Micro-Unit Buzz Presages Furman Report

January 24, 2013 – Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement last week of a winning design for a new micro-unit development in New York City reflects growing national interest in compact rental housing. With a series of roundtables last fall and a full report coming out in March, the Furman Center is actively researching the topic in 5 cities. In addition to New York, Denver, and Austin, the report will look at regulatory and other challenges to building compact rental housing in Washington DC, which has the highest percentage of single people living alone in the country, and Seattle, where micro-unit developments are selling out as fast as they are built. Check out Furman Center Legal Fellow John Infranca’s blog post on micro-units here.