#1 Bungalow Courts. Single family homes with shared walls and a communal courtyard. And no car parking requirement.pic.twitter.com/4z9qtcyjC4
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Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now, a thread:
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#2 Bunkhouses/Roominghouses/SROs, which have multiple people sharing a room, or individuals getting small rooms, with shared kitchen and bathroom spaces, for short to medium term living.pic.twitter.com/uB6X2wYG6i
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#3 Triplexes and 4-plexes that fit on single family lots in pre WW-II neighborhoods.pic.twitter.com/Vg5QhTqLpf
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#4 Multiplexes of 5-10 housing units. Often apartment complexes are larger than this where allowed, and said multiplexes aren't allowed in single family residential areas.pic.twitter.com/U2ovkLQQrk
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#5 Live/work units of ground level retail and second and third story housing. The US often doesn't allow inclusionary zoning like this unless development is denser.pic.twitter.com/ybyEuGQbav
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#6 Development without setbacks. Almost all American cities have rules requiring setbacks, to prevent excessive shading of city streets, reducing buildable space and hurting placemaking.pic.twitter.com/eUawoN7Mk0
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#7 Rowhouses. Sure, they exist in some areas, but in most of the the US, the only rowhouses are grandfathered in, and there are no new ones. Modern zoning codes usually don't allow them.pic.twitter.com/eqLicptLUl
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#8 Density in small towns. Small towns often have the same structures as their tallest building as they did 100 years ago. The Ashland Springs Hotel or Pendleton Temple Hotel. Hundreds of other small towns have similar historic structures that would never be approved now.pic.twitter.com/BZpXrdF2E3
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Numbers 1-7 are examples of "missing middle" housing. Multi-unit forms of housing that scale with single family lots, but improve walkability and density. Largely prohibited by apartment bans in most American cities. Said bans were put in place largely for racial reasons.
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While single family zoning was reserved for homeowners (read: White), multi-family housing was seen as being for renters, (people of color). State, federal, and local governments all conspired to limit homebuying and lending to whites for decades.
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