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Zoning map of Winnipeg (1947); single-family zoning highlighted in yellow. Single-family zoning is a type of planning restriction applied to certain residential zones in the United States and Canada in order to restrict development to only allow single-family detached homes.
One mechanism for this is zoning by many suburban and exurban communities for very large minimum residential lot and building sizes in order to preserve home values by limiting the total supply of housing, which thereby excludes poorer people. This shifts the market toward more expensive homes than ordinarily might be built.
Residential area in Helena, Montana, United States Suburban slum in Bhutan Residential area typical for suburbs in central Poland. A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. [1] [2] Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas.
The history of single-family home zoning is largely about exclusion — not just excluding, say, industrial manufacturing from residential areas, but excluding certain types of people from these ...
A suburban land use pattern in the United States (Colorado Springs, Colorado), showing a mix of residential streets and cul-de-sacs intersected by a four-lane road. Suburbanization (American English), also spelled suburbanisation (British English), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs.
A bipartisan group of legislators want to relax local zoning rules that currently block apartments from being built in many Minnesota cities. The bill would supersede local zoning rules, and ...
Medium-density housing is a term used within urban planning and academic literature to refer to a category of residential development that falls between detached suburban housing and large multi-story buildings. There is no singular definition of medium-density housing as its precise definition tends to vary between jurisdiction.
Zoning is a powerful obstacle to denser, more affordable development—but reforming zoning can only do so much.” — Henry Grabar, Slate The end of single-family zoning will mean the end of the ...