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Missing middle housing? Blame economics, not planning

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Cameron Murray
Mar 31, 2020
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A common objective of town planning schemes is the densification of existing suburbs to create “missing middle” density. This is usually enacted by allowing areas previously developed for detached housing to be redeveloped into incrementally more dense uses, such as townhouses and walk-up apartments.

But economic constraints, not planning constraints, ar…

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