Design Guidelines
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Gentle Density Housing Bylaw Guide (2025)
Thinking about bringing more housing options to your community? The Gentle Density Bylaw Guide is your roadmap to making it happen.
The California ADU Plans Gallery (2024)
Launched by the Community Planning Collaborative (CPC) in August 2024, the California ADU Plans Gallery is an innovative web application showcasing…
The Building Social Connections Toolkit (2024)
Our friends at Happy Cities have crafted a one-of-a-kind toolkit designed to enhance social well-being through thoughtful multi-unit housing designs.
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…
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.
Profile: ReHousing
Discover organizations from across Canada, and the rest of the world, who are contributing towards the gentle density movement.
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing: Toolkit for Local Governments (2024)
Toolkit intended to help local governments and their community members understand the legislative changes introduced related to SSMUH