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FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:24 pm The City needs to do something to incentivize developers building on small lots. I tend to not want to outright ban huge lots, but am not opposed to making people pay a premium for them.

normalthings wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:47 am Single lot homes in the core have trees. Go to SFH areas in old cities and they are covered in trees. Large suburban styles lots demand car based lifestyles which have a footprint far larger than any potential benefit

FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:24 pm If there is a tax of that type, it needs to be applied to SFH to some extent. The tax also needs to escalate for each square foot of that specific house--in increments, as well as each square foot of lot sizes. People who build 4000 square foot houses should pay much more tax than 2000 sq. foot houses, and also people building on huge residential lots need to pay a lot more past a certain threshold. This would encourage increased density, and for houses to be built in multiple stories instead of sprawling one-story homes on big lots.

Many parts of Kansas City are simply not dense enough to support their infrastructure and city services. It will get worse as these neighborhoods age.

The City needs to do something to incentivize developers building on small lots. I tend to not want to outright ban huge lots, but am not opposed to making people pay a premium for them.

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:21 pm Bough introduced an ordinance that would study adding a tax on new construction (linkage fee) to pay for affordable housing.



I would support a recall of Bough.

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2) The lot splitting part might be a bigger deal than the duplex part

There are two main parts of California’s Senate Bill 9.

One is legalizing duplexes on almost all lots. (There are a few exceptions. Maybe the most interesting is that on lots that have been occupied by a tenant in the last three years, the law doesn’t allow any duplex that would require demolishing more than 25 percent of the exterior walls.)

The other main part of the bill is legalizing what it calls “urban lot splits.” This is a new process that would be possible only within city limits. If the owners indicate their intent to live on site for at least three years, they’d be allowed to split a lot into two lots, down to a minimum size of 1,200 square feet each. Each of those new lots would then be allowed to have a duplex.
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On many sites, lot splits can help solve one of the biggest problems with small-scale infill: how to get a construction loan. Many banks and credit unions struggle to figure out how to value a lot with an extra rental on site, and therefore can’t always offer good loan terms to people looking to build a backyard cottage or remodel into a duplex. But every lender knows exactly how to value a little lot with a new house on it. This would make mortgage financing easier, which would let more property owners with a bit less wealth take advantage of the law.
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DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:20 pm Why not just legalize it all? Who cares if it only generates a small portion of new units or permits? Housing shouldn’t be illegal if we have a shortage.

chaglang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:32 am In a rapidly changing Midtown, some fear Streetcar expansion will price out neighbors
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 78943.html

Super sloppy article from the Star. Home prices have quadrupled in Brookside in 30 years. That's already happened, and is continuing to happen. So I have a hard time believing that the streetcar is the villain here. Housing scarcity seems the more likely culprit, but didn't get a mention.

Also not sure why the article veers over to Troost to talk about what's happening on the east side. It's a bit far from Main St.

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:53 am

chaglang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:32 am In a rapidly changing Midtown, some fear Streetcar expansion will price out neighbors
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 78943.html

Super sloppy article from the Star. Home prices have quadrupled in Brookside in 30 years. That's already happened, and is continuing to happen. So I have a hard time believing that the streetcar is the villain here. Housing scarcity seems the more likely culprit, but didn't get a mention.

Also not sure why the article veers over to Troost to talk about what's happening on the east side. It's a bit far from Main St.

Even without the 2021 prices increases, construction prices roughly doubled in the past ten years and this fact is often ignored.

That's going to affect the price of renovations too.

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 am

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:53 am

chaglang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:32 am In a rapidly changing Midtown, some fear Streetcar expansion will price out neighbors
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 78943.html

Super sloppy article from the Star. Home prices have quadrupled in Brookside in 30 years. That's already happened, and is continuing to happen. So I have a hard time believing that the streetcar is the villain here. Housing scarcity seems the more likely culprit, but didn't get a mention.

Also not sure why the article veers over to Troost to talk about what's happening on the east side. It's a bit far from Main St.

Even without the 2021 prices increases, construction prices roughly doubled in the past ten years and this fact is often ignored.

That's going to affect the price of renovations too.

Not to mention the Hyde Park neighbors that pick up torches every time a medium rise building is proposed. SFH is part of the root cause of this spike. We need more missing middle housing.

Riverite wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:44 am

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 am

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:53 am

Even without the 2021 prices increases, construction prices roughly doubled in the past ten years and this fact is often ignored.

That's going to affect the price of renovations too.

Not to mention the Hyde Park neighbors that pick up torches every time a medium rise building is proposed. SFH is part of the root cause of this spike. We need more missing middle housing.

I've seen people complaining that the new developments are just to entice suburban people, and making the city more suburban.