Development Trends

75-Minute Education Session

Public Practitioners

SAT-C04 - Creating Community: How Providing Missing Middle Housing Can Make Better Neighborhoods

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW, CMAA

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Luis Gonzalez, ASLA, AICP

  Sr. Land Development Manager
  Lennar

Speaker(s)

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  Michael Rodriguez, AICP

  Leader, Market Research & Insights
  CBRE
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  Melissa Williams

  Senior Planner
  Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

Green infrastructure and public realm design are important considerations for city planning but there is something else that requires as much attention—housing. This session will discuss how planning for missing middle housing can make communities better by creating housing diversity that supports different life stages and limits homogeneity in design.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover why landscape architects should care about missing middle housing.
• Learn about the typology and characteristics of missing middle housing.
• Gain insight on the social, economic, and health benefits associated with missing middle housing.
• Understand the zoning and perception challenges with developing missing middle housing.