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The Duplex: Gateway Drug to Urban Density

February 24, 2021 By Jeff Fong

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After over a century, Berkeley, California may be about to legalize missing middle housing - and it’s not alone. Bids to re-legalize gradual densification in the form of duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and the like have begun to pick up steam over the last several years. In 2019, Oregon legalized … [Read more...]

Filed Under: california, Culture, housing, Policy, Uncategorized, zoning Tagged With: duplex, missing middle, triplex

Get the tuck out of here

September 10, 2020 By Salim Furth

Tuck-under duplexes in Palisades Park, NJ (Google Streetview)In two previous posts, I’ve raised questions about the competitiveness of missing middle housing. This post is more petty: I want to challenge the design rigidities that Daniel Parolek promotes in Missing Middle Housing. Although … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture and Design, Book Review, housing, Los Angeles Tagged With: books, Economics, housing, missing middle

In praise of fee simple ownership

September 9, 2020 By Salim Furth

In yesterday's post, I showed that missing middle housing, as celebrated in Daniel Parolek’s new book, may be stuck in the middle, too balanced to compete with single family housing on the one hand and multifamily on the other.But what about all the disadvantages that middle housing faces? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture and Design, Book Review, housing Tagged With: books, Economics, housing, missing middle

Stuck in the (Missing) Middle

September 8, 2020 By Salim Furth

Everybody loves missing middle housing! What’s not to like? It consists of neighborly, often attractive homes that fit in equally well in Rumford, Maine, and Queens, New York. Missing middle housing types have character and personality. They’re often affordable and vintage.Daniel Parolek’s new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture and Design, Book Review, Development, housing Tagged With: books, Economics, housing, missing middle

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