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Mark Connolly moved to @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
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
@dtkmelissa If you can add hashtags to your posts here, they’ll reach more people. I’d like to see that 😀❤️
Aaron In MinnesotaThe 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 The type of thing where one little tweak to some well established but simplistic and outdated rules can have ripple effects.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.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
"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/
https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/charlottesville-virginia-zoning-lawsuit-settlement/804135/ “The city’s updated zoning eliminates single-family zoning and parking space requirements at new developments, moves intended to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.” #cville #housing #litigation #zoning #shortage #ParkingReform #MissingMiddle
Yonhap Infomax NewsNH Investment & Securities CEO Yoon Byung-woon calls for expanding private debt and growth PE markets to address South Korea's "Missing Middle" funding gap, urging securities firms to play a more active intermediary role in scaling up innovative companies and restructuring traditional industries.
#YonhapInfomax #NHInvestmentSecurities #MissingMiddle #VentureCapital #PrivateDebt #GrowthPE #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=85675
#YonhapInfomax #NHInvestmentSecurities #MissingMiddle #VentureCapital #PrivateDebt #GrowthPE #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=85675
https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-09-18/richmond-zoning-code-refresh-update-housing-development-vonck-robertson “stick to the master plan and put the necessary zoning in place so that the master plan can become a reality, which is what Richmonders asked us to do” #RVA #housing #zoning #shortage #MissingMiddle #displacement
Maryland PPCKELLY: What do you see as the biggest national security threat facing our country today?
SLOTKIN: I really believe that the existential threat to the country is not coming from abroad. It's the shrinking middle-class at home and what that does to our stability here.
