HOUSING STRATEGY

8 Housing Strategy | ENVISION FRANKLIN EXAMPLES OF OTHER HOUSING POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS Horizon 2040, Alpharetta, Georgia: The Horizon 2040 comprehensive plan, adopted in 2021, is Alpharetta’s comprehensive plan and a long-range growth management tool that includes housing needs and opportunities and proposes housing policies. 2022 Hamilton County Housing Report , Hamilton County (Carmel), Indiana: Housing for All: Leveraging Housing for Economic Well-Being is a report that seeks to help expand attainable housing options, and improve the outlook for Hamilton County to achieve a full continuum of housing products and prices. Inglenook Cottage Homes, Carmel, Indiana: Inglenook is a 27home cottage court development in Carmel that opened in 2016, designed by renowned Seattle architect Ross Chapin and developed by Casey Land of Land Development & Building Company in Indianapolis. National: “Diversifying Housing Options with Smaller Lots and Smaller Homes,” is a report produced by Opticos Design, Inc. for the National Association of Home Builders in 2019. The publication explores the issues involved in building a greater mix of housing types. The report also provides best practices on regulatory and design options and barriers. Norfolk, Virginia: Norfolk’s Missing Middle Pattern Book is designed to help property owners and developers add "missing middle" housing to established low-density neighborhoods in the city. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota: Twin Cities ADU Guidebook for Homeowners is a 2019 guide is designed to help homeowners in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota plan and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). South Bend, Indiana offers pre-approved development templates to small-scale developers at no cost. The plans are designed to fit current zoning rules, lot sizes and shapes, and market conditions, and blend with the historic architectural vernacular in South Bend’s existing neighborhoods. Seaside, California: Residents of Seaside can save time and money with a pre-approved ADU. All three ADUs—the Gable, the Saltbox, and the Shed—are identical in plan with 530 square foot of space that includes one bedroom, one bathroom and an exterior storage room. Papillion, Nebraska: The Prairie Queen project is on a fifty-acre site near Papillon, Nebraska. Residential buildings are a maximum of 8 units per building, based on “missing middle” prototypes: mansion apartments, fourplexes, small multiplexes, townhouses, and carriage houses, designed by Opticos. Photo Credit: Inglenook Cottage Homes

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