survey of residents (65.7% response rate) and one of employees (45% response rate) to identify housing preferences, location of work and home, income, current housing, future housing intentions, commuting issues, and more

 Naperville AI 2007Naperville, Illinois (2007) — Researched and produced Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in the City of Naperville, Illinois, 2007, a 79–page study of housing, land use, transportation, employment, demographic economic, real estate practices, mortgage lending, and other factors that influence fair choice housing in this major Illinois city. Received 2009 Best Practices Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association.
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A Real LULU: Zoning for Group Homes and Halfway Houses Under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,” in The John Marshall Law Review, Winter 1996, pp. 369–407.

“Group Think,” in Planning magazine, October 1995, pp. 11–13.

Recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly on Zoning for Community Residences, Jan., 1991, 44 pp. Prepared for the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, this report identifies proper zoning techniques and reviews the results of a state project to bring the zoning ordinances of 110 home rule municipalities into compliance with the 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act. Received 1991 Award for a Planning Program of Unusually High Merit Performed Under Serious Budgetary, Manpower, or Political Constraints from the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Community Residence Location Planning Act News, June 1990, 4 pp. and Aug. 1990, 14 pp. The June issue answers questions about the Illinois Community Residence Location Planning Act. The August issue contains model zoning provisions for each of the legal zoning approaches suggested in the compliance guidebook described above. The August issues also includes zoning recommendations for halfway house and hospices and a sample application form for administrative occupancy permits. Detailed commentary explains the why and wherefores of each zoning provision.

“Avoid Zoning Pitfalls for Community Residences,” in The Suburban Housing Newsletter, Summer 1993, pages 1–3.

Community Residence Location Planning Act Compliance Guidebook, May 1990, 47 pp. Explains how group homes operate, whom they house, the 1988 amendments to national Fair Housing Act, and court decisions under the 1988 amendments. Suggests four zoning approaches that comply, to varying degrees of certainty, with the Fair Housing Act. Identifies zoning approaches that certainly violate the act. Appendix includes executive summary and bibliography from Lauber's 1986 study on the impacts of group homes on the surrounding neighborhood.

“Nation's Hottest Zoning Issue: Fair Housing Act Allows Zoning for Group Homes,” in Housing & Human Services Quarterly, American Planning Association, Fall/Winter 1990–91, pp. 1–3.

“Fair Housing Act Allows Zoning for Group Homes,” in Planning & Zoning News, March 1990, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 18–19. This article offers a preliminary evaluation of how the 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act affect zoning for group homes.

“Mainstreaming Group Homes” in Planning, Dec. 1985, pp. 14–18.

Toward a Sound Zoning Treatment of Group Homes for the Developmentally Disabled, May 1985, 103 pp.

Guide to Chicago Zoning, Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (Illinois Department of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities), April 1981, variable pagination.

Comprehensive Plan 1979, Village of Oak Park, Illinois. Award–winning comprehensve plan hailed in a Planning Advisory Service Memo as a model plan for other communities to emulate. 71 pages. Received 1983 Award of Merit from the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association.

“Zoning Hearing Examiners Rescue Cities, Counties from Administrative Tangles, Rising Court Appeals,” in Innovations, Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs, Jan. 1977, pp. 10–11.

“Socially–Informed Planning and Decision Making: Some Preliminary Ideas,” in Intergovernmental Planning, Approaches to the “No Growth” vs. “Growth is Good” Dilemma. Proceedings of the Annual Summer Institute on Zoning and Planning, 1976, Bureau of Urban and Regional Planning Research, University of Illinois, 1976, pp. 29–51.

The Hearing Examiner in Zoning Administration, PAS Report No. 312, ASPO, 1975, 26 pp.

Zoning for Family & Group Care Facilities, PAS Report No. 300, ASPO, March 1974, 30 pp. Frequently reprinted and entered as evidence in court cases. Established first model zoning guidelines for community living arrangements.

Recent Cases in Exclusionary Zoning, PAS Report No. 292, ASPO, June 1973, 33 pp. Reprinted as chapters on exclusionary zoning in Management & Control of Growth: Issues–Techniques–Problems–Trends (Urban Land Institute, 1975, Vol. I), and in Land Use Controls: Present Problems and Future Reforms (Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1974).

Planning and affordable housing

Racially Diverse Communities: A National Necessity,” a chapter in African Americans in Urban America: Contemporary Experiences, Wendy Kellogg, ed., Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996, pages 180–200.

Government Job Finder, 3rd edition, Planning/Communications, 1997, 325 pages.

Book review of “Breaking New Ground: Developing Innovative AIDS Care Residences,” in Journal of the American Planning Association, Winter 1994, pp. 124–125.

“The More Things Change,” commentary in Journal of the American Planning Association, Autumn 1993, page 486.

Racially Diverse Communities: A National Necessity,” a chapter in Challenging Uneven Development: An Urban Agenda for the 1990s, Phillip Nyden and Wim Wiewel, eds., Rutgers University Press, 1991, pp. 49–84.

The Compleat Guide to Finding Jobs in Government, Planning/Communications, 1989, 183 pages.

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Impacts on the Surrounding Neighborhood of Group Homes for Persons With Developmental Disabilities, Governors’ Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Sept. 1986, 36 pp. Two printings.

“Condominium Conversions: A Reform in Need of Reform,” Chapter 16 of Land Reform, American Style, Frank J. Popper and Charles Geisler, eds., Rowman and Allanheld, 1984, pp. 273–301.

“Viewpoint,” (revive low–equity cooperative housing programs) in Planning, April 1984, p. 18.

Achieving the Promise of Housing Receiverships, Lawyers Committee for Better Housing, August 1983, 27 pp.

The Compleat Guide to Jobs in Planning and Public Administration, Planning/Communications, May 1982; second edition, 1984, 44 pp.

Impacts of Group Homes on the Surrounding Neighborhood: An Evaluation of Research, IDMH/DD, August 1981, 22 pp.

Towards a Rational Housing Policy: The Role of Condominium Conversions,” in Condominium and Cooperative Conversion: The Federal Response, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981, pp. 284–316.

“Condo conversion laws: the next generation,” in Planning, Feb. 1981, pp. 19–23.

“Condominium conversions — the number prompts controls to protect the poor and elderly,” in Journal of Housing, April 1980, pp. 201–209.

Condominium Conversion Regulations: Protecting Tenants, PAS Report No. 343, APA, September 1979, 22 pp. (co–author)

The Compleat Guide to Jobs in Planning, Planning/Communications, March 1976, second printing 1977, 16 pp.

“Social Planning, Vancouver,” in Planning, March/April 1975, pp. 19–21.

The Housing Act & Discrimination,” in Planning, Feb. 1975, pp. 24–25.

Job Descriptions for Planning Agencies, PAS Report No. 302, ASPO, May 1974, 22 pp.

Some Tips on the New Housing Act,” in Planning, Nov. 1974, pp. 21–23.

“Oak Park: Integration Takes More Than a Racial Quota,” in Planning, April/May 1974, pp. 14–17.