Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built

For decades, city codes treated parking spots as sacred — even when that meant fewer places for people to live. But Denver’s decision to drop mandatory parking requirements flips that logic on its head. Researchers say the move could boost housing construction by 12.5% — roughly 460 new homes each year — simply by freeing builders from rules written for a car-centric past. The result could reshape not just Denver’s skyline, but its streets, making room for more neighbors instead of more asphalt. Susan D. Dagget with The Conversation has the full story.

Susan D. Daggett

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