After a long and often contentious fight in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Arlington County, Virginia, has managed to pass the first "missing middle" reform of 2023. A policy unanimously approved by the five-member County Board will allow property owners to build at least four, and in many cases six, units on lots where only one home was allowed before. Similar reforms have been passed at the state level in California, Oregon, and Maine. A half dozen other states are considering missing middle reforms this legislative session.
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