How Parking Ratios Kill Homes

A string of mistakes in one city shows how easily local rules can turn arbitrary and destructive.

Top StoryCatie GouldJanuary 12, 2024zoning, Incremental Housing, end parking mandates and subsidies, affordable housing, washington Be the First to Comment

With Flexibility Over Parking, Oregon Homebuilders Get to Work

Tens of thousands of homes are now more buildable, including several projects now resurrected that local parking mandates had previously killed.

News, Top StoryCatie GouldFebruary 15, 2023Incremental Housing, parking minimums, housing, developers, end parking mandates and subsidies 1 Comment

Affordable Housing in Oregon Is About To Catch a Big Break From Parking Mandates

Finally, homes for people will no longer be conditional on car parking.

Top StoryCatie GouldJuly 13, 2022parking minimums, affordable housing, housing, housing cost, housing crisis, housing policy, housing affordability, zoning, end parking mandates and subsidies, oregon Be the First to Comment

One in Three Garages Has No Car in It

You can build it, but they won’t park there.

Top StoryCatie GouldMay 11, 2022car culture, cars, parking minimums, end parking mandates and subsidies 31 Comments

We Could Fit Lots of Homes in the Middle of Old Strip Malls

Redeveloping just 10 percent of strip malls could fill a nine-year supply of housing in the Boston region, a new study finds. What could similar efforts elsewhere do?

Top StoryCatie GouldMarch 23, 2022housing, housing crisis, sprawl retrofit, suburban retrofit, strip malls, zoning, massachusetts 5 Comments

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