In case you missed it, check out Alyssa Frystak’s recent PlaceBlog about the relative property values and rents in three neighboring multi-family properties in her neighborhood. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its list of the 11 most endangered historic places of 2021. The list includes several sites related to histories of racial … Continue reading “Weekend News Roundup – June 4, 2021”
May 28, 2021 | Alyssa Frystak Last week, as I was walking around my Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago, I noticed the above scene. These three buildings–a 3-unit apartment building built in 1909, a 5-unit apartment building built c. 1966, and a 3-unit condominium building built in 2018–sit right next to each other. At PlaceEconomics, we … Continue reading “Missing Middle Housing: A Micro-Analysis from Andersonville, Chicago”
PRESERVATION, DEMOLITION, & SUSTAINABILITY As you read this week’s news roundup, check out Waste Dive’s news roundup that covers topics like collections and transfer, recycling, organics, zero waste, landfills, policy, and more. They recently featured our Director of Research and Data Analytics, Alyssa Frystak, speaking about our recent Deconstruction Study in San Antonio. It’s exciting … Continue reading “Weekend News Roundup – May 21, 2021”
Housing affordability is a crisis level problem. Historic districts are not the cause of the affordability crisis but are disproportionately being affected. Preservationists feel a responsibility to lead efforts to address the issue, but are lacking a wide range of effective tools. Even current tools, like design guidelines, are not effective in mitigating the demolition … Continue reading “PresPoll Results: Historic Preservation and Affordable Housing”
HOUSING & GENTRIFICATION This month, we conducted a PresPoll on ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units.) As explained in the survey, we described ADUs as “independent housing units that occupy a lot that is otherwise zoned for a single-family home.” Among the key findings were: preservationists are overwhelmingly in favor of ADUs, and importantly, they do not … Continue reading “Weekend News Roundup – May 7, 2021”
We were thrilled to see such strong support for the conversion or construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (or ADUs) across the board in results from our latest PresPoll and couldn’t agree more. Among all employment sectors, age groups, and owner/renter households, the highest ranked positive benefit of ADUs is affordable housing. We think ADUs are … Continue reading “ADUs in Historic Districts: Providing Affordability and Gentle Density”