civics: Attempts to increase Madison’s housing density & tax base

Will Briggs:

The Homebuilders report notes developers have run into several issues with cottage courts, chiefly land and construction costs that can make this type of housing “financially infeasible for a middle market price point.” Communities where cottage courts have been successfully built, however, tend to have a “high upper end” on housing prices. The report also notes another obstacle to the construction of cottage courts has been general unfamiliarity with the type of housing.


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