Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/arlington-missing-middle-again-invalid-court-of-appeals-order-virginia-court-reverses-decision-eho-zoning-homeowners-townhomes-duplexes-multi-unit-buildings-single-family-permits-housing-status" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wjla.com/news/local/arlington-</span><span class="invisible">missing-middle-again-invalid-court-of-appeals-order-virginia-court-reverses-decision-eho-zoning-homeowners-townhomes-duplexes-multi-unit-buildings-single-family-permits-housing-status</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ArlingtonVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArlingtonVA</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortage</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/DejaVu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DejaVu</span></a></p>
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Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7433986&GUID=B8491A2F-6B1C-4507-A310-2058064BA422&FullText=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nashville.legistar.com/Legisla</span><span class="invisible">tionDetail.aspx?ID=7433986&GUID=B8491A2F-6B1C-4507-A310-2058064BA422&FullText=1</span></a> I am told by Councilor Rollin Horton that sunny <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Nashville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nashville</span></a> TN has begun the process to permit safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> homes up to six stories <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>I was unable to attend the first subcommittee meeting to discuss permitting smaller, more affordable, and safer <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> residential buildings in Virginia due to vacation plans but I am told it went well and the fire safety experts had some constructive feedback on how to do it. I think we will get this right for the 2027 statewide building code. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/06/135399-berkeley-approves-middle-housing-ordinance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planetizen.com/news/2025/06/13</span><span class="invisible">5399-berkeley-approves-middle-housing-ordinance</span></a> “The ordinance approved by the City Council on Thursday permits buildings of up to three stories and up to eight units on a typical 5,000 square foot lot. The ordinance applies citywide, with the exception of the city’s hilly neighborhoods, where denser development could increase fire risk.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a></p>
Rhyme Repartee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mikepmoffatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mikepmoffatt</span></a></span> excellent points! Lets get our federal and provincial governments acting on these solutions … now!! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/missingmiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>missingmiddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-municipality-european-elevators-1.7561726" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col</span><span class="invisible">umbia/bc-municipality-european-elevators-1.7561726</span></a> “In [these] low- and mid-rise buildings, it isn't a choice between oversized, overbuilt American elevators versus smaller, cost-effective ones," Phelps Bondaroff said. "It's a choice between European elevators or no elevator at all." <a href="https://cville.online/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/elevator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elevator</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250604014819/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-national-strategy-to-fight-wildfires-needed-fire-chiefs-say/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025060401</span><span class="invisible">4819/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-national-strategy-to-fight-wildfires-needed-fire-chiefs-say/</span></a> “As cities grappling with housing shortages mull building code changes to allow for single-stairwell apartments, for example, the office could provide a high-level subject matter expert on fire safety issues.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireSafety</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/WildFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildFire</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Some exciting progress happening in sunny <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a> on <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> design and building code reform <a href="https://www.cnudc.org/single-stair-competition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnudc.org/single-stair-competi</span><span class="invisible">tion</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://www.cnudc.org/single-stair-competition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnudc.org/single-stair-competi</span><span class="invisible">tion</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Working on a building code proposal change to permit more affordable elevators in Virginia for <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> residential up to six stories tall. Any recent examples of smaller apartment buildings in the state that went without an elevator or failed to pencil due to elevator costs? I have examples from elsewhere but local examples are more interesting. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@urbanistorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>urbanistorg</span></a></span> “The commission also endorsed allowing the full slate of modest development types — cottage housing, courtyard apartments, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, and stacked flats — citywide, rather than just six of those as required by state law.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ncoxbarrett.bsky.social/post/3lnlb752r2s23" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/ncoxbarrett.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3lnlb752r2s23</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> is permitting some <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> homes to trade costly but important sprinklers for other less expensive fire safety tools. Difficult area for regulatory reform given rising <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> costs and <a href="https://cville.online/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> risk. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireSafety</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Montana’s legislature has just approved safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/seanjurs.bsky.social/post/3lmzycke6pk2h" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/seanjurs.bsky</span><span class="invisible">.social/post/3lmzycke6pk2h</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>I believe <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> is discussing whether or not to permit safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> today <a href="https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/whispers/council-appears-to-support-single-stair-development/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">austinmonitor.com/stories/whis</span><span class="invisible">pers/council-appears-to-support-single-stair-development/</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCodeReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCodeReform</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>The high cost of sprinklers came up again tonight, as it often does. Reportedly a small bed and breakfast did not want to expand despite high demand because the high cost of sprinklers would make it uneconomical, at least for the near future. I asked staff to look at whether a cost share program would make sense, where the City would pay for half of new sprinkler installs. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireSafety</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Good news in sunny <a href="https://cville.online/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> for safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.bsky.social/post/3llu43hofcs2d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3llu43hofcs2d</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/04/a-once-banned-type-of-building-is-back-in-favor-and-the-planning-commission-approves/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">austinmonitor.com/stories/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/a-once-banned-type-of-building-is-back-in-favor-and-the-planning-commission-approves/</span></a> “an important step in providing Austin with the type of housing that will facilitate safe, family oriented, walkable neighborhoods.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>It is very early days, but I have written two draft submissions to allow safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> homes in <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> which I intend to submit for public consideration next month as soon as that becomes possible. Thanks to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenjacobsmith.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/stephenjacobs</span><span class="invisible">mith.com</span></a> for doing the work at the national level to make this much more possible here. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCodeReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCodeReform</span></a></p>
jon zellweger<p>Looking for some inspo on a soon-to-be starting new townhouse project. Love how the open stair organizes each floor and pulls you up through the floor plates. Tight spaces, but lovely, robust and comfortable finishes throughout. <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23townhouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#townhouse</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23architecture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23impei" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#impei</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23infilldevelopment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infilldevelopment</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23missingmiddle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#missingmiddle</a><br><br><a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2023/07/03/shiftspace-im-pei-rowhouse-philadelphia/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Shiftspace brings IM Pei rowho...</a></p>
Cameron MacLeod<p>This has big Onion energy. </p><p>(1) <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/two-years-after-allowing-four-unit-multiplexes-in-residential-neighbourhoods-a-new-toronto-area-pilot/article_5e222914-d4ef-11ef-ae9f-3743ac761081.html?source=newsletter&utm_email=1B3C39ACA2AAAC6DB12B362B98CF3E1A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/two-years</span><span class="invisible">-after-allowing-four-unit-multiplexes-in-residential-neighbourhoods-a-new-toronto-area-pilot/article_5e222914-d4ef-11ef-ae9f-3743ac761081.html?source=newsletter&utm_email=1B3C39ACA2AAAC6DB12B362B98CF3E1A</span></a><br>(2) <a href="https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theonion.com/fuck-everything-w</span><span class="invisible">ere-doing-five-blades-1819584036/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TOPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GentleDensity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GentleDensity</span></a></p>
Brent Toderian<p>Some historical precedents for ground-oriented denser housing choices (what I dubbed <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23GentleDensity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GentleDensity</a> and what <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:hroxv7zrtipwokkorlz2wjso" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@danielparolek.bsky.social</a> called <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MissingMiddle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MissingMiddle</a>) make you melt.
This is Schnoor Quarter in Bremen, Germany.
Nothing stops us from building something like this today, except our rules.</p>
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