https://www.olympiatime.com/2023/02/how-our-history-of-downzoning-is.html Excellent and concise explanation connecting single-family zoning, “down zoning,” and local control to the increase in racially segregated housing in the Pacific Noryhwest (and perhaps most everywhere else in the U.S.?) since the 1970’s. #urbanism #racialinequality #housingcrisis #housingdensity

Remaking our #suburbs' 1960s #apartment blocks: a subtle and greener way to increase #housingDensity

As #cities grow, new #buildings gradually replace the older ones. But there’s a risk current approaches to #urban renewal will produce poorer #amenities and buildings that are less flexible and more #environmentally #damaging than those they replace.

https://theconversation.com/remaking-our-suburbs-1960s-apartment-blocks-a-subtle-and-greener-way-to-increase-housing-density-190908