NPR : Housing Crisis & Zoning

A must listen … and featuring our very own Jim Kumon !

To ramp up supply, cities are taking a fresh look at their zoning rules that spell out what can be built where and what can't. And many are finding that their old rules are too rigid, making it too hard and too expensive to build many new homes.

Meg McMahan, planning director for the city of Minneapolis, says the Sundial is a good example of how these reforms can make more housing units possible in more places.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/17/1229867031/housing-shortage-zoning-reform-cities

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