Evaluate development scenarios across neighborhoods and cities.
Policy decisions shape housing for decades. UnlockLand lets planning departments model upzoning and code changes, estimate how much housing each scenario actually unlocks, and ground every decision in transparent, parcel-level evidence.
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Illustrative interface — parcel-level capacity, transparent enough to defend in a public hearing.
Big housing decisions, made on thin evidence.
A proposed code change can take months of consultant time to study, so most policy options are debated without knowing what they’d actually produce.
Capacity estimates often live in static spreadsheets that few can audit, making it hard to defend numbers in public hearings.
Theoretical zoning capacity rarely reflects real parcels, setbacks, and constraints — so projections overstate what the ground can hold.
From policy language to measurable housing capacity.
Test upzoning, ADU reforms, height and FAR changes, or overlay districts and see how each scenario changes buildable capacity across your jurisdiction.
Project potential units parcel by parcel using actual zoning, setbacks, and lot geometry — not flat per-acre assumptions.
Roll results up from a single block to a neighborhood, district, or the whole city to see where housing can realistically grow.
Produce clear, parcel-level evidence that staff, electeds, and the public can review — so housing decisions hold up to scrutiny.
Run a capacity study in three steps.
Set the policy or zoning changes you want to study, from a single overlay to a citywide reform.
UnlockLand evaluates every affected parcel under the new rules and estimates the housing each scenario unlocks.
Compare scenarios side by side and export transparent results for staff reports, hearings, and public engagement.
Three policy paths, side by side.
Enterprise for jurisdictions of any size.
Enterprise brings citywide datasets, custom zoning logic, multi-user access for your department, and exportable capacity studies — so analysis stands up to public review and council scrutiny.
Plan for housing with the evidence in front of you.
See how UnlockLand can model your jurisdiction's housing capacity and policy scenarios — at the parcel, neighborhood, and city scale.