Quality Housing

Quality Housing is a bulk regime in the residence-district rules that pairs floor-area ceilings with fixed base heights, maximum building heights, and street-wall requirements, plus standards for the building itself — matters like refuse storage, recreation space, and planting. It is mandatory in contextual districts and has historically been elective in many non-contextual ones, as an alternative to the height-factor rules.

The program regulates form and standards, not affordability — despite the name, it has nothing to do with rents or incomes, and affordability programs operate separately on top of it. The street-aligned, moderate-height apartment building that fills most of the city's newer residential fabric is this recipe's product.