Sentences with phrase «permitting multifamily housing»
Current state law allows municipalities to adopt a zoning law permitting multifamily housing construction in nonresidential zoning districts with a special permit but does not require municipalities to permit multifamily development by right.
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In recent years there has been increasing pressure to replace the single - family housing with higher density residential development which is permitted by the existing multifamily zoning in this area.
Looking at the ratio of new jobs to new housing permits (both multifamily and single family) gives a good indication of demand.
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By requiring municipalities to permit multifamily development in zoning districts suitable for such development, and by establishing a minimum density for those developments, housing production is increased and allows for more affordable units to be built.
«Today's report is quite positive in that it shows continued upward movement in single - family housing production and permitting activity for both single - and multifamily units,» notes NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe.
Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes have long contributed to the nation's multifamily housing supply — even accounting for more than 10 % of all permitted residential units in the early 1980s.