Erin Baldwin Day
16:34 - 17:14
“what the Missing Middle Housing Overlay aims to do is to reduce some of those regulatory barriers and to create flexibility in the places we've already said it makes sense. MHOP— in practicality means flexibility in how a building can be placed and oriented on a lot. What size that lot can be and what size the building can be, the number of units or structures that can be on a lot, and the removal of those roadblocks that often force people into a rezone process. Again, this is a— this is strategically along our most traveled roadways, and I think it's important to note that this is an opt-in situation.”
- Speaker
- Erin Baldwin Day
- Timestamp
- 16:34 – 17:14
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
So what the Missing Middle Housing Overlay aims to do is to reduce some of those regulatory barriers and to create flexibility in the places we've already said it makes sense. Would you go forward one slide, please? So MHOP— in practicality means flexibility in how a building can be placed and oriented on a lot. What size that lot can be and what size the building can be, the number of units or structures that can be on a lot, and the removal of those roadblocks that often force people into a rezone process. Again, this is a— this is strategically along our most traveled roadways, and I think it's important to note that this is an opt-in situation.
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