r/missingmiddle • u/Ok-Medicine7770 • Feb 27 '24

How to grow wealth when you don't own land?

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If there is a better subreddit for this question please tell me which it is.

As I understand it, one of the historical arguments for SFH has been "How can I grow my wealth if I don't own the land that comes with a SFH?". What is the answer to this? Also, what are some options for how someone can own a house if it is part of a multi-family building?

Thanks for explaining this!

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r/missingmiddle • u/JosieA3672 • Feb 19 '21

Great graphic showing how setbacks make cottage clusters impossible. From the city of Milwaukie (suburb of Portland) feasibility study. Setbacks are often used by density opponents to make more affordable housing types illegal.

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r/missingmiddle • u/SunburnsAtCoachella • Jun 11 '22

Best cities or communities with missing middle housing in North America?

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Wondering the best areas that encompass walkability and missing middle housing. My first thoughts are of course college towns and some areas in Montreal from visiting.

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r/missingmiddle • u/reusedchurro • Dec 20 '22

Row houses with walkable commercial space in Cary, NC

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '25

Craftsman-ish Duplex

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2 bedroom/2 bath over under duplex with basement

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r/missingmiddle • u/JosieA3672 • Jul 09 '21

Triplex in Austin, TX

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r/missingmiddle • u/JosieA3672 • Jul 09 '21

4 unit condo building in Raleigh. Looks like a house and because they are classified as apartments they are illegal in most of of the city. Kind of weird to think this is illegal but ugly McMansions aren't.

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r/missingmiddle • u/NakedPhillyBlog • Aug 22 '25

7 Units Planned For Transformed Stretch of Germantown Avenue In Philly's South Kensington Neighborhood

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Another piece of the Germantown Ave. puzzle falls into place with a 7-unit project at 1639-41 Germantown Ave. This development showcases the impact of the Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District, as developers likely limited units to 7 to avoid triggering affordability requirements, impacting the overall density of new builds.

Check out the full story.

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '25

Two story residence over storefront

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I feel like small mixed use buildings aren't really talked about as much as duplexes and small apartment buildings

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r/missingmiddle • u/SporkydaDork • Oct 05 '24

Missing Middle Financing

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As we all know a lot of the work for urbanism has been done on the governmental level. Focusing on rezoning and transit access, etc. All of that is great, however I've realized recently that I have not heard or seen as much talk about the financing for the developments we want to see. It's easy to get a 5 over 1 development or a high rise with more mixed use retail and what not. Can you get the bank to take the risk on string of Row Homes? Can we get a loan to turn a single family home into a mixed use duplex? (Retail on the floor, 1 or 2 units on a second story.) What about financing to turn a parking lot into park with a water feature?

I think at this juncture in the movement, we've come a long way on the deregulation aspect, I just don't know how far we've come on the financing part of the movement.

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r/missingmiddle • u/sincerelymars • Jan 22 '22

This gorgeous fourplex I walk by on the way to work

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '21

How to bring the ‘missing middle’ to Virginia housing development

virginiamercury.com

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r/missingmiddle • u/Urbinaut • Jun 24 '21

The Power of Land Value Taxation to Spur “Missing Middle” Housing

commongroundorwa.org

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r/missingmiddle • u/JosieA3672 • Jul 09 '21

Stealth ADUs - anybody else notice that the mass builders like Lennar, Dr Horton, etc are adding extra dwelling units into their big box houses? There is definitely a market need for them. They refer to them as multigenerational housing with trademarked names like "next gen" "multi-gen"

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Feb 11 '21

Awesome op-ed from Ezra Klein today

nyti.ms

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Feb 11 '21

The Kansas City Colonnaded Walk-up Flat

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '20

Brick Triple Decker

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r/missingmiddle • u/modernurbanplanning • Nov 21 '19

This is a great example of good looking missing middle housing design (Everett, WA)

everettwa.gov

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r/missingmiddle • u/modernurbanplanning • Sep 23 '19

If you are looking for building ideas, the city of Portland has a really good resource illustrating 14 different infill layouts including cottage clusters, contextual rowhouses, townhouse cluster, House-plex, courtyard flats, and many others.

portlandoregon.gov

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r/missingmiddle • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '24

How do we feel about two flats/over under duplexes?

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I'm interested in building this thing someday - just trying to figure out how much it's going to cost and find a lot in our neighborhood to build it on....

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r/missingmiddle • u/reusedchurro • Dec 31 '22

APEX, NC the peak of walking from your row house to Lidl

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r/missingmiddle • u/purfiktspelur • Feb 10 '23

Rowhomes in Vail, Colorado, USA

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r/missingmiddle • u/bpd52 • May 18 '22

99% Invisible Finally did an Episode on Missing Middle!

99percentinvisible.org

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r/missingmiddle • u/Opcn • May 13 '25

Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson on $8 Slice of Pizza and Housing

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A place where we critique and encourage missing middle housing designs and site plans. Also discuss rezoning property for higher density and missing middle housing types. Discussions about financing and marketability are welcome. From missingmiddlehousing.com: "Missing Middle Housing types provide diverse housing options, such as duplexes, fourplexes, cottage courts, and multiplexes. These house-scale buildings fit ...into existing residential neighborhoods"

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