Review of existing ordinances, studies, and articles indicates that costs associated with making homes more accessible are minimal, yet jurisdictions in other parts of the United States have tended to limit the application of "visitability" ordinances to housing that is funded by a government entity.

Flagstaff 2020, a public/private partnership project with community input, produced this statement of a vision of Flagstaff in 2020, and action plans for achieving that vision.