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Spokane's Interim Housing Ordinance Allowed City to Do 'Some Great Things'
by: Jon DePaolisThe Building Opportunity and Choices for All interim ordinance adopted by Spokane in 2022 allowed for up to four housing units to be built on any residential lot. -
Infill Development Supports Community Connectivity
by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPThis blog post provides an overview of infill development as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
Inclusionary Zoning: The Most Promising—Or Counter-Productive—Of All Housing Policies
Sightline Institute blog post, November 29, 2016by: Dan Bertolet, Alan DurningThis blog post argues for inclusionary housing policies “done right” that balance affordability mandates with incentives to offset increased costs to developments. -
The Pretext Problem: The Pitfalls of Planning While Bargaining
Planetizen, June 9, 2021by: Michael ManvilleThis blog post explains how an over-reliance on discretionary land-use decisions can undermine the primary rationale for zoning. -
The Forgotten Green Housing Option: Accessory Dwelling Units
Sightline, June 2018by: Margaret MoralesThis blog post highlights the environmental benefits of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Why Vancouver Trounces the Rest of Cascadia in Building ADUs
Sightline, February 2016by: Dan BertoletThis blog post explores how Vancouver, British Columbia's permissive accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations have translated into a high rate of ADU production. -
ADU Parking Quotas Are Climate Killers
Sightline, February 2019by: Margaret MoralesThis blog post discusses the most common justifications for removing parking requirements for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Seattle Says Yes to the Best Rules in America for Backyard Cottages
Sightline, July 2019by: Dan Bertolet, Margaret MoralesThis blog post summarizes zoning reforms for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Seattle. -
LA ADU Story: How a State Law Sent Granny Flats Off the Charts
Sightline, April 2019by: Dan Bertolet, Nisma GabobeThis blog post discusses how a legislative change in California has translated into increased accessory dwelling unit (ADU) production. -
Tacoma Adopts Exemplary Reform for In-Law Apartments
Sightline, March 2019by: Dan Bertolet, Nisma GabobeThis blog post profiles accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulatory reforms in Tacoma, Washington. -
Impact Fees Are ADU Busters
Sightline, February 2019by: Dan BertoletThis blog post discusses how waiving impact fees can boost accessory dwelling unit (ADU) production. -
In-Law—and Out-Law—Apartments
Sightline, March 2013by: Alan DurningThis blog post summarizes common barriers to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and holds up Vancouver, British Columbia, as an example of effective ADU regulatory reform. -
Nothing ADU-ing
Sightline, March 2013by: Alan DurningThis blog post examines the prevalence of ADU permitting across Cascadia in the early 2010s. -
ADUs and Don'ts
Sightline, March 2013by: Alan DurningThis blog post presents the results of analysis of ADU regulations across Cascadia in the early 2010s. -
“Workforce Housing” is an Insulting Term
Shelterforce, October 6, 2014by: Miriam Axel-LuteThis blog post explains that the concept of “workforce housing” excludes the low-wage workforce. -
Could Your Backyard Help Ease the Affordable Housing Crisis?
Sightline, October 2018by: Margaret MoralesThis blog posts discusses how some communities are using accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to increase the supply of income-qualified affordable housing. -
How Backyard Cottages Could Help Close the Affordable Housing Gap
Sightline, August 2018by: Margaret MoralesThis blog post discusses the potential role accessory dwelling units (ADUs) could play in addressing a shortage of affordable housing in Cascadia. -
The Effects of NIMBY and How to Overcome Them
Shelterforce, June 11, 2014by: Corianne Payton ScallyThis blog post is the fourth in a series that shares the results of a survey sent to affordable housing developers in New York. -
New York State’s Affordable Housing Developers: What They Do, How They Do It
Shelterforce, January 30, 2014by: Corianne Payton ScallyThis blog post is the first in a series that shares the results of a survey sent to affordable housing developers in New York. -
NIMBY: Where, When, And to Which Developers It Happens
Shelterforce, April 1, 2014by: Corianne Payton ScallyThis blog post is the second in a series that shares the results of a survey sent to affordable housing developers in New York. -
The Environmental Case for Affordable Housing
NRDC, July 14, 2016by: Ramya SivasubramanianThis blog post explains the environmental benefits of building affordable rental housing near transit at a large scale. -
Who, Why, and How Communities Oppose Affordable Housing
Shelterforce, April 23, 2014by: Corianne Payton ScallyThis blog post is the third in a series that shares the results of a survey sent to affordable housing developers in New York. -
Will Upzoning Neighborhoods Make Homes More Affordable?
Curbed, January 30, 2020by: Diana BuddsThis blog post asks whether single-family zoning is the force behind the housing affordability crisis. -
To Address Tight Housing Inventory, We Need Better Measures of Housing Supply
The Avenue, February 1, 2018by: Jenny Schuetz, Cecile MurrayThis blog post discusses the need for a standard metric to assess the supply and demand of housing and explores some of the opportunities and challenges of developing one.
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