Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability

This report argues that parking costs increase, as a percentage of rent, for lower priced housing. And as low-income households tend to own fewer vehicles, minimum parking requirements are regressive and unfair.

It concludes by listing diverse parking management strategies that can increase affordability, economic efficiency and equity.

This webinar identifies problems created by the parking-requirement status quo and provides an overview of its profound and long standing impacts on cities and suburbs.