American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.
. Garcia says it makes the economics of two- to four-unit buildings challenging; developers say they find six to eight units or higher more financially viable.
He's developing two townhomes and a couple of six-unit buildings, which will not be subject to appeal."If you check all the boxes — and it's a long list — then you're guaranteed to go to a building permit."For the most part,"missing middle" housing is not intended for the lowest-income Americans, though laws can include incentives for that. Spevak is only allowed to build six units because three of them will be publicly subsidized.