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Triangle Zoning Reveals Housing Divide | Durham News
A new National Zoning Atlas reveals stark disparities in housing density across North Carolina’s Triangle region, showing that multifamily housing is concentrated in just a few cities—Raleigh and Cary—while many towns and counties, especially in Wake, Chatham, and Johnston, enforce restrictive minimum lot sizes that drive up costs and limit affordability. Despite communities often claiming they want more affordable housing, zoning rules actively block it. Wake County leads in flexibility thanks to its big cities, but even there, suburbs lag. Durham offers some flexibility, Orange County is…
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