Did you grow up in and/or are you raising a family in urban multi-family housing?

[JManc]

Originally Posted by benp

How do you know there is no demand? No developers in Houston even offer duplexes, or even allow it in their subdivisions. Duplexes, guest houses, etc are deeded out of most of Houston. There are few that even exist at all. Some offer "patio homes" but not all, as an option for housing. It probably comes down to profit for the developers, not demand. Higher profit for developers on SFH.

Houston is full of garage apartments which are a 'guest house' above a garage. There are also duplexes but in older areas. You won't find them in newer masterplanned suburbs. I think if there were a stronger demand, developers would build more and find a way to find them profitable if that were an issue.

Patio homes are common but fairly pricey compared to the average SFH.