Oregon Middle Housing Model Code

Following adoption of House Bill 2001 in Oregon (2019), the Department of Land Conservation and Development was tasked with developing rules and model code language for cities subject to the new requirements to allow middle housing types—duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, and cottage clusters—in single family zones. ECONorthwest supported this effort by providing feedback and evaluation of how various types of regulations (e.g. parking requirements, lot coverage, etc.) affect the feasibility of building middle housing and advising on the design and locational standards that larger cities can apply to certain middle housing types.