Publication · Jul 1, 2026 Forthcoming Draft — pending review
State Preemption and Local Rebuilding: A Best-Practices Framework
Responsible and Resilient Planning Network
A forthcoming RRPN framework examining how state land-use preemption interacts with local rebuilding authority after disasters — and what a best-practices balance looks like.
Forthcoming. This publication is in progress.
When disaster-struck communities rebuild, they do so inside a web of state law that was rarely written with recovery in mind. This framework will examine where state preemption of local land-use authority helps rebuilding communities — and where it hurts them — and propose best practices for legislators, local governments, and residents navigating that balance.
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