Raleigh approves ‘gentle density’ measure to add duplexes, townhomes to neighborhoods Duplexes and townhomes will now be legal to build by right throughout most of the city.

The Raleigh City Council approved new rules Tuesday night to allow different types of housing in traditionally single-family neighborhoods without a rezoning.

The vote was 6-1 with Council member David Cox voting against the measure.

The point of the change is to provide “different choices and new choices in neighborhoods,” said Ken Bowers, deputy director of Raleigh’s Planning and Development department.

This text change legalizes missing middle housing that used to be legal and helped build Raleigh’s “most charming neighborhoods,” said Jenn Truman, an area architectural designer, during the public hearing Tuesday night.

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