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Ending single family zoning in Minneapolis resulted in something to the tune of 100 permitted duplex projects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-hap

Ending single family zoning in Minneapolis resulted in something to the tune of 100 permitted duplex projects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-happened-when-minneapolis-ended-single-family-zoning/2022/08/20/d17937d6-2088-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-happened-when-m... > Minneapolis had 425,336 residents as of mid-2021, the Census Bureau estimates, and 199,143 housing units as of April 2020. By my count the end of single-family zoning has so far allowed for the permitting of at most 97 new units (the above table shows numbers of buildings, not units), some of which haven’t been built yet. If things continue at this pace, ending single-family zoning will have increased the city’s housing supply by just 1% by 2040.

georgeecollins 4y ago
That's depressing. I can imagine the same thing happening in California because people will think of every other reason they can to stop you.
sidewndr46 4y ago
I'm not trying to be sarcastic or snarky here: is this a serious suggestion that one hundred duplexes (net gain of about 100 housing units I would imagine) is a significant change? Or is there a unit error here?
- kitten_mittens_ 4y ago
  The number (100 units) is very low. 1% of housing stock is still meaningful in the context of places like Boston where we don't build much at all relative to the metro size.
gamegoblin 4y ago
Minneapolis did not change the zoning sufficiently -- the new duplexes and triplexes nearly have to fit into the same footprint as the equivalent single family home. So you can have one big SFH or two half-sized duplexes, etc. For a single family home, the footprint can't take up more than 50% of the lot. For a duplex, the footprint can't take up more than 60% of the lot. Duplex and triplex projects could be made much more compelling by loosening these restrictions. https://minneapolis2040.com/media/1816/built-form-districts-handouts_interior-3_040721.pdf https://minneapolis2040.com/media/1816/built-form-districts-...

georgeecollins 4y ago

That's depressing. I can imagine the same thing happening in California because people will think of every other reason they can to stop you.

sidewndr46 4y ago

I'm not trying to be sarcastic or snarky here: is this a serious suggestion that one hundred duplexes (net gain of about 100 housing units I would imagine) is a significant change? Or is there a unit error here?

kitten_mittens_ 4y ago
The number (100 units) is very low. 1% of housing stock is still meaningful in the context of places like Boston where we don't build much at all relative to the metro size.

gamegoblin 4y ago

Minneapolis did not change the zoning sufficiently -- the new duplexes and triplexes nearly have to fit into the same footprint as the equivalent single family home. So you can have one big SFH or two half-sized duplexes, etc. For a single family home, the footprint can't take up more than 50% of the lot. For a duplex, the footprint can't take up more than 60% of the lot. Duplex and triplex projects could be made much more compelling by loosening these restrictions. https://minneapolis2040.com/media/1816/built-form-districts-handouts_interior-3_040721.pdf https://minneapolis2040.com/media/1816/built-form-districts-...