The zoning reform, championed by Councilors Burhan Azeem and Sumbul Siddiqui, is one of the most ambitious changes to any city’s zoning in decades. The post Cambridge eliminates single-family zoning in historic move appeared first on Boston.

Members of the City Council voted 8-1 Monday night to dramatically revise zoning rules by eliminating single-family zones throughout the city. The change eliminates single-family and two-family restriction zones while allowing townhomes and buildings of up to four stories in all locations and up to six stories on lots larger than 5,

The Cambridge City Council voted 8-1 to approve a proposal eliminating single family zoning city-wide in a meeting Monday night, capping off over a year of laborious dealmaking between activist residents,

Cambridge has enacted one of the most aggressive pro-housing zoning measures undertaken by a U.S. city in recent years: It will now allow the construction of four-story residential buildings citywide.

As expected, eight out of nine councillors supported bans on single- and two-family zones, dubbed “exclusionary zoning,” to address a housing affordability crisis.

The Cambridge City Council Monday approved a measure that eliminates single family zoning and clears the way for increased density as the state seeks to address its housing crunch.