Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Housing

More States — and the Feds — Are Getting into Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport

By Kea Wilson | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that many cities' best chance at progressive zoning reform will come from the top down, rather than the grass roots.

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Should We Convert Offices to Housing?

By Roger Rudick | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.

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New Mass. Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near Transit Stops

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

The Baker administration is gearing up to implement a new law that could force suburbs in the MBTA service area to reform zoning laws and legalize the construction of tens or even hundreds of thousands of new homes near MBTA stations across eastern Massachusetts.

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How Parking Minimums Lead to Maximum Rents

By Richard Day | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide.

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No, Parking Reform Won't Make Housing Too Costly

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents of A.B. 1401 concede that parking requirements are bad policy, but worry that removing them will undermine affordable housing production. Evidence suggests that's not the case.

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How Parking Minimums Made Housing Unaffordable

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 16, 2021 | No Comments

When I entered the affordable housing world, one thing I didn’t count on was how many projects across Denver don’t even pass the visioning stage. There are a variety of reasons for this, mainly revolving around finances, but the one I was not counting on was…parking.

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