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The Middle Housing Support Team is tasked with assisting small developers in navigating the development process to create Middle Housing on infill lots. Middle Housing projects can oftentimes trigger a variety of requirements from various City departments. We are here to help you navigate this process to help make your project a success.
How can we help?
The team is here to help you find a successful path to constructing Middle Housing. We can:
Serve as the point of contact to help minimize the number of interactions with City staff.
Brainstorm project alternatives or identify potential solutions to unique or difficult developments.
What type of projects can we help with?
We can help you with Middle Housing projects. Middle Housing is construction that fits in between single unit detached homes and large multi-family buildings, such as duplexes to sixplexes, cottage housing, stacked flats, and townhouses. Projects can be anywhere in the City of Spokane, but we prioritize aiding projects on infill or underutilized sites. If your project does not fit neatly into these guidelines and you would like help, please feel free to reach out to us.
The Middle Housing Support Team is tasked with assisting small developers in navigating the development process to create Middle Housing on infill lots. Middle Housing projects can oftentimes trigger a variety of requirements from various City departments. We are here to help you navigate this process to help make your project a success.
How can we help?
The team is here to help you find a successful path to constructing Middle Housing. We can:
Serve as the point of contact to help minimize the number of interactions with City staff.
Brainstorm project alternatives or identify potential solutions to unique or difficult developments.
What type of projects can we help with?
We can help you with Middle Housing projects. Middle Housing is construction that fits in between single unit detached homes and large multi-family buildings, such as duplexes to sixplexes, cottage housing, stacked flats, and townhouses. Projects can be anywhere in the City of Spokane, but we prioritize aiding projects on infill or underutilized sites. If your project does not fit neatly into these guidelines and you would like help, please feel free to reach out to us.
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To support all ongoing and future projects, these questions are public. Addresses or other identifying information may be best reserved for one-on-one communications with the Support Team.
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To support all ongoing and future projects, these questions are public. Addresses or other identifying information may be best reserved for one-on-one communications with the Support Team.
To support all ongoing and future projects, these questions are public. Addresses or other identifying information may be best reserved for one-on-one communications with the Support Team.
Middle Housing is a term used to describe lower-intensity residential development that fills the gap between single unit detached homes and larger multi-family apartments. Typically defined as between 2 and 6 units per site, Middle Housing includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and other housing types like courtyard apartments, stacked flats, and other low-intensity multi-unit developments.
Middle Housing is "missing" because the development of these housing types has often been restricted throughout the country starting in the mid-1900s. For example, in 2021, the City of Spokane issued permits for only seven 4-unit developments and no 3-unit developments at all. Compare that to 380 houses and more than 800 apartment units permitted in the same year and you can see how these housing types are largely missing.
