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New California Duplex Law Permits Development in Residential Neighborhoods

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New California Duplex Law Permits Development in Residential Neighborhoods. The law will require communities to allow the construction of duplexes, and in some cases four units, in most single-family residential neighborhoods in an effort to combat a state-wide housing shortage. Thu, 12/02/2021 - 10:26. Housing Policy + Finance.

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Can Single-Family Zoning Be Meaningfully Reversed?

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Can Single-Family Zoning Be Meaningfully Reversed? Although there have been efforts to get rid of single-family districts, they lack the teeth to address the plethora of obstacles to residential development on a scale that would affect housing prices. In Oregon, zoning reform allows municipalities to require large lot sizes.

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Aging in Place: My Aunt Nancy’s New ADU

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The family had implicit trust in the contractor due to their previous relationship, a situation that turned out to have a downside as Toni came to regret a loose approach to planning the addition, especially regarding the permitting process. They only found out about this stipulation after they applied for the construction permit. .

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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The White House plan to address the affordable housing crisis seeks to: • Leverage existing federal funds to spur action that reduces exclusionary zoning. The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% in small metro suburban areas in Q2 2021, year over year, and 14.3% in small metro urban cores. in Q2 2021. .

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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The White House plan seeks to: • Leverage existing federal funds to spur action that reduces exclusionary zoning. The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% Core counties of metro areas experienced considerable shrinking of multifamily residential construction activity market share from 40.2%

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 million homes that are accessible to low-income renters.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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Laws enacted in 1998 required agricultural operations with $2,500 or more in gross annual income and livestock operations with 8,000 pounds or more of live animal weight to have and comply with a nutrient management plan for nitrogen and phosphorus. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Water Quality and Land Management.

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