The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle

In many US and Canadain cities you really only have two choices for living: an apartment/condo, or a single family home. The housing options in-between these two extremes - called "Missing Middle Housing" - has been legislated almost out of existence in the US and Canada.

Now many cities are starting to doubt these regulations and are (slowly) undoing the car-centric mistakes of the past. This video explores the missing middle, what it was, what it still is in Europe, and what it could be in the future in North America.

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Sources and Image Credits

Missing Middle Housing
Wikipedia


Give Yourself the Green Light (1954) (Public Domain)
Henry Jamison Handy


According to Plan: The Story of Modern Sidewalls for the Homes of America
Henry Jamison Handy


Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot
The New York Times


A Visual Guide to Detached House Zones in 5 Canadian Cities
DataLabTO


Albee Fourplex 1 - IrvingtonHD - Portland Oregon
By Ian Poellet - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0


Fourplex in University Heights, Brookland
BeyondDC


Where the Missing Middle Isn't Missing
Daniel Herriges


Why Minneapolis Just Made Zoning History


How Minneapolis Ended Single-Family Zoning


99 per cent of Vancouver single-family neighbourhoods now zoned for duplexes


Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning


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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:05 Skylines of US vs Europe
0:31 Living in a Concrete Box in the Sky
1:11 The Missing Middle Problem
2:16 The Missing Middle in the US & Canada
2:59 Why Developers Build Condos
3:47 It Didn't Used to be This Way
5:03 Middle-Sized Housing in Europe
5:57 Eliminating Single-Family Zoning
6:30 Where the Missing Middle is Legal Again
6:56 Zoning Changes are Not Enough
7:24 Conclusion
7:47 Patreon Shout-Out
7:58 Outro

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