Eliminating parking requirements for Metro Vancouver developments could increase affordability: report
Building a parking stall in a Metro Vancouver real estate development can cost as much as $230,000, and many spots are sitting empty in buildings across the region, according to a new report.
Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2025
To address the high cost of housing, lawmakers across the country can learn from the experience of states such as Colorado, Tennessee, Connecticut, Arizona, and Montana. Options for reform include reversing regulatory overreach, streamlining procedures, improving legal frameworks, and updating construction standards.
This parking spot at a B.C. ski resort is selling for $110,000
Located in the Whistler Estates, parking stall #106 is just steps away from the base of the Blackcomb Gondola at British Columbia's best-known ski resort.
Two more WA cities to abolish parking minimums to boost housing
Bellingham and Shoreline took major steps toward eliminating parking minimums for new housing construction citywide this week — the latest Washington cities to do so in an effort to boost housing supply.
In Bellingham, City Council members voted 5-1 during a Monday committee meeting to support a proposal from Mayor Kim Lund to eliminate the parts of the city code that require developers to provide a certain number of parking spaces when building new housing.
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Last Chance to Comment on Revised Seattle Housing Plan
# Today is the last day for public comments in the latest round of process around the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell to guide the next 20 years of city growth. Housing advocates are pushing the City to go bigger.
Opinion: Less parking, more homes and a better environment
Assembly Bill 2097, which eliminates city parking mandates within a half-mile of transit has elicited fear in the minds of some decision makers and residents in Palo Alto. Will our retail areas suffer due to lack of parking? Will our neighborhoods be crowded with parked cars?
The Biggest Move in Climate Action: Legalize Infill Housing
Adding to a growing body of research on the intersections between climate and housing policy, a new report prepared for the Colorado Energy Office looks at the impact of various land use policies on residential growth and greenhouse gas emissions…
Seattle Planning Commission Pushes for Bolder Housing Growth Strategy
# In a letter approved this week, the Seattle Planning Commission expressed disappointment that the draft One Seattle Comprehensive Plan doesn't go much beyond state mandates, and pushed for changes to make the housing plan bolder and more forward-thinking.
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Bellingham Votes to End to Parking Mandates in Housing Push
# On Monday, Bellingham joined the growing list of cities that have opted to eliminate parking mandates citywide. Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund and an allied city council have more housing reforms on deck.
Mandating parking with new development comes with negative consequences including a reduction in housing, higher home costs and an increase in congestion, a planner told members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday.
Binghamton City Council approves zoning reform to increase housing
The Binghamton City Council voted unanimously to approve the zoning reform legislation Wednesday. In recent years, cities across the country have implemented zoning reform to ease restrictions on housing development.
New Housing Spurred by City of Yes Offers 'Unforeseen Boon' for Transit: Report - City Limits
Increased housing supply created under the zoning reforms could bring an estimated 70,000 to 97,000 new transit riders to the city's subway, bus and commuter rail lines—bringing an additional $224,188,000 to $309,224,000 per year to the MTA's coffers, a new report found.