Missing middle
While missing middle housing is often touted as an answer to rising housing prices, a Virginia court struck down a statute in Arlington, Virginia in late September.
A group of property owners sued Arlington County (effectively a satellite...
The citywide legislation tailors missing middle options to different neighborhoods, and a sliding scale floor-area ratio (FAR) supports more attainable building types.
River City Rising shows how Spokane draws on its streetcar neighborhood origins to address its current housing problems.
The Ember in Edmond, Oklahoma, is designed so that all neighbors will feel part of the whole via a central gathering space.
Although Houston is famous for having no zoning, its land-use codes are nearly as complicated. Imminent revision of parking, dwelling, and lot size rules could trigger a wave of sorely needed missing middle housing.
Missing Middle Housing types are key to affordability, but parking (and zoning that requires off-street parking) impacts the cost. This analysis by Dan Parolek of Opticos Design, author of Missing Middle Housing, shows that fourplexes—one missing...
For much of the last six or seven decades, we’ve seen limited housing options in suburbia—generally single-family housing for sale, or apartment complexes with units for rent. In Gainesville, Florida, a South Carolina developer is offering a...
Reforming zoning to allow missing middle housing would create more paths to homeownership and mitigate a national housing shortage.
A cottage court called the Railroad Cottages shows how abandoned rail lines converted to trails have potential for incremental development.
Cape Cod is desperately in need of housing diversity. Combining ‘visual preference’ with ‘missing middle’ housing types could point the way.
Seattle, which adopted one of the nation’s most progressive accessory dwelling unit (ADU) ordinances for cities, has taken this idea a step further by streamlining plans and designs that work.
The unsung alley has the potential to create an intimate American urbanism, it just needs a little attention from urban designers.