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Exclusionary by Design: An Investigation of Zoning’s Use as a Tool of Exclusion

Overhead view of cul-de-sac

Based on extensive review of local planning documents, state reports, and press coverage over the past 100 years, this report finds widespread use of zoning as a tool of social exclusion

Overhead view of cul-de-sac

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