https://archive.is/DDxPN>Knoxville Mayor Mayor Indya Kincannon is expected to proposed zoning changes that would make it easier to build missing middle housing.>Silas Sloan reports that the mayor is focusing on residential density as the cost of housing around the Eastern Tennessee continues to rise. >“The proposed changes, created in partnership with East Tennessee Realtors, should be presented to the Knoxville City Council and Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission this fall, Kincannon said, with a goal of finalizing the changes by January 2024,” reports Sloan.>Zoning reforms have been developing in Tennessee for a few years now as the state deals with swift growth and surging housing costs. Nashville reformed its parking requirements, setting parking maximums, in November 2022, for an example of a city achieving legislative reform prior to Knoxville’s explorations of missing middle housing.Looks like Housing Reform is on the menu for more places in Tennessee. More Mixed use might be in the cards as well.
