Parking Revolution / Housing Solution
How you can become a housing champion
How you can become a housing champion
Excessive parking requirements are a major constraint to building desperately needed new housing. These mandates increase the cost of construction, reduce the space available for more homes or other amenities, and generate more driving and pollution. Thankfully, the state’s housing element process presents an opportunity to reconsider these harmful parking mandates.
To take advantage of this incredible opportunity, Transform published Parking Revolution: Housing Solution. The guide shows how concerned residents, community advocates, and housing leaders can topple this major barrier to building more homes more affordably.
Most cities mandate an excessive amount of parking with new development, which increases the cost of homes and rents and generates more traffic and pollution. With dozens of cities about to reconsider these mandates, this easy-to-read report lays out the key solutions so you can advocate for more affordable, inclusive, climate-friendly communities.
October 18th, 2023 Bay Area Focus