Submitted by whitemice on Sun, 07/23/2023 - 08:08
Submitted by whitemice on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 20:35
Shelterforce recently developed a six part series on ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units). While there is currently no hope of meaningful zoning reform in Grand Rapids, MI I believe this remains a critical topic to track as ADUs should be the clearest path for residents to invest in their own neighborhoods - right on their own property.
Submitted by whitemice on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 07:01
The Housing Next needs analysis was presented to the Committee of the Whole on 2020-07-21.
Submitted by whitemice on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 16:14
Building an ADU (Grand Rapids, MI)
The first part of this article is a narrative in response to the surprising number of questions I received regarding “Why?”. Anyone interested only in the process and numbers can scroll straight down to “The Granny Flat Alternative”.
Submitted by whitemice on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 09:39
NOTE: Our summary of ADU zoning located at http://urbangr.org/GRADURegs2018r2 is currently obsolete.
UPDATE: 2019-09 - It appears that the new status-quo is what is, the disappointing results of "Housing NOW" are what we have for the foreseeable future.
Submitted by whitemice on Mon, 10/15/2018 - 06:52
The WMCAT presentation to the City Commision with the results from the community out-reach events is available as PDF or ODP. The "original" Google Drive document is here.
The presentation to the City Commission on October 9th, 2018, is available on Youtube.
Submitted by whitemice on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 08:12
It has been more than six months since the Housing NOW related zoning proposals were released, and then indefinitely tabled. I have yet to encounter a detailed critique of the proposals. Given the disappointing condition of the debate I've decided to offer one here for the topic of which I am most familiar: Accessory Dwelling Units [ADUs]. Are there problems with is proposal? The answer is "yes".
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