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Planner urges zoning changes and procedural streamlining to unlock missing‑middle housing
Summary
A Greater Minnesota Housing Fund planner told Fergus Falls officials the city’s high share of single‑person households (43.8%) and restrictive zoning limit smaller housing; recommendations included reducing setbacks, easing procedural barriers, broadening plan‑unit development use, and targeting infill on existing infrastructure.
Brianne Kennedy, planner with the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, presented a housing‑code audit and tax‑base analysis to the council, drawing on an Otter Tail County housing needs assessment. Kennedy said demographic trends — including an aging population and more single‑person households — mean Fergus Falls needs smaller and medium‑density housing types to meet demand.
Kennedy cited local data: "43.8%" of households are single‑person, a figure she said is…
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