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How Los Angeles is Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis

ArchDaily

Los Angeles is no exception; with 74% of its land zoned exclusively for single-family homes, multifamily housing construction is limited to an extremely small swath of the city, making the construction of new affordable housing difficult. Complex multi-year permit approval processes often make these projects even less feasible.

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When Do Homeowners Need a Permit for an Addition?

Architecture Ideas

You’re probably quite eager to move forward with your home construction project. With all the time and effort you’re pouring into this renovation, don’t get caught without the most important thing — a home addition permit. . Why Do I Need a Permit? Permits are a way to enforce zoning laws and building regulations.

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Does My Home Improvement Need a Permit?

Santa Cruz Architect

Once you decide to undertake a home improvement project, you’ll invest time and energy determining your budget, your floor plan layout, architectural style, and whether your project’s scope necessitates the involvement of a contractor, architect, or both. Why Do I Need a Building Permit at All? Roof replacement.

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Discretionary Permitting: What Homeowners Need to Know

Santa Cruz Architect

The discretionary permitting process is often used by local governments to ensure that proposed land uses are compatible with existing land uses, and that they do not pose an undue risk to public health, safety, or welfare. as to whether or not the permit should be granted. as to whether or not the permit should be granted.

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Oklahoma City proposal for the U.S.'s new tallest building is fully funded, developers say

Archinect

While many have wondered if the project is financially feasible in Oklahoma City, Matteson told The Oklahoman the entire $1.5 The outcome lies in whether he can receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, zoning approval from the city and whether the phase one apartment towers are sufficiently leased.

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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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Will Councilman Dorsey's Elimination of Single Family Zoning Help Baltimore?

Community Architect Daily

Does single family zoning prevent development? Today we will look at Baltimore Councilman Ryan Dorsey's zoning bill titled " Abundant Housing Act " which effectively will eliminate single family zoning in Baltimore. Will the suggested zoning bill endanger neighborhoods like this one?

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