HOUSING PARTIES
To get folks up-to-speed on the latest regarding the city’s zoning rewrite process, we’re hosting a series of Housing Parties across the city. Sign up for one (or all of them), come connect in conversation, and learn how you can take action.
House Party locations + times:
Wed. May 7th 5:30-7:30pm @ Republic Brewing Company
Sat. May 24th 1-3pm @ To Share Brewery
Mon. June 2nd 5:30-7:30pm @ William & Sons Coffee
Why do we need to update the zoning code?
The zoning code not only determines what areas are allowed to build homes in, but specifies what kind of home can be built, separating different types of homes such as apartments.
The zoning code essentially determines how many homes can be built in Manchester and whether those homes will be naturally affordable to working families or only to more affluent people.
Why aren’t we building more home types today?
Our zoning code has deliberately outlawed some of the more affordable home types - duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, small apartment buildings, and backyard cottages. Instead, our zoning code has prioritized the most expensive home type - the single detached home - on a huge percentage of our land in Manchester.
What’s at stake for Manchester?
What’s at stake is the future of our city - today, people cannot find homes they can afford that meet our needs. Will we allow more homes to be built that are different sizes and price points, or will we continue our exclusionary trajectory, and ensure only the wealthy few can live in Manchester? We can choose a different path forward that allows for more abundant homes, more homes of different sizes and prices, and for more community members to live in Manchester. Our zoning code can create the opportunity for new and more attainable homes here in Manchester, but only if we allow more homes in more parts of our city.