#missingmiddle — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.sightline.org/2026/01/11/video-fixing-north-americas-big-elevator-problem/ “elevators here cost three to four times more” #BuildingCode #housing #shortage #inflation #displacement #ElevatorReform #accessibility #MissingMiddle

https://www.centerforbuilding.org/publication/beyond-zoninghidden-code-barriers-to-middle-scale-housing “communities are also finding that simply allowing a fourplex on paper does not guarantee that one will be built” #zoning #MissingMiddle #housing #shortage #BuildingCode

"Our code today treats a four-plex the same as a 200-unit apartment building. That doesn’t make sense. It drives up construction costs and discourages the kinds of housing we say we want in Dallas" #Dallas #BuildingCode #housing #MissingMiddle #shortage https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-adopts-residential-code-change-for-missing-middle-housing-22206984/

KELLY: What do you see as the biggest national security threat facing our country today?

SLOTKIN: I really believe that the existential threat to the country is not coming from abroad. It's the shrinking middle-class at home and what that does to our stability here.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/nx-s1-5528972/shrinking-middle-class-threatens-u-s-stability-says-michigan-democrat-elissa-slotkin

#Inequality #MissingMiddle #MDPPC

I have submitted a revised building code proposal to permit more affordable missing middle housing in Virginia up to four stories where permitted. Thanks to the many people across the continent who offered constructive feedback on how to build on the national draft to improve safety and clarity without sacrificing quality and affordability. #Virginia #BuildingCode #SingleStair #housing #design #MissingMiddle

https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7433986&GUID=B8491A2F-6B1C-4507-A310-2058064BA422 Congratulations to #Nashville for unanimously permitting safer and more affordable missing middle homes. #BuildingCode #SingleStair #MissingMiddle #Housing

https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7433986&GUID=B8491A2F-6B1C-4507-A310-2058064BA422&FullText=1 I am told by Councilor Rollin Horton that sunny #Nashville TN has begun the process to permit safer and more affordable #MissingMiddle homes up to six stories #housing #BuildingCode #SingleStair

I was unable to attend the first subcommittee meeting to discuss permitting smaller, more affordable, and safer #MissingMiddle residential buildings in Virginia due to vacation plans but I am told it went well and the fire safety experts had some constructive feedback on how to do it. I think we will get this right for the 2027 statewide building code. #Virginia #housing #BuildingCode #SingleStair

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-municipality-european-elevators-1.7561726 “In [these] low- and mid-rise buildings, it isn't a choice between oversized, overbuilt American elevators versus smaller, cost-effective ones," Phelps Bondaroff said. "It's a choice between European elevators or no elevator at all." #accessibility #housing #MissingMiddle #BuildingCode #elevator #ElevatorReform

The City of Vancouver seeks citizen feedback on #MissingMiddle housing options for #singlefamily #zoning areas. This is a small but critical step toward ending the #ApartmentBan that is crippling #Vancouver. Please make time to attend one of these sessions. Dates and locations in image below.

Hi! Here's my #Introduction. Can be found #walking (happily flaneuring), or transporting myself on my #EVbike, or taking #transit & the #train or petting #cats. Working on #nonpartisan #CampaignFinance Reform, #RCV, and #MissingMiddle housing with #LWV. In my spare time, I like to watch #WALeg on #TVW. For real.