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Affordable Housing Programs

This article examines how infill development is filling in the need for “missing middle” housing in Portland, Boulder, and Cambridge. It shares that housing strategies are best devised at the regional scale through a broad coalition.

Housing Supply Planning

This article examines how infill development is filling in the need for "missing middle" housing in Portland, Oregon, Boulder, Colorado, and Cambridge, Massachussetts. The concept of “gentle infill” is a descriptive term used to describe innovative ideas for increasing the housing stock in established or built-out pre- and post-war residential areas. The article concludes with suggestions of regional and regulatory support for the concept of gentle infill.

Residential Infill Development

This article chronicles the steady demand for infill housing demand in desirable metropolitan areas, and makes the argument that this demand is a result of successful economic development and amenities. Case studies on Portland, OR, Boulder, CO, and Cambridge, MA, demonstrate the concept of “gentle infill,” a descriptive term used to describe innovative ideas for increasing the housing stock in established or built-out pre- and post-war residential areas. The article concludes with suggestions of regional and regulatory support for the concept of gentle infill.