Mix

Housing mix is needed to ensure that social mobility does not require geographic mobility – in other words, to provide opportunities for residents to change their housing "in place". Design strategies that support housing mix include codes that can address housing mix, small unit integration, housing near transit, housing in commercial areas, and new/innovative housing types. There are two types of strategies related to mix in diverse places: the mix of housing options, and the mix of services and facilities needed to support a diverse set of needs. Small unit integration is especially important because it provides options for low to moderate income households, as well as additional rental income for existing property owners. A diversity of people needs a diversity of businesses, services and facilities. Business diversity that corresponds to social diversity is most likely localized, or at least small in scale.