For Planners
Explore an exclusive section of the Toolbox tailored for local planners, designed to enhance your proficiency in shaping gentle density housing.
Do you want to have a conversation with other planners?
Join the Planners’ Forum
A vibrant, interactive online dialogue for planners to engage with fellow planners. The Forum is a facilitated space for colleagues to share insights, collectively problem solve, and support innovations that shape the future of inclusive and sustainable housing.
Find Resources
B.C Standardized Designs (2024)
Discover the New Standardized Designs for Gentle Density Homes in B.C. In September 2024, the Government of British Columbia released a…
Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability (2024)
A new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies to understand the complexities and potential solutions in addressing middle-income…
“Homes for All” Toolkit (Vermont) (2024)
A ‘Design & Do’ Toolkit for Small-scale Home Builders, Investors, and Community Leaders, from the State of Vermont.
Making Missing Middle Pencil: The Math Behind Small-Scale Housing Development (2024)
A Terner Center report exploring barriers to financial feasibility of missing middle housing projects.
Profile: Happy Cities
Discover organizations from across Canada & beyond who are working towards intensifying gentle density and delivering homes that people want, need…
ReHousing: Design Catalogue (2024)
Explore ReHousing’s Design Catalogue, showcasing a series of cost-effective, gentle density designs.
Missing Middle Housing – Fly Over (2023)
Useful video from the City of Vancouver showcasing an example of what missing middle can look like in our existing neighbourhoods.
Vancouver’s Missing Middle Explained (2023)
The City of Vancouver & Uytae Lee outline what is the “missing middle” and how can this form of housing help…
Do you have any resources to share?
Add Your Own Resources to the Toolbox
Do you have materials or resources that can advance collective understanding and action on gentle density housing? Share them here, for review by our project team.
Do you have any resources to share?
Join the Gentle Density Network
Small Housing created a space where local government planners can tackle these collective challenges together. The Gentle Density Network is an open space to catalyze the evolution of single-detached neighbourhoods that provide ground-oriented homes, equitable for all.