Redwood City's Quest to Bring Back Missing Middle Housing

摘要

Solving the housing crisis in California is complicated. "There's not one silver bullet," said Redwood City Vice Mayor Shelly Masur. "In order to build more housing - especially affordable housing - we need to explore lots of options, including one particular type of housing that has been missing." "Missing middle" housing is a term used to describe duplexes, triplexes, and four-plexes that are compatible in scale with detached single-family homes. In other words, missing middle housing is "house-scale buildings with multiple units in walkable neighborhoods." These housing units are considered missing middle because they have been missing from new construction, which in the past 40 or 50 years has focused on single-family homes and mid-rise apartments.Also, missing middle housing is more affordable than single-family homes, and this can be important for middle-income families.