Housing + Cities
Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer
Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.
Anchorage Removes Barriers to Small Multifamily Homes
City leaders take another step toward allowing more new homes, in more sizes and varying price points, in Alaska’s largest city.
Washington Bill Would Legalize Low-cost “Co-living” Homes
Co-living is an affordable, flexible, community-forward type of housing that serves diverse needs for people in all stages of life.
How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
A string of mistakes in one city shows how easily local rules can turn arbitrary and destructive.
Micro-housing: It’s Not about the Size but How You Use It
And the National Healthy Housing Standard agrees.
Recent Reforms Could Make a Real Neighborhood of Downtown Anchorage
A vibrant downtown needs residents. And residents need housing. Convenience stores wouldn’t hurt either.
Learning from the Least Housed
A case for agile, self-build, and bottom-up options to unlock housing choice… by many means necessary.
Four Ways to Improve Portland’s Housing Affordability Mandate
Small changes could fully fund the program and produce many more affordable homes in desirable areas.
From Vermont to Oklahoma, Legislatures Challenge Parking Mandates
Proposals to reduce overbuilt parking lots are popping up across the United States.
Parking Mandates Are Vanishing Across Oregon
Six months into the pioneering state policy, regulatory costs are falling and projects are springing to life.