Punk band
Punk band
Punk band
Punk band and drunken clown
Ordinarily I disapprove of urban parking lots, but in the case of renegade punk shows, I'll make an exception. The cops showed up halfway through the show, just before the generator died. Midtown Sacramento, CA #tacticalurbanism #punkshows #Sacramento #drunkenclown #missingmiddlehousing #parkinglot
There is #missingmiddlehousing, and then there is SMALL missing middle housing.
The graphic helps understand the most # affordable forms of shelter.
art by the great @alfred.twu
✨ The future of our neighborhoods is mixed.
Take a look at this detailed conceptual visualization of a new 'urban infill concept' on a suburban lot.
#UrbanInfill #MissingMiddleHousing #SuburbanDensity #FutureOfHousing #UrbanPlanning #MixedUse #SmallBusiness
Mixed-use building that fits in with “neighbourhood character” and allow local business to thrive at a smaller scale.
Evolving our suburbs requires more than just adding housing; it requires integrating the amenities that people need in their daily lives.
#MissingMiddleHousing #UrbanDesign #MixedUseSuburbs #CompleteStreets
Debates over #MissingMiddleHousing in WA go beyond zoning — even rules around elevators and building codes shape what gets built and who can live there. 🏘️
#HousingPolicy #Zoning #UrbanPlanning #AffordableHousing
Multifamily Housing. Pics from 6 projects, 22 to 330 units in Northern California. Drone and ground. I love this stuff.
#multifamilyhousing #multifamily #multifamilymindset, #architecturalphotography
#sustainabledesign #infillhousing #missingmiddlehousing #middlehousing #modular #modularbuilding
A lovely modern take on the #MissingMiddleHousing graphic.
This is what an equitable city looks like.
via @DevaniAlkarim at mddl.com
#MissingMiddleHousing is a repeatable technology that can follow "learning curves" to ubiquity given the right policy landscape -- e.g., see ADU uptake in California
www.volts.wtf/p/learning-c...
Listen to this thoughtful discussion of the NSW Pattern Book for #missingmiddlehousing, between NSW Govt Architect Abbie Galvin & @emfarrelly.bsky.social.
This is a worthwhile, design-led initiative for more, denser, better housing.
Available Aust-wide & even internationally!
eastsidefm.org/series/
#MissingMiddleHousing may be tied up in Virginia courts, but it's already reducing for-sale housing prices.
Project Montcalm Update - Framing is coming along quickly, reaching second floor of the main and garden suite!
#missingmiddlehousing
A year after repealing SFH-only exclusionary zoning, Edmonton has seen #MissingMiddleHousing (2-8 unit) permits increase 150%.
But because those new units are spread across the city, it isn't "bulldozing" anywhere; at this pace, it'll be decades before a typical block sees even one redevelopment.
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We'll cover:
What lenders look for
-Creative financing strategies
-How to build capital relationships
-Tools to help small devs move forward
#EastBaySDI #FinanceRoundtable #MissingMiddleHousing #BuildItGreen
Here are some great free webinars on land-use planning and municipal-government policy. I'm looking forward to the Missing Middle Housing webinar next Tuesday, even though it starts a bit early in the day in my time zone. #LocalGov #LandUse #UrbanPlanning #MissingMiddleHousing
Join me on the City Building Express (AKA the Magical Mystery Tour) leading up to the @StrongTowns National Gathering & #CNU33 in Providence RI. We'll see urbanism old & new focusing on #MissingMiddleHousing, #TacticalUrbanism & much more!
Details here: urbanlands.egnyte.com/dl/41NDjnccww
Christopher Village approved by Greensboro City Council, 9-0. Commons, forests, and squares; mixed-use & live/work; pocket neighborhoods; 6 kinds of #MissingMiddleHousing; interconnected, tree-lined streets, midblock alleys, lanes, passages; houses fronting trails; compact form.
Raleigh passed #MissingMiddleHousing reform in 2021.
From JUL 2021 to FEB 2024, the city has:
✅768 missing middle units currently under review
✅2,523 units approved
✅275 units constructed
Read the story: citybuildernc.org/p/raleighs-m...
Is there any limit to what kind of housing to prioritize? Is this suggesting a “any unit is a good unit” approach or focusing on infill, small MF (AKA #MissingMiddleHousing) & true small-scale mixed-use/live-work that builds muscle in our cities?
#UrbanPlanning #AsOfRightZoning #AffordableHousing #YIMBY #MissingMiddleHousing #ZoningMirage
open.substack.com/pub/citystep...
The issue is that 14M senior-headed households have 2+ spare bedrooms, while millions of younger households are overcrowded.
New market-rate #MissingMiddleHousing options will entice more house-rich seniors to downsize, putting more large, used houses on the market for families.
Village of brightly lit and colorful small gingerbread houses
Our gingerbread village is in a walkable neighborhood, with multi-family housing in a variety of sizes and includes commercial spaces for small local businesses. Sadly the burnout carriage house is waiting for a special permit! #ZoningForTheHolidays #MissingMiddleHousing
Yes, new #MissingMiddleHousing there costs more than $400s for flipped older houses; otherwise, new-builds would lose money. But it displaces fewer, houses more, and costs less than the SFH-only alternative.
It's *lower* cost (not low-cost) housing.
brookings.edu/research/fix...
When Raleigh implemented citywide #MissingMiddleHousing zoning, new houses in one of America's fastest gentrifying Census tracts changed: New 🏠 prices fell from $600-700s to $400-500s. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
real estate search results for low-rise condos around Washington DC
What's missing is the sweet spot for costs: #MissingMiddleHousing. Lots less land than SFH, lots less labor/materials than high-rise (or even mid-rise). Brand-new, close-in MMH is already affordable to median income households, without subsidy (2018)
I’m old enough to remember when this guy was advocating against #missingmiddlehousing on #columbiapike in ads from transparency sustainability whatever 🤣
AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF filed in Virginia 17th Circuit Court The relief sought in the Complaint would reinstitute a zoning scheme that impaired the ability of Black people to live in Arlington’s residential neighborhoods. The scheme was- established in the 19305 as an integral part of a segregationist system, and it bears responsibility for the Segregated state of Arlington’s residential fieighborhioods 10day! Plaintiffs claim that Arlington County’s decision to reform its exclusionary zoning scheme was arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable. In light of the history and harms of Arlington’s prior zoning policies, and the benefits of making them less restrictive and more inclusive, the County’s decision is reasonable beyond any fair debate. INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE NAACP Arlington Branch (the “NAACP”) is a multiethnic, multiracial community E ‘whose mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies é and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the _;2 well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color in s Arlington. The NAACP advocates, agitates, and litigates for the civil rights due to Black EEQ America."" s legacy is built on the foundation of grassroots activism by civil rights pioneers =
Map of Census tracts by race on left, showing majority-White areas in blue. Map of housing units permitted by Arlington County Expanded Housing options on right.
94% of #MissingMiddleHousing permits issued by Arlington under EHO were in majority-White tracts.
Anyone trying to make a social-justice argument for status-quo sprawl zoning, which the NAACP calls "an integral part of a segregationist system", is a fool and a charlatan.
@ferranc96
As a developer, I don't actually care about undercutting my neighbors on price -- provided my costs are lower. I'm building $500K houses across from where others built $900K houses, because my city has rezoned to allow #MissingMiddleHousing Developers and landlords are not a single class.
