COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
A Pattern Book for Missing Middle Housing in Savannah, Georgia
Creator:
Rose, Jeffrey
Subject:
Thesis (M.Arch.) – Architecture
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Architecture
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
“Access to the American dream of homeownership has become increasingly limited in recent years. The American dream can be defined as autonomy through upward social and economic mobility. One of the most effective vehicles through which this mobility is attained is homeownership. However, homeownership today is infeasible to many due to both the high expense and lack of middle-class housing. The non-apartment multifamily housing typologies that once provided a steppingstone for lower-income residents to ascend to the middle class have been eradicated or discouraged through
traditional zoning ordinances, FHA policies, and the inherent risk that these typologies pose to developers. Ambiguity within building codes and the necessity to own and maintain the costly asset of an automobile also play a role in limiting the financial capacities of prospective homebuyers. I propose the incentivization of the construction of missing middle housing—a term coined by Daniel Parolek to describe these eradicated multifamily housing typologies—through the creation of a pattern book that will encourage the implementation of missing middle housing. This will result in a new tier of affordability within the housing market between public housing and single-family middle-class housing. This pattern book would help to restore access to the American dream as defined herein by offering prospective buyers the opportunity of homeownership at an achievable price point.” –Abstract
Keywords: American dream, density; Euclidean/traditional zoning, homeownership, middle-class housing, Missing Middle Housing, social and economic mobility.
traditional zoning ordinances, FHA policies, and the inherent risk that these typologies pose to developers. Ambiguity within building codes and the necessity to own and maintain the costly asset of an automobile also play a role in limiting the financial capacities of prospective homebuyers. I propose the incentivization of the construction of missing middle housing—a term coined by Daniel Parolek to describe these eradicated multifamily housing typologies—through the creation of a pattern book that will encourage the implementation of missing middle housing. This will result in a new tier of affordability within the housing market between public housing and single-family middle-class housing. This pattern book would help to restore access to the American dream as defined herein by offering prospective buyers the opportunity of homeownership at an achievable price point.” –Abstract
Keywords: American dream, density; Euclidean/traditional zoning, homeownership, middle-class housing, Missing Middle Housing, social and economic mobility.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2023-08
Format:
1 online resource: 1 PDF (Thesis, 330 pages, color illustrations, maps, plans, graphs)