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Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis

If you've been around architecture and urbanism circles for the last few years, you might have heard about something called "single-stair" layouts. While not a new concept (it's been present in European multifamily buildings for a very long time), single-stair apartment buildings have, like upzoning before it, become the latest concept to gain "it will fix our cities" panacea status among a certain type of pragmatic liberal urban pundit.