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The Benefits of Missing Middle Housing and How Cities Can Foster Its Growth

8/19/2024

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As housing affordability becomes a pressing issue across many cities, urban planners and policymakers are increasingly focusing on "missing middle housing" as a potential solution. Missing middle housing refers to a range of multi-unit or clustered housing types that fall between traditional single-family homes and large apartment buildings. These housing types include duplexes, fourplexes, cottage courts, townhouses, and small apartment buildings. Although they were common in the early 20th century, zoning changes and suburban sprawl have caused them to virtually disappear in many modern urban landscapes.

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Reintroducing missing middle housing presents significant opportunities for cities grappling with affordability, diversity in housing options, and sustainable growth. In this article, we will explore the benefits of missing middle housing and how cities can promote its development.

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Halloween costume ideas for urban planners

10/13/2023

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Planners plan ahead, especially for Halloween. We've got a list of some costume ideas for us planner folk.

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Gift Ideas for the Urban Planner in Your Life

11/26/2019

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Timepiece calendars from Eco Commuters

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Climbing the Urban Planner Career Ladder

2/25/2018

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Climbing the Urban Planner Career Ladder (pt. 2)

2/24/2018

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choosing an urban planning graduate program

1/4/2018

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So you want to be an urban planner? Or perhaps you want to finally get your Masters degree? Great news, there's plenty of solid urban planning schools out there that will teach you the theory behind best practices in urban planning. That being said, there are a number of factors you should consider before picking your grad school alma mater. These are the things I wish someone told me...

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Ten things that will land you on the urban planning naughty list...

12/13/2017

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Yes, oh yes there is an urban planning naughty list! But have no fear, we have compiled a list of ten things that could land one on said list.

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Big "P" Versus Little "P" Planning: Are we telling the planning story?

11/18/2017

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What's the difference between an Urban Planner and an urban planner? Is it a title? An educational background? A function? Urban planners have historically been everything and in between. An Engineer can be called an urban planner for laying out a development. Can an Urban Planner be called an engineer for anything? How you respond to this question will probably keep you reading (if not, just keep reading).

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Top Five TV Shows For Urban Planners

8/27/2017

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We've compiled a top five list of TV shows that planners should, and in some instances, must watch.

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Why I left /r/urbanplanning and so should you

8/18/2017

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Before I begin, I want to make clear that I think Reddit is a reputable company/website/community in many respects. That being said, in my personal opinion the subreddit for urban planning has proven itself to not be appropriate for discussing the urban planning profession and the things that go along with it.

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