Twin Goals
How Duplexes Can Build Family Wealth & Return Affordability to Central Ohio
Twin Goals follows a young hypothetical couple as they purchase their first home in Central Ohio, exploring how their choice to buy a duplex creates financial opportunities and personal independence as they progress through life and build a family in our community. It conservatively estimates that an Ohioan can earn or save almost $1.3 million over their lifetime as a result of duplex owner-occupancy.
With Central Ohio housing prices rising dramatically, local leaders and residents are increasingly looking to the past for guidance on how to tame today’s costs.
Among the fastest growing trends is a revival of the American duplex. Sought after for its unique ability to blend neighborhood-style housing and economic accessibility, this architectural icon is rapidly emerging as one effective solution to our complex housing challenge.
Twin Goals is the first economic benefits study that quantifies the financial impacts individual homeowners can gain through duplex ownership. It finds that a typical Central Ohio family can reasonably earn or save nearly $1.3 million over their lifetime as a result of duplex owner-occupancy.
Follow along with our hypothetical couple - James & Delaney - as they evolve through their life together as duplex homeowners, parents, caregivers, and neighbors trying to save for their Central Ohio retirement.
Map is Scioto Analysis’ best estimate of zoning based on the current information available
In Central Ohio, our zoning laws only allow duplexes on 17% of all parcels. They are prohibited or subject to discretionary or conditional approval in at least 79% of the region.
For the first time ever, in partnership with Scioto Analysis, Twin Goals provides a public, interactive map of where duplexes are legal throughout the Central Ohio region. Click the link below to see if you are allowed to live in a duplex in your neighborhood!
Map Tip: if you’re seeing a lot of white spaces, zoom in!
Where do we go now?
Learn more about the power of the duplex to help ease Central Ohio’s mounting housing pressures. Or visit our Zoning page to see how missing middle strategies line up with other land use tools, or our Help Today page to get involved!