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Spokane is getting national attention for its bold housing reforms, but not everyone thinks these changes are the answer. Here's what's happening and the real concerns people have.
First, let's talk about the reforms. Spokane recently eliminated single-family zoning, which means duplexes, triplexes, and even six-plexes can now be built on any residential lot. This idea is to create more housing options and make it easier to live here without sprawling developments in every neighborhood.
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As an example, you can take a normal single-family lot just like this one that's a little over 7,000 square feet and split it into three separate parcels, at around a little over 2,000 square feet apiece, and build individual townhomes on each one. Or you could take this lot and build anywhere from a two- to six-unit building.
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The great thing is that this property has already been subdivided, and so if you're interested, let me know. On top of that, the City just made it so that developers don't have to add additional parking spaces. So they can build six-unit buildings like this and only put one parking spot, just because that's the available space.
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Are these changes exciting for Spokane, or do they make you concerned about the future? Let me know down in the comments, and follow for more Spokane content.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si0XslhM9g0
Locally generated automatic transcript, cross-checked with two speech-to-text
models. Punctuation and paragraph breaks were added for reading.
[00:00:00]
Spokane is getting national attention for its bold housing reforms, but not everyone thinks these changes are the answer. Here's what's happening and the real concerns people have.
First, let's talk about the reforms. Spokane recently eliminated single-family zoning, which means duplexes, triplexes, and even six-plexes can now be built on any residential lot. This idea is to create more housing options and make it easier to live here without sprawling developments in every neighborhood.
[00:00:22]
As an example, you can take a normal single-family lot just like this one that's a little over 7,000 square feet and split it into three separate parcels, at around a little over 2,000 square feet apiece, and build individual townhomes on each one. Or you could take this lot and build anywhere from a two- to six-unit building.
[00:00:39]
The great thing is that this property has already been subdivided, and so if you're interested, let me know. On top of that, the City just made it so that developers don't have to add additional parking spaces. So they can build six-unit buildings like this and only put one parking spot, just because that's the available space.
[00:00:52]
Are these changes exciting for Spokane, or do they make you concerned about the future? Let me know down in the comments, and follow for more Spokane content.