Small Homes and Small Lots

Durham, North Carolina's reforms chart a new path to lowered housing costs.

Despite suffering one of the tightest housing markets in the South, Durham, North Carolina “bent the curve” on affordability while comparable cities’ failed to produce any new homes at an attainable price point.

In 2019, the City of Durham, North Carolina, passed a set of reforms known as Expanding Housing Choices (or, colloquially, EHC). The reforms wer…