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Parking reform → housing reuse

Relaxed parking rules helped unlock downtown housing.

Adaptive-reuse projects supplied thousands of homes after Los Angeles changed its rules.

REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 1 · Downtown housing growth before and after adaptive reuse reform
Figure 1 · Downtown housing growth before and after adaptive reuse reformAdaptive-reuse projects supplied thousands of homes after Los Angeles changed its rules. Values digitized from Figure 1 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.04,0008,00012,00016,000Net new downtown homesPeriodNet new housing units1960s1970s1980s1990s1999–20082000s total
Figure 1 · Downtown housing growth before and after adaptive reuse reform. Values digitized from Figure 1 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.
PeriodNet new housing units
1960s1200
1970s900
1980s1700
1990s3500
1999–20087200
2000s total14300

Source: Manville (2013) · Figure 1; PDF p. 7

Data: Values digitized from Figure 1 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.

Keep in mind: This chart is descriptive, and downtown adaptive reuse is a specialized setting with simultaneous market changes.

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Relaxed parking rules helped unlock downtown housing.

Adaptive-reuse projects supplied thousands of homes after Los Angeles changed its rules.

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Manville (2013)
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Figure 1 · Downtown housing growth before and after adaptive reuse reform · Figure 1; PDF p. 7
Redraw data
Values digitized from Figure 1 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.
Keep in mind
This chart is descriptive, and downtown adaptive reuse is a specialized setting with simultaneous market changes.
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Values used to redraw Figure 1 · Downtown housing growth before and after adaptive reuse reform
PeriodNet new housing units
1960s1200
1970s900
1980s1700
1990s3500
1999–20087200
2000s total14300
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