Latest Breakthroughs Issue Covers Living Smart Houses, Live-Work Units, and Accessibility Codes

Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
Breakthroughs Newsletter
 
September 2007
 
This year's fifth edition of Breakthroughs has just been
posted on the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (RBC)
website. In this issue, you'll read about Portland's
Living Smart program, the development of live-work units
in Los Angeles, and Chicago's accessibility code.
 
Check out the September issue of Breakthroughs to read
about...
 
o How Portland's Living Smart program is
promoting infill development by allowing higher
density "skinny" homes on narrow, vacant lots;
 
o How Los Angeles is aiming to increase the
housing supply by redeveloping underused
buildings into live-work developments for
telecommuting professionals; and
 
o How Chicago's accessibility code is easing
regulations and streamlining federal, state,
and local accessibility requirements.
 
Again, you can read or download the current issue
at https://archives.huduser.gov/rbc/archivesnewsletter/vol6iss5more.html.
If you have similar stories that you think would help
others, we'd like to know about them. Call us at 1-800-
245-2691/option 4 or send us an email
at rbcsubmit@huduser.gov. Who knows, we may even highlight
your community's efforts in a future issue of Breakthroughs!
 
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