Larger apartment buildings are built with two staircases, but the requirement hurts efforts to improve access to affordable housing, especially for families. A question comes up frequently in my years ...
Citing the Grenfell Tower tragedy isn't enough to nix this idea. Eliason is a researcher, writer, urbanist, and architect based in Seattle. He holds a B.Arch from Virginia Tech. His writings and past ...
American land-use reformers intent on addressing present-day housing shortages have, for the last decade, focused their efforts on amending zoning codes—the very rules that gradually downzoned most ...
A single staircase in a San Diego apartment building. Some stakeholders embrace what’s called “single stair reform in the debate over housing development. (Photo by Times of San Diego staff) This ...
In late September, Culver City became the first municipality in California to legalize the construction of mid-rise apartment buildings with a single staircase. Unless you’re a member of the niche but ...
Under the current two-stair requirement, a California apartment developer hoping to take advantage of the new state law and build a six-story building near a train station would need to either ...