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Max Nardo

@maxnardoco.bsky.social
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I like plants and work on housing and sustainable land use in Colorado

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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New poll shows that Denver voters support the city's initiative to legalizing middle housing by more than 2:1. Portland did this in 2021 and has hundreds of new homes for sale in great neighborhoods for under $500k. Here's a slide deck with more info about this: docs.google.com/presentation...
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Lots of middle housing progress in Colorado! - Lakewood legalized MH citywide in 2025 - Denver developing a policy now - Boulder exploring the same in comp plan update + more 5 recent surveys: - Lakewood and COS: ~2:1 - Boulder: 70-80% for 3-8 units - Denver: 58:31 for 6 units | 62% for du/triplex
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
It's nice to see support for townhomes gaining traction locally. Chart is from Lakewood's 2024 housing plan, text is from Colorado Springs Housing Needs Assessment outreach (reported by KOAA)
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Remember those 2024 Colorado land use laws that were a pretty big deal? Wonder how they're working? We have been documenting city policy updates since then 📜 Did you know that in Grand Junction you can build 2 ADUs at your house? Learn more local flavors of these policies in our report ⬇️
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
By a vote of 7-0 on 6/23, Wheat Ridge CO eliminated minimum parking requirements for multifamily residential in all areas of the city. Councilor Hultin: "This is an opportunity to leverage our land use for housing and bring more attainable housing opportunities to the city"
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The big concerns? Overdevelopment, neighborhood character, displacement. The outcomes so far? ✅Steady, modest production ✅Distributed across neighborhoods ✅No overconcentration in areas vulnerable to displacement ✅No increase in demolitions, and >2x as many homes built per demolition
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Max Nardo @maxnardoco.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Portland legalized smaller homes—like duplexes, triplexes, and cottage clusters—on most residential lots. 3 years in, this shift has led to hundreds of new homes per year in walkable neighborhoods, selling for $100s of thousands less than single detached houses.
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