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A new report by Up for Growth surveying the housing shortage for 800 cities and towns ranks the Raleigh-Cary metro area 73rd overall, with an estimated shortage of 14,863 units based on demand for the area. In contrast, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro has an estimated 2,126 units in excess, giving it a 1% surplus, which still isn't an enormous amount given the demand.
To address the situation, the report recommends that states and towns desperately need to change their zoning rules. For example, California, Oregon and Maine all recently passed laws to end single family zoning by allowing for the construction of more than one home per parcel of land, meaning the possibility of an in-law apartment over a garage or a backyard cottage.
A new report by Up for Growth surveying the housing shortage for 800 cities and towns ranks the Raleigh-Cary metro area 73rd overall, with an estimated shortage of 14,863 units based on demand for the area. In contrast, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro has an estimated 2,126 units in excess, giving it a 1% surplus, which still isn't an enormous amount given the demand.
To address the situation, the report recommends that states and towns desperately need to change their zoning rules. For example, California, Oregon and Maine all recently passed laws to end single family zoning by allowing for the construction of more than one home per parcel of land, meaning the possibility of an in-law apartment over a garage or a backyard cottage.
The city of Raleigh also needs to focus on re-zonings that will promote more high rise apartment and condo development in the city's core as well as outlying areas.
Land is quickly evaporating and continuing to build small structures on very valuable land is bad land management practices. It's good for developers because they can make a quick buck, but it's bad for the city in many ways.
The city of Raleigh also needs to focus on re-zonings that will promote more high rise apartment and condo development in the city's core as well as outlying areas.
Land is quickly evaporating and continuing to build small structures on very valuable land is bad land management practices. It's good for developers because they can make a quick buck, but it's bad for the city in many ways.
The city has been doing this as well with nearly everything coming before them for upzoning passing.
Welcome to Raleigh-Cary where we're glad to increase housing density to generate more tax revenue, but loathe to do things to reduce traffic congestion like add bike lanes to encourage bike commuting and less cars on the road, or require developers to widen roads to handle the additional population.
Well, to be fair to developers, if we're going to charge them for roads we should charge them for bike lanes on those roads too.
The City of Raleigh is gung ho on restriping streets and roads to create bike lanes. The usual consequence is that vehicle lanes become narrower. There was a reason why the lanes had their original widths. I wonder if we will see more vehicle accidents because of the narrow lanes.
In at least one case, a street has been converted from four lanes to three in order to make room for bike lanes. This is a reduction in capacity for the one or two bike riders per hour who actually use the bike lanes.
I'm not opposed to bike lanes. One of my sons rode his bike 8 miles one-way to Enloe High School from our home in north Raleigh. But there is a downside.
The city of Raleigh also needs to focus on re-zonings that will promote more high rise apartment and condo development in the city's core as well as outlying areas.
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Are you serious? Isn't there enough expensive condos and "luxury" apartments here that no one can afford to buy or rent?
Title of OP thread should be changed to "Needs more AFFORDABLE Housing Units"
My wife and I were just commenting it seems every development or condo announcement in the past year or so all have the word "luxury" in the headlines. Don't know if that's just a marketing gimmick, but sure seems counterproductive for the middle class around here...
I'm not opposed to bike lanes [snip] But there is a downside.
Have you considered making use of the bike lanes, if the city is now transitioning? Especially if you live within the city - sorry, don't know if that that's the case for you.
I would also expect lowered speed limits on such mixed use roads.
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