HousingAnchorage · June 5, 2026
anchorage rethinks your block
Anchorage Assembly revives a scaled-down Missing Middle Housing Overlay, with public introduction set for June 9.
Daily Alaska staff · June 5, 2026 · Anchorage
The Anchorage Assembly is reviving a zoning proposal called the Missing Middle Housing Overlay, scheduled for public introduction on June 9. The plan reworks an earlier version, the Transit Supportive Development Overlay, which stalled in the Assembly last October before two Assembly members rewrote it with lower building heights.
The new version drops maximum building heights from 75 feet to 40 feet citywide and adds a 30 foot cap in single family neighborhoods, the strictest limit in the proposal. The changes are meant to let more housing fit on existing lots in established neighborhoods without the taller buildings that drew objections in the first draft.
The overlay targets older parts of Anchorage near downtown and midtown, where lots tend to be larger and housing demand has kept climbing. Homeowners with single family lots could see new options for what they are allowed to build, including a small second dwelling or splitting a larger lot.
The ordinance has not passed. The Assembly is set to introduce it on June 9, with further debate expected before any vote.
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When will Anchorage Assembly vote on the zoning change?
It's scheduled for public introduction on June 9. There will be more debate before any vote happens.
What's the Missing Middle Housing Overlay about?
It's a revised zoning plan meant to let more homes be built on existing lots in established neighborhoods, lowering building height limits from 75 feet to 40 feet citywide, with a 30 foot cap in single family zones.
Did the old zoning proposal pass?
No. The Transit Supportive Development Overlay stalled in the Assembly last October, so two members reworked it and are bringing back a scaled-down version.
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- The Anchorage Assembly is reintroducing a revised zoning plan called the Missing Middle Housing Overlay with public introduction set for June 9. · adn.com
- The earlier Transit Supportive Development Overlay stalled in the Assembly in October. · adn.com
- The new version drops max heights from 75 feet to 40 feet and adds a 30 foot cap in single family areas. · adn.com
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