DPD Tried to Regulate Small Lots;You Wouldn’t Believe What Happened Next!
Over the last part of the week I kept hearing noises on social media about problems with the Department of Planning and Development’s (DPD) efforts to constrain small-lot development. Here’s the comment that set off the biggest discussions and concerns. According to one homeowner the legislation means that about 8,755 existing homes . . . […]
Good Ideas for Better Housing Choices: Keep Single-Family Infill
I came away from yesterday’s meeting of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee with mixed feelings. On the one hand there was a great presentation by Mike Scott of Dupre and Scott which confirmed a number of things for the Committee, not the least of which is that supply and demand really does apply […]
Small-Lots: Don’t Stop an Innovative Housing Solution
Here are the comments I delivered to the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee this afternoon. The outcome we are looking for from the Council is legislation that supports more small-lot development that is predictable and scaled to housing already in neighborhoods. The 80 Percent Rule does that. Comments to PLUS Committee on April […]
