A year ago, Allyson Cooksey-Jones was only vaguely aware that the city of Charlotte was going to allow duplexes and triplexes in all residential neighborhoods. Then early this year, a single-family ...

Anchorage city rules for years have stifled construction of small multifamily housing — triplexes and fourplexes — in many neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Anchorage is grappling with a housing shortage, ...