City’s Benefits: Single Family Zoning Ban

What is happening? In 2018 Minneapolis’ single family zoning ban turned the clock to pre-zoning where duplexes and triplexes are nearly indistinguishable from their single family home neighbors.

Why is this important? This helped address housing shortages, but permitting for these multi family units are not at the numbers some supporters would like.

How will this be important? Tracking the growth of multifamily development will track the housing market, but few think the zoning changes will address the racial disparities still at play.

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