Regulatory Paths to a More Diverse Housing Stock: Encouraging Family-Sized, Single-Stair Apartments in Seattle’s Single-Family Neighborhoods with the Urban Residential Zone

Abramson, Daniel BPressprich, Emily2024-09-092024-09-092024-09-092024Pressprich_washington_0250O_27088.pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1773/52198Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2024This thesis begins a two-part project, continued in my Master of Architecture Thesis, “Family-Sized Housing in Single-Stair Buildings: Testing the Urban Residential Zone.” Both documents explore the implementation of a new zoning designation in Seattle that would introduce single-stair, point access, small apartment buildings into the city's existing single-family neighborhood, with the intention of creating more family-sized rental or condo units, and a greater variety of housing generally. The urban planning portion of the project, in this document, explores the need for, and creation of this new zone.application/pdfen-USnonedensityhousingmiddle housingpoint accesssingle stairzoningUrban planningArchitectureEconomicsUrban planningRegulatory Paths to a More Diverse Housing Stock: Encouraging Family-Sized, Single-Stair Apartments in Seattle’s Single-Family Neighborhoods with the Urban Residential ZoneThesis