Buckeye duo fights to bring duplexes back home

With a new documentary, two Ohio State graduates hope to return the once-popular duplex home to Central Ohio to help add more affordable housing. “A zoning change in 1954 largely made duplexes illegal in Columbus,” says Carlie Boos ’07, ’07, executive director of the Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio (AHACO). “Duplexes were historically the foundation of the middle class, and we want to bring them back like they’re doing in cities like Minneapolis and Denver to help dig us out of this housing hole.”

“United: The Hidden Story of the Humble Duplex” premiered in June to a sold-out audience at Studio 35 in Clintonville—a section of Columbus where there’s a duplex or two on many blocks.

The movie was filmed by Anita Kwan ’10 and produced by Boos and AHACO. “United” explores the history of this once-popular type of house and makes the case for Columbus to change its zoning laws to allow the revival of homes with side-by-side living.

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