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A Desire for Density

June 19, 2019 By Dan Keshet

A desire path in Tottenham, England.

Political controversies over building new homes, shops, and offices have long revolved around an axis of "neighborhood vs developer." Depending on your perspective, the "neighborhood" side was either the feisty underdogs looking to maintain the character of the neighborhood they love or the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chris Bradford, Dan Keshet, Economics, housing, zoning Tagged With: density, housing, Market, Market Urbanism

Density Is How the Working Poor Outbid the Rich for Urban Land

February 5, 2018 By Nolan Gray

multifamily housing

The great failing of modern land-use regulation is the failure to allow densities to naturally change over time. Let me explain.Imagine you are trying to sell a property you own in a desirable inner suburban neighborhood in your town. The lot is 4,000 square feet and hosts an old 4,000 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, zoning Tagged With: alain bertaud, density, louisville, real estate, Urban Economics, zoning

Does Density Raise Housing Prices?

November 1, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

My last post, on urban geographic constraints and housing prices, led to an interesting discussion thread.  The most common counter argument was that because dense cities are usually more expensive, density must cause high cost.  But if this was true, cities would become cheaper as they became less … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, Michael Lewyn, sprawl Tagged With: density, rent

Urban[ism] Legend: The Free Market Can’t Provide Affordable Housing

March 13, 2015 By Adam Hengels

Over at Greater Greater Washington, Ms. Cheryl Cort attempts to temper expectations of what she calls the “libertarian view (a more right-leaning view in our region)” on affordable housing.  It is certainly reassuring to see the cosmopolitan left and the pro-market right begin to warm to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, Urban[ism] Legends, zoning Tagged With: affordable housing, dc, density, Economics, filtering, Free-market, housing, inclusionary zoning, zoning

Laneway housing in Vancouver and beyond

May 9, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Vancouver holds a special place in most urbanists' heart – a sort of supercharged version of Portland, with its stunning skyline and bold embrace of density and transit. In addition to the glassy forest of skyscrapers, it also passed a law enabling laneway housing under former mayor Sam Sullivan's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: density, EcoDensity, laneway housing, parking, Vancouver

Links: “At least they’re being honest” edition

April 29, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. NY Governor Cuomo promises the "most aggressive" strengthening of the state's (read: NYC's) rent laws.2. Bronx <3 parking: "This community wants a moratorium on any more building until we get a parking lot." "We don't want any bigger buildings and we want parking space for everyone."3. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, density, nyc, parking

The Little-Known History of “Light and Air”

April 26, 2011 By Stephen Smith

"Light and air" is a very common excuse that people give for why we must have basic zoning laws, and while nowadays a lot of people mean it simply in an aesthetic sense – another way of saying "I like to be able to look out a window and not see another skyscraper 50 feet away" (though for some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, planning, Policy, zoning Tagged With: density, history, progressivism, skyscrapers, zoning

Links

April 24, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. NYT A-1 headline! Number of new single-family homes sold in February was at its lowest point since data was first collected in 1963, but multi-unit sales are up.2. Lydia DePillis with an example of some abhorrent NIMBYism from DC.3. Anti-laneway housing propaganda from Vancouver. It looks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, density, setbacks, transit, Vancouver, zoning

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