Change may be on the horizon for Nashville’s Historic Zoning Commission. Consultants hired by the city's planning and codes departments recommended that the commission — currently its own ...

One relevant issue, however, is within my expertise: zoning and housing policy. Easing zoning restrictions on housing construction could help the city rebuild faster and find new homes for those ...

Although it's possible to build a lot of houses on paper, "in practice, it's extremely difficult because the zoning capacity that we have is on land that's already developed," Manville explains.