How Parking Minimums Lead to Maximum Rents
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It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Housing
No, Parking Reform Won't Make Housing Too Costly
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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.
How Parking Minimums Made Housing Unaffordable
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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.
Berkeley’s Move Towards Eliminating Single-Family Zoning
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The legacy of exclusionary zoning is that it deprived certain communities the luxury of stability and wealth accumulation, which has left them more vulnerable to displacement as their neighborhoods become more attractive and accessible to wealthier outsiders.
The Racist Roots of Bay Area's Single-Family Zoning
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Modern, single-family zoning policies perpetuate the effects of an overtly racist past
Why Does San Francisco Want to Save a Gas Station?
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In the middle of a housing and climate crisis, some supervisors are still showing backwards priorities