An Agile, Cost-Competitive, Alternative Approach to Class A Multifamily Living Using Missing Middle Housing, Part 1

Case Study: Bungalows on the Lake at Prairie Queen, Papillion, NE

Ending Systemic Oppression

“To everyone who is feeling anger, sadness, frustration and grief right now: we see you and we hear you.” ~Calvin Gladney, President and CEO of Smart Growth America

Ready to Help

To Our Clients, Colleagues, and Friends: We hope you are staying healthy and safe. As has been the case since our founding 20 years ago, our mission at Opticos is to support and help strengthen communities, and we remain ready and able to do ...

The End of Single-Family Zoning

Your City/State Just Enabled Multiple Units on Every Lot. Here are Six Tips for Successful Implementation.

How to Get By-Right Zoning Right

In November of 2016, Opticos Principal Karen Parolek keenly identified that ‘by-right zoning’ was getting lots of buzz as a tool to help with California’s housing crisis: We need 180,000 dwellings each year by 2025 to keep up with demand.