In this episode of SPACES, Dimitrius sits down with Garland Harris Jr., President of Middle Housing Design Co., to discuss how small-scale housing can help address affordability, infill development, and the changing needs of American cities.
Garland shares how his experience in residential design, production homebuilding, and development led him to build a business around duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, and other forms of middle housing. He explains how repeatable plans, construction efficiency, and firsthand development experience allow his team to move projects faster while controlling costs.
The conversation also explores how Garland evaluates land, identifies neighborhoods with long-term growth potential, approaches development financing, and navigates regulations often written for projects much larger than the small infill developments he is trying to build.
Dimitrius and Garland also look toward the future, discussing how smaller homes, changing transportation habits, delivery services, autonomous vehicles, and reduced dependence on cars could reshape housing, parking, density, and neighborhood design.
Topics include:
- The business model behind Middle Housing Design Co.
- Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and missing-middle housing
- Designing repeatable, cost-efficient housing
- Small-scale infill development
- Land acquisition and neighborhood growth indicators
- Financing development projects
- Permitting and regulations that make small projects harder
- Housing affordability and the need to build smaller
- The relationship between transportation, parking, and housing
- How changing mobility could reshape future communities
As Discussed:
Middle Housing Design Co.
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