Nashville Housing & Infrastructure Study

Urban Analytics + Scenario Planning
Written by Dacie Doucette

Nashville Housing & Infrastructure Study

Nashville, TN · 2025

 

Client: City of Nashville
Location: Nashville, TN
Year: 2025
CP Role: Lead
Practice Area: Housing Policy · Urban Analytics + Scenario Planning
Team: Alex Steinberger, Rachel Cotton, Lanier Hagerty

 

The Challenge

Nashville has grown fast, and Metro leaders wanted to know whether zoning was holding back the housing the city needs, and which changes would allow more where infrastructure can support it.

Our Approach

We built financial models for eight housing prototypes, from two-story walk-ups to mid-rise apartments with affordability bonuses, and tested how zoning and incentives shaped feasibility across neighborhoods. We also built DevDNA, a feasibility tool calibrated to local land costs, rents, and prices, so Metro staff can keep testing policy themselves.

Outcome

Metro Council heard the recommended code changes in November 2025, and staff kept DevDNA to test future policy.

 

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