The president endorses a competitive grant program that would reward localities for loosening their restrictive zoning codes.

Seattle is in a housing crisis, not a land crisis. We have plenty of land in this city. So much land we have the luxury of having more than 165,000 homes dedicated as single structures on a large l…

A year after Scottsdale City Council called for changes to the city’s downtown parking code, one member is calling for a moratorium on new developments until the issue is resolved.

The City of San Jose is updating their parking standards for new development. Here is why this is important for housing and the climate.

A sweeping zoning reform gave rise to mixed-use, transit-oriented projects with far less parking than they would have had before. But…

We have to manage cars and their effects in a smarter way.

Purchased for a breathless $1,700 per square foot; or $1.65 million for a tear down(!) in the third quarter of 2019, plans to raze the uninhabitable 950-square-foot Portola District home that sits on a nearly 10,000-square-foot lot at 666 Hamilton Street have been drawn. And if approved by Planning next week, the parcel...

Developers plan to build a 422-space garage, but Burlington attorney John Franco says that is not enough.

This is the second of the four quadrants of Sacramento central city, bounded by Capitol Ave on the north, Broadway on the south, 16th Street on the west, and Alhambra Blvd on the east. Please see m…

The Environment and Urbanization Ministry has put the final touch on a regulation that will make parking lots mandatory when buildings are being built, with requirements having been shaped according to the size of the apartments in the buildings.

The city’s parking authority joined a statewide zoning reform campaign to boost housing supply by reducing minimum parking requirements. The goal: lower the cost of creating new homes, and increase...

I am working on a project to find some of the land in the central city that could be housing instead of empty land, or surface parking lots. To me, every surface parking lot is a crime against the …

“Affordable Housing for Humans, Not Unaffordable Parking for Cars” Mandates Add Up to $80,000 Per Parking Spot to Cost of Housing, Rent “200 Square Mile […]

Another infill apartment building that is seeking to take advantage of recent changes to the City’s parking code will go before Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on January 7th. Developer Tony Zhukovskyi is proposing a 74-unit development at 200 17th Street North. The building will be located le

Based on costs of providing parking in Seattle, the authors estimate the reduction in parking capacity saved some $537 million.

During the Bend City Council's meeting on Wednesday evening, new City Councilor Melanie Kebler asked, and staff and colleagues agreed to examine the idea of removing minimum parking requirements for new developments proposed in the city.

Many Americans want to live in walkable neighborhoods that are served by rapid public transportation. But these neighborhoods are few and far between and incredibly expensive to live in. That’s because in many cities and towns, building walkable neighborhoods is illegal, putting a premium on the few dense communities that exist.

A report by city staff says a turnaround from parking minimums to maximums will protect the city from an oversupply of parking in a future likely to s...

The United States has a large supply of residential garages that could be converted into affordable apartments. Unfortunately, off-street parking requirements prohibit converting most of these garages for cars into housing for people. Converted garages in single-family neighborhoods are variously called second units, accessory dwelling units, garage apartments, granny flats, and backyard cottages. To convert a garage into an apartment, off-street parking requirements typically force a homeowner to replace the two garage parking spaces with two new parking spaces, plus an additional off-stre...

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Amid scandals, setbacks, and few incentives for developers, the city admits it needs to make changes. Now it's time to see whether they finally happen.