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Learning from Astor Street

July 22, 2019 By Michael Lewyn

One common argument against mixing housing types and densities is that if housing type A (for example, townhouses or single-family homes) is mixed with housing type B (for example, condos), the neighborhood will somehow be "ruined" for residents of the less dense housing types.Last week, my new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, Places & Spaces Tagged With: Chicago, condox, mixed use

How Lexington Can Expand Affordable Housing (Without Touching the UGB)

January 9, 2017 By Nolan Gray

 Lexington, Kentucky is a wonderful place, and that’s getting to be a problem. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with the city: its urban amenities, thriving information economy, and unique local culture have brought in throngs of economic migrants from locales as exotic as Appalachia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gentrification, housing, planning, zoning Tagged With: accessory dwelling unit, adu, gentrification, kentucky, lexington, minimum parking requirements, mixed use, parking, ugb, urban growth boundary

Does Home-sharing Create Negative Externalities?

August 3, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

 A decade or two ago, a traveler who wished to stay in a city temporarily had no alternative to a hotel. Even if the owner of a house or condominium wished to rent out a room for a short period of time, the costs of advertising in a newspaper would have at least partially canceled out the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: airbnb, home-sharing, housing, mixed use, rent

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