Housing Policy Case Studies Archive - Local Housing Solutions

Featured image shows townhomes, a type of missing middle housing.

Local policies that support missing middle housing and accessory dwelling units

This brief profiles land use and other policies related to missing middle housing and ADUs in eight localities.

Minneapolis 2040 Plan

Minneapolis was the first large American city to eliminate single-family zoning.

Small housing in Spokane, WA

The city of Spokane, WA made to its building and zoning codes to enable the development of small housing in the city, including cottage housing, pocket residential developments, and tiny homes.

Spurring housing development with form-based codes in Chapel Hill, NC

The city of Chapel Hill, NC implemented a form-based code to regulate land development in one area of the town known as the Blue Hill District.

Housing Policy Case Studies

Local policies that support missing middle housing and accessory dwelling units

Minneapolis 2040 Plan

Small housing in Spokane, WA

Spurring housing development with form-based codes in Chapel Hill, NC

Local Housing Solutions

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