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Middle Housing

Seattle Deserves a Better Comp Plan

The city can make three critical fixes to its 20-year growth plan: Let middle housing be bigger, allow apartment buildings in more places, and legalize car-free homes everywhere.
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Boiseā€™s New Zoning Code Sparks Surge in Permits for ADUs

Rules about who can live in them and where they can park were key barriers to backyard cottages.
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Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.
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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.
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Montanaā€™s Big Bipartisan Housing Deal

Amid the USā€™s second-worst price spikes and shortage of homes, a broad coalition unified to find solutions.
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Washington Lot Split Bills Would Create Starter Homes, Support Community Stability

HB 1245 and SB 5364 advance affordability, financial security, wealth-building, and other benefits for Washingtonians in all kinds of communities.
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Seven Reasons Washington Needs Middle Housing

Because housing solutions are solutions for homelessness, jobs, equity, climate, and conservation.
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Washington Bill Would Legalize Hundreds of Thousands More Homes

Allowing ā€œmiddle housingā€ options would ease the stateā€™s shortage of homes and right historic wrongs.
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Nine Reasons to End Exclusionary Zoning

Residential lockdown against modest, multi-dwelling homes harms all but the wealthy.
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