The NDPs approach to require BC municipalities to legalize more #MissingMiddle / #GentleDensity housing types was FAR from perfect. But scrapping PERMISSION to do more infill housing is the OPPOSITE of “cutting red tape.” It’s bad for housing choice, affordability, business etc. It’s NIMBY ideology.
Premier-elect Lorne Doerkson's Conservative government is set to roll back the BC NDP's housing legislation to give municipal governments more control.
This includes the Housing Supply Act and multiplexes on single-family lots. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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This includes the Housing Supply Act and multiplexes on single-family lots. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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Conservative government to roll back BC NDP's housing rules, give cities more control | Daily Hive | Urbanized
Lorne Doerkson's B.C. Conservative government is set to hand decisions about neighbourhood density back to municipal governments.
dailyhive.com
November 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The NDPs approach to require BC municipalities to legalize more #MissingMiddle / #GentleDensity housing types was FAR from perfect. But scrapping PERMISSION to do more infill housing is the OPPOSITE of “cutting red tape.” It’s bad for housing choice, affordability, business etc. It’s NIMBY ideology.
"could reduce construction costs and help address a statewide housing gap estimated at at least 200,000 units" #housing #virginia #missingmiddle #buildingcode #singlestair #elevatorreform […]
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October 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"could reduce construction costs and help address a statewide housing gap estimated at at least 200,000 units" #housing #virginia #missingmiddle #buildingcode #singlestair #elevatorreform […]
A deteriorating 1960s triplex in Raleigh is now permanent housing for young people aging out of foster care, and it got there without a single rezoning hearing.
Full story from Rachel Eberhard: loom.ly/XwQmm8Y
#raleigh #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #missingmiddle
Full story from Rachel Eberhard: loom.ly/XwQmm8Y
#raleigh #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #missingmiddle
October 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM
A deteriorating 1960s triplex in Raleigh is now permanent housing for young people aging out of foster care, and it got there without a single rezoning hearing.
Full story from Rachel Eberhard: loom.ly/XwQmm8Y
#raleigh #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #missingmiddle
Full story from Rachel Eberhard: loom.ly/XwQmm8Y
#raleigh #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #missingmiddle
"Why ‘house-scale’ is key to neighborhood building diversity."
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
#MissingMiddle #AffordableHousing
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A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
#MissingMiddle #AffordableHousing
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Why ‘house-scale’ is key to neighborhood building diversity
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
www.cnu.org
October 21, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Why ‘house-scale’ is key to neighborhood building diversity."
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
#MissingMiddle #AffordableHousing
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
#MissingMiddle #AffordableHousing
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
Missing middle housing is denser than single family-homes. That density prevents overcrowding, sprawl, and displacement.
Magnificent art by @alfred.twu for @cayimby
#missingmiddle #urbanplanning #yimby
Magnificent art by @alfred.twu for @cayimby
#missingmiddle #urbanplanning #yimby
October 1, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Missing middle housing is denser than single family-homes. That density prevents overcrowding, sprawl, and displacement.
Magnificent art by @alfred.twu for @cayimby
#missingmiddle #urbanplanning #yimby
Magnificent art by @alfred.twu for @cayimby
#missingmiddle #urbanplanning #yimby
Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering what no one else dares: the Charlottesville Planning Commission. #cville #missingmiddle #housing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charlottesville-community-engagement/id1528233734
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September 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering what no one else dares: the Charlottesville Planning Commission. #cville #missingmiddle #housing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charlottesville-community-engagement/id1528233734
A client spent half a million $ to pursue a site plan approval for a #MissingMiddle infill apt building; 30 months of delay, city fees, expropriations and otherwise killed the project. It stays a parking lot. @shawnmenard.bsky.social 1/ substack.com/@toondreesse...
September 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A client spent half a million $ to pursue a site plan approval for a #MissingMiddle infill apt building; 30 months of delay, city fees, expropriations and otherwise killed the project. It stays a parking lot. @shawnmenard.bsky.social 1/ substack.com/@toondreesse...
One key thing could be better integration of how to build better affordable #MissingMiddle with a stronger case studies and history of single point access blocks and elevator standards that could fundamentally change how we think about housing attainability in Canada
September 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
One key thing could be better integration of how to build better affordable #MissingMiddle with a stronger case studies and history of single point access blocks and elevator standards that could fundamentally change how we think about housing attainability in Canada
How do Denver residents feel about allowing duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in more neighborhoods? Listen to this new CityCast Denver podcast episode with our own Max Nardo to find out!
#Denver #MissingMiddle #UnlockingHousingChoices
#Denver #MissingMiddle #UnlockingHousingChoices
More than 60% of Denverites Want Denser Housing. Why Is It Still a Big Fight?
City Cast Denver · Episode
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September 2, 2026 at 12:59 AM
How do Denver residents feel about allowing duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in more neighborhoods? Listen to this new CityCast Denver podcast episode with our own Max Nardo to find out!
#Denver #MissingMiddle #UnlockingHousingChoices
#Denver #MissingMiddle #UnlockingHousingChoices
What connects them is the need for authoritative data, reliable information, and trusted answers.
#planning #housing #gis #urbanplanning #development #cityplanning #realestate #missingmiddle
#planning #housing #gis #urbanplanning #development #cityplanning #realestate #missingmiddle
August 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
What connects them is the need for authoritative data, reliable information, and trusted answers.
#planning #housing #gis #urbanplanning #development #cityplanning #realestate #missingmiddle
#planning #housing #gis #urbanplanning #development #cityplanning #realestate #missingmiddle
This #MissingMiddle Housing graphic by @opticos has proven transformative to citybuilding.
What other graphics have had a large influence on you?
#housing #affordability #cities
What other graphics have had a large influence on you?
#housing #affordability #cities
August 27, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This #MissingMiddle Housing graphic by @opticos has proven transformative to citybuilding.
What other graphics have had a large influence on you?
#housing #affordability #cities
What other graphics have had a large influence on you?
#housing #affordability #cities
A new poll found that 63% of Denver voters support allowing duplexes, triplexes & fourplexes in all residential neighborhoods, while 28% oppose it. Denverites want more affordable housing options and this poll shows they’re ready to legalize them.
Read more: buff.ly/D2xe9Sv
#Denver #MissingMiddle
Read more: buff.ly/D2xe9Sv
#Denver #MissingMiddle
August 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A new poll found that 63% of Denver voters support allowing duplexes, triplexes & fourplexes in all residential neighborhoods, while 28% oppose it. Denverites want more affordable housing options and this poll shows they’re ready to legalize them.
Read more: buff.ly/D2xe9Sv
#Denver #MissingMiddle
Read more: buff.ly/D2xe9Sv
#Denver #MissingMiddle
DU's Center for Housing Research and Innovative Solutions ran a new model to test how re-legalizing middle housing could affect the housing market.
"This policy had the potential to increase the supply of multifamily market-rate housing in Denver by 46%."
#MissingMiddle #Denver #Housing
"This policy had the potential to increase the supply of multifamily market-rate housing in Denver by 46%."
#MissingMiddle #Denver #Housing
Can more duplexes and townhomes help save Colorado's housing shortage?
These models of ownership can help the 'missing middle,' or people sandwiched between affordable-housing and the market rate.
www.westword.com
August 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
DU's Center for Housing Research and Innovative Solutions ran a new model to test how re-legalizing middle housing could affect the housing market.
"This policy had the potential to increase the supply of multifamily market-rate housing in Denver by 46%."
#MissingMiddle #Denver #Housing
"This policy had the potential to increase the supply of multifamily market-rate housing in Denver by 46%."
#MissingMiddle #Denver #Housing
“Stronger support for growth and infrastructure including support for AI growth zones and datacentres” 🙄
Also not clear if there’s support for densification near transport hubs? #MissingMiddle
Also not clear if there’s support for densification near transport hubs? #MissingMiddle
Loosening of planning rules in England to allow more new homes near stations
Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sites
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM
“Stronger support for growth and infrastructure including support for AI growth zones and datacentres” 🙄
Also not clear if there’s support for densification near transport hubs? #MissingMiddle
Also not clear if there’s support for densification near transport hubs? #MissingMiddle
Great thoughts to keep in mind when Illinois gets back to work on allowing #MissingMiddle housing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Thousands of duplex, triplex, fourplex, & cottage homes have been built in Oregon since its 2019 statewide upzone - but they’re unevenly distributed.
Let's dive into two things:
1. What we can learn from the places it's working
2. Why @govtinakotek.bsky.social's follow-up bill would help
Let's dive into two things:
1. What we can learn from the places it's working
2. Why @govtinakotek.bsky.social's follow-up bill would help
June 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Great thoughts to keep in mind when Illinois gets back to work on allowing #MissingMiddle housing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Cool townhouses, dupelexes, and tenplexes #MissingMiddle in @OceanPark Santa Monica.
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Cool townhouses, dupelexes, and tenplexes #MissingMiddle in @OceanPark Santa Monica.
@Sightline But wait, the world needs more than 255 #MissingMiddle photos! It needs some next to cacti and some next to magnolia trees and by the way some human beings would be nice too.
This is a job for you: email em to editor@sightline.org.
This is a job for you: email em to editor@sightline.org.
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 PM
@Sightline But wait, the world needs more than 255 #MissingMiddle photos! It needs some next to cacti and some next to magnolia trees and by the way some human beings would be nice too.
This is a job for you: email em to editor@sightline.org.
This is a job for you: email em to editor@sightline.org.
@Sightline As a blogger on a budget, I've spent LOTS of time turning the Internet upside down & rattling it for photos of #MissingMiddle homes. So I know it's hard to find shots you don't have to email, beg or pay for!
Today, this gets 255 free-to-use photos easier....
Today, this gets 255 free-to-use photos easier....
November 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
@Sightline As a blogger on a budget, I've spent LOTS of time turning the Internet upside down & rattling it for photos of #MissingMiddle homes. So I know it's hard to find shots you don't have to email, beg or pay for!
Today, this gets 255 free-to-use photos easier....
Today, this gets 255 free-to-use photos easier....
Maybe the single most important part of getting people to re-legalize #MissingMiddle homes is showing pictures of them: duplexes, triplexes, quads, ADUs, cottages, garden apartments.
That’s why I’m so proud to share @Sightline’s new free photo library:...
That’s why I’m so proud to share @Sightline’s new free photo library:...
November 18, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Maybe the single most important part of getting people to re-legalize #MissingMiddle homes is showing pictures of them: duplexes, triplexes, quads, ADUs, cottages, garden apartments.
That’s why I’m so proud to share @Sightline’s new free photo library:...
That’s why I’m so proud to share @Sightline’s new free photo library:...
Interesting take on regulation. This may be part of a solution to #affordable #housing and #missingmiddle. Create flexibility at neighborhood level to add density and diversity and let residents vote with their feet.
Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
economist.com/by-invitatio...
Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
economist.com/by-invitatio...
Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
Argentina’s president and Federico Sturzenegger, his deregulation minister, call for a radical rethink on government meddling
economist.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Interesting take on regulation. This may be part of a solution to #affordable #housing and #missingmiddle. Create flexibility at neighborhood level to add density and diversity and let residents vote with their feet.
Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
economist.com/by-invitatio...
Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
economist.com/by-invitatio...
Do those new Avenues also permit lot consolidation? Without that, most sites will be too small to justify the economics of midrise development. #topoli #urbanism #architecture #toronto #missingmiddle
December 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do those new Avenues also permit lot consolidation? Without that, most sites will be too small to justify the economics of midrise development. #topoli #urbanism #architecture #toronto #missingmiddle
This building with - 8 or 12 or? Units - replaced a story and a half on a corner lot, two blocks from fairly frequent bus route #7 in Halifax. My only complaint: the lot was empty for years before it was built, and now the (completed?) building is still unoccupied. #MissingMiddle
February 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This building with - 8 or 12 or? Units - replaced a story and a half on a corner lot, two blocks from fairly frequent bus route #7 in Halifax. My only complaint: the lot was empty for years before it was built, and now the (completed?) building is still unoccupied. #MissingMiddle
Development proposals for the 54 Missing Middle lots in Chatham, South Chicago and Morgan Park are being accepted until May 16, 2025. Register to attend a pre-submission webinar on either April 9 or 11 at Chicago.gov/MissingMiddle to learn more.
April 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Development proposals for the 54 Missing Middle lots in Chatham, South Chicago and Morgan Park are being accepted until May 16, 2025. Register to attend a pre-submission webinar on either April 9 or 11 at Chicago.gov/MissingMiddle to learn more.
As part of the Missing Middle Housing Initiative, residents are invited to meet the five development teams selected to build nearly 100 housing units on 36 City-owned lots from 5-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 at UCAN Center, 3605 W. Fillmore St. ➡️ Chicago.gov/MissingMiddle
January 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As part of the Missing Middle Housing Initiative, residents are invited to meet the five development teams selected to build nearly 100 housing units on 36 City-owned lots from 5-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 at UCAN Center, 3605 W. Fillmore St. ➡️ Chicago.gov/MissingMiddle