What If You Could Build A Duplex On Every Single Family Home Lot?


What If You Could Build A Duplex On Every Single Family Home Lot?
By Scott Rogers • August 14, 2019
What if, on any single family home lot, you could build a duplex -- or even a townhouse! Would that help more affordable housing to be built? Would that upset existing single family home owners? Oregon is giving it a try! :-) From NPR... Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning Some excerpts of interest follow... The state's House and Senate have now both passed a measure that requires cities with more than 10,000 people to allow duplexes in areas zoned for single-family homes. In the Portland metro area it goes a step further, requiring cities and counties to allow the building of housing such as quadplexes and "cottage clusters" of homes around a common yard. This type of housing is often called "missing middle" housing — that is, everything between single-family homes and mid- or high-rise apartment buildings. Buildings such three-flats or courtyard apartments used to be common, but many communities made them illegal, often as part of a strategy for racial and class segregation. Rep. Julie Fahey, a Democrat from Eugene, worked with Kotek on the bill. Many people "might not be able to afford to buy a detached single-family home," she told Oregon Public Broadcasting. "The prices of those starter homes are rising further and further out of reach. So to have duplexes, to have town homes, those sort of things ... is really important." Read the entire article for further commentary and perspectives... Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning Receive Updates by Email Recent Articles: There Are Plenty Of Types Of Houses That Exist That Just Are Not Available To Purchase Home Sales By Price Range In The City Of Harrisonburg Are You Compromising On Aspects Of Your Next Home That You Can Or Cannot Change Later? How Much Slower Are The Winter Months In Our Local Housing Market? Rockingham County and New Home Sales Drive Surge in Area Housing Market Find The Balance Between Optimistic And Realistic Home Pricing Room Size Is Difficult To Understand Solely From Real Estate Photos How Much Would You Value Not Having To Prepare Your Home For Showings? One Out Of Four Homes Is Taking Longer Than A Month To Sell Consider The Cost Of Your Planned Renovations When Planning Your Offer
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