Our planning products
Scaling community innovation
CommunityScale is a pioneering urban planning and spatial data analysis company serving customers across the United States. We are committed to driving innovation in urban development and real estate by providing swift, accurate, and data-driven insights. Leveraging big data and state-of-the-art analytics, we help municipal and local governments, housing developers, and advocates understand and respond to complex housing needs more effectively and efficiently with a transparent and intuitive process.
Ideas
We research at the scale of community
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What is 40B Safe Harbor?
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The Affordable Homes Act and planning in Massachusetts communities
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How life stage has factored into renting or owning since 2010
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Reflections on the State of the Nation’s Housing report
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Climate tech and zoning: you want to do what!? where!?
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Income vs house price: How to calculate housing affordability
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Growth is a choice: How housing demand and policy interact to shape the future
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Thoughts on how Everett became a housing boomtown in the Boston area
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How to measure market demand with targeted housing market analysis
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Which places have the best cost burden performance?
Our work
We collaborate with communities across the country
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Melrose Zoning Recodification
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MACOG Regional Housing Study
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City & County of Honolulu Housing Plan
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Fall River Housing Market Analysis
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CommunityScale begins Housing Needs Assessment for the City of Alexandria, VA
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Dedham MBTA Communities Zoning
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Rhode Island Housing Needs Assessments
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Housing needs assessments for three Kentucky Buffalo Trace counties
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Lynn Rezoning
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Housing Needs Assessment for Harrison County, Kentucky