More and more cities are realizing that their zoning is broken and asking it to be fixed to incentivize this type of housing… Many communities are really struggling with housing that is affordable and are looking for ways to provide more choices. Builders are thinking about how they can meet this shifting demand.

Research shows that 90 percent of the housing built between now and 2040 will need to be missing middle housing or what we call "Upper Missing Middle," which are slightly larger housing types, to meet the demand for non-single family housing. The timing is right. The market is waiting. The question is, will individuals and communities respond?

Architect Daniel Parolek, author of “Missing Middle Housing”

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"20th-century zoning laws made it illegal to have the traditional mix of uses found in older cities, where offices and apartments exist above retail stores and corner shops are in residential neighborhoods. These types of businesses are basic prerequisites for walkability — i.e., mixing different uses within walking distance so people can live, shop, work, go to school and play without having to drive."

Urban Planner Joel Russell

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