Portland, Oregon has been a leader in recent efforts to add multifamily housing to a wide range of neighborhood types. The Better Housing by Design project aims to create more diverse, more affordable
Portland, Oregon is one of the cities leading the national trend toward expanding housing options in what have been exclusively single-family zone districts, enabling small-scale “missing middle”
“Missing middle housing” refers to small-scale multifamily housing that can range from duplexes to townhouses to smaller apartment buildings that are compatible with walkable neighborhoods. Missing
