Middle housing is a housing type similar in size, shape, and style to single-family houses. It contains two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes.
Examples include multiplexes (e.g., duplex, triplex, fourplex, and sixplex), townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and cottage houses.
To be inline with the HB 1110 state mandates, the City of Renton must update its municipal code with the following:
- Allow middle housing units within all residential zones: Up to four housing units may be built on all lots within residential zones unless higher densities are permitted.
- Lots with affordable housing: All lots within residential zones, where at least two of the housing units are affordable, can accommodate up to six units.
- Lots near a major transit stop: Allow up to six housing units on all lots within residential zones and within a ¼ mile walking distance of a “major transit stop,” unless higher densities are permitted.
More Information: House Bill 1110 report, Your Voice Renton, and adopted legislation