In Support of Multigenerational Middle Housing

My mother bought a home here in 2001. After spending time in CA for college and my early career, my husband and I returned to Bellingham hoping to temporarily live in my mother's home with her while we saved up to buy our own home and start a family. We quickly realized how unaffordable housing has become, and instead invested in renovating the basement to create a two-unit, multigenerational house. While we were forced into this model out of necessity, after living this way for a few years we've realized how much we love it, and hope to see much more conversion of single family home properties into middle housing (duplexes and triplexes). It's more affordable, better for the environment, and better for our wellbeing.