Affordable Housing: The “Transect”, ADUs and “Missing Middle” Housing.

 THREE COMPLIMENTARY IDEAS. 

The Transect and Missing Middle Housing both rely on judgments about scale and intensity that lead to compatible uses that address housing issues. Compatibility, balance, transition and adjacencies challenge urban development decisions as the transect is used to locate and design accessory dwelling units [ADUs] and “missing middle” housing. 

Previous generations lived in residential neighborhoods with a rich mix of housing types. Use of the transect can facilitate new ADUs and “missing middle” housing and re-introduce common sense and civility back into an urban development process to consistently produce affordable housing.