Low-Rise Battle: Filling the Missing Middle
I’ve written before about the importance of figuring out how to build more density into and around single-family and low-rise neighborhoods. For example, we talked about courtyard housing as a way to create more density and affordability. There’s a great term for this need: the missing middle. And there is a great website called the Missing […]
NIMBYs: “We Live in Fear” of Rowhouses
I’m not going to post much commentary on yesterday’s Planning Land Use and Sustainablity (PLUS) Committee meeting. I encourage you to watch for yourself about two hours of some of the most over the top reactionary NIMBY testimony to proposed low-rise legislation. I open the proceedings with a warning to Council (at 30:00) that they […]
Low-Rise Legislation: Still Taking Away Supply, Choice, and Opportunity
This afternoon the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee of the Seattle City Council will consider legislation to make changes to Seattle’s low-rise zones. This is legislation that we have been fighting against for well over a year with some benefit. The legislation that is being proposed is nowhere near as bad as what […]
