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“Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.” #MissingMiddle #UrbanTruth

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Brent Toderian 3d ago

LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY

#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
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Brent Toderian 3d ago

What if these posters started appearing around your neighborhood? #MissingMiddle #UrbanTruth

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Urban Truth Collective 3d ago

LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY #UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle

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Lyle Solla-Yates Mar 18

8. We had a line about support for single stair building code reform which was not acted on in the legislature, but two related submissions are being considered in the 2027 Virginia building code update. I expect four stories to pass and five and six have a chance. #SingleStair #MissingMiddle #housing

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Mark Connolly moved to @[email protected]Mar 7

@dtkmelissa If you can add hashtags to your posts here, they’ll reach more people. I’d like to see that 😀❤️

#CanPoli #ONpoli #Housing #MissingMiddle

Lyle Solla-Yates Jan 13

https://www.sightline.org/2026/01/11/video-fixing-north-americas-big-elevator-problem/ “elevators here cost three to four times more” #BuildingCode #housing #shortage #inflation #displacement #ElevatorReform #accessibility #MissingMiddle

Video: Fixing North America’s Big Elevator Problem | Sightline Institute

Our bans on smaller elevators block accessible homes, and our insistence on unique standards drives up prices.

Sightline Institute

Aaron In Minnesota Dec 8

The single staircase restriction or the double hung hallway requirement is one of those interesting "one little thing" rules. The type of thing where one little tweak to some well established but simplistic and outdated rules can have ripple effects.

#missingMiddle housing in the US is a multifaceted problem of course, but at least some progress is being made to address it.

https://www.planning.org/planning/2025/nov/how-a-single-stairway-can-take-affordable-housing-to-a-new-level/

How a Single Stairway Can Take Affordable Housing to a Whole New Level

Cities are rethinking their codes to step up housing options and reduce construction costs.

American Planning Association

Lyle Solla-Yates Nov 5, 2025

https://www.centerforbuilding.org/publication/beyond-zoninghidden-code-barriers-to-middle-scale-housing “communities are also finding that simply allowing a fourplex on paper does not guarantee that one will be built” #zoning #MissingMiddle #housing #shortage #BuildingCode

Lyle Solla-Yates Nov 5, 2025

"Our code today treats a four-plex the same as a 200-unit apartment building. That doesn’t make sense. It drives up construction costs and discourages the kinds of housing we say we want in Dallas" #Dallas #BuildingCode #housing #MissingMiddle #shortage https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-adopts-residential-code-change-for-missing-middle-housing-22206984/

Dallas City Council Adopts Residential Code Change to Promote ‘Missing Middle’ Housing

The code change has been described as a "transformative step" in promoting housing density and diversity.

Dallas Observer