The Dalles City Council got its introduction into work currently being done at the municipal planning commission level in response to state legislation adopted in 2019 to provide more opportunities for what is called “middle housing.”  That is duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, town homes, and cottage clusters.  The Dalles Community Development Department Director Alice Cannon says the state law requires every single family residential lot in the City has to be available to these kinds of development.  Cannon says a clear and objective path for residential development is required…adding the City addressed that during October 2019 housing code revisions.  Cannon said a consulting team has worked on writing code amendments to meet housing groups over the couple of months.  She noted the goal is to finish by June 30, but she added she doesn’t want to wait until the end of the process for the Council to weigh in.