Articles in Housing + Urbanism

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  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.

  Sep 29, 2023
  September 29, 2023

  Jeannette Lee

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  Alaska Research Director
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  Learning from the Least Housed

  A case for agile, self-build, and bottom-up options to unlock housing choice… by many means necessary.

  Sep 14, 2023
  September 14, 2023

  Tim McCormick

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  Contributor
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  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.

  Aug 1, 2023
  August 1, 2023

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

  

  Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead
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  Oregon’s Land Use Law Creates Wildfire-Adapted Communities

  Bend residents have shown us how.

  Jul 25, 2023
  July 25, 2023

  Kate Anderson

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  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  From Vermont to Oklahoma, Legislatures Challenge Parking Mandates

  Proposals to reduce overbuilt parking lots are popping up across the United States.

  Jul 20, 2023
  July 20, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Parking Mandates Are Vanishing Across Oregon

  Six months into the pioneering state policy, regulatory costs are falling and projects are springing to life.

  Jun 30, 2023
  June 30, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Boise Poised for First Step Towards More Abundant, Affordable Housing

  The new zoning code legalizes more types of housing but creates new barriers to abundance.

  Jun 9, 2023
  June 9, 2023

  Daniel Malarkey

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  Fellow
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  Getting Beyond the Detached House in Vancouver, BC

  How a flexible “Plex” design could add lower-cost homes, green space, and walkable, vibrant neighborhoods—fast—across housing-strapped cities.

  Jun 7, 2023
  June 7, 2023

  Daniel Oleksiuk

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  Contributor
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  Oregon’s Untapped Gold Mine: The Homes that Don’t Yet Exist

  To reduce housing shortages, small doses of cash could get many projects built. A bill introduced in Oregon this year suggests a clever place to find it.

  Jun 1, 2023
  June 1, 2023

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

  

  Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead
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  Montana’s Big Bipartisan Housing Deal

  Amid the US’s second-worst price spikes and shortage of homes, a broad coalition unified to find solutions.

  May 9, 2023
  May 9, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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