LIST OF ARTICLES,
BY LOCATION
The United States
California
Alamo
East Bay Times: Contra Costa supervisors reject plan for huge home on Alamo hilltop [6/5/2018]
Fullerton
California Globe: The Housing Crisis Part III: Fullerton [10/8/2019]
Los Angeles
LA Progressive: Los Angeles Overrun by McMansions [2/14/2021]
Curbed Los Angeles: LA cracked down on McMansions. Developers are still building them. [3/17/2020]
The Telegraph: Judge orders father of supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid to pull down $100 million Bel Air mega-mansion [11/21/2019]
Los Angeles Times: Bel-Air mega-mansion should be torn down, city officials say [11/5/2019]
The Wall Street Journal: L.A. Developers Have a Big Problem: Too Many New Megamansions [5/30/2019]
The Real Deal: Go big and go home: Inside LA’s mansion expansion quest [3/12/2019]
Vanity Fair: The Hadid-Family Patriarch Is Battling His Bel Air Neighbors Over a Half-Built Mansion [11/14/2018]
The Wall Street Journal: The War of the Los Angeles Megamansions [9/6/2018]
CityLab: McMansions are killing L.A.'s urban forest [5/4/2017]
CBS Los Angeles: L.A. council approves limits on McMansions [3/1/2017]
Los Angeles Times: L.A. lawmakers finalize new measures to curb 'mansionization' [3/1/2017]
Curbed Los Angeles: Could the anti-development Measure S tank L.A.'s economy? [12/16/2017]
Los Angeles Patch: L.A. city council votes to limit size of 'McMansions' [12/7/2016]
Los Angeles Times: L.A. has a growing mansionization problem [7/28/2016]
Los Angeles Times: L.A. takes a step toward tighter rules to curb mansionization [7/14/2016]
City Watch: Lessons from Beverly Grove's successful fight against McMansions [6/30/2016]
The Telegraph: Record $500 million mega-mansion being built in Los Angeles [5/27/2015]
Los Angeles Daily News: No more ‘McMansions’ in Los Angeles for two years, says council [3/26/2015]
Los Angeles Times: Attempt to tighten 'McMansion' law spurs outcry [2/24/2015]
Malibu
Malibu Times: Hundreds Descend on City Hall Monday: Residents Oppose New Restrictions on Home Development Size, Commission Plows Forward [7/3/2019]
Malibu Times: From the Publisher: Shootout at the Planning Corral [7/27/2019]
Montecito
Daily Mail: 'She's created an uproar': Gwyneth Paltrow enrages neighbors with plans to demolish $5 million mansion to build 'too big, too tall and incompatible California home' [7/3/2017]
Napa Valley
Napa Valley Register: Napa County sees McMansions as farmland threat [11/1/2018]
Pasadena
Pasadena Now: Planning Commission Supports Zoning Code Amendment Aimed at Combatting Mansionization [9/10/2020]
Redwood City
The Daily Journal: Guidelines aiming to tame ‘monster homes’ in Redwood City [2/4/2020]
The Daily Journal: Redwood City OKs limits on home size [8/29/2019]
The Daily Journal: Redwood City’s home size rules moving forward [6/20/2019]
The Mercury News: Redwood City tries to stop developers building ‘monster homes’ for maximum profit [8/27/2019]
CBS SF BayArea: Redwood City Imposes New Guidelines For Oversized ‘Monster Homes’ [8/27/2019]
Climate Online Redwood City: Redwood City council passes urgency ordinance aiming to limit home sizes [8/28/2019]
The Daily Journal: Redwood City OKs limits on home size [8/28/2019]
The Mercury News: After restricting second-story granny units, Redwood City to limit home sizes [7/21/2019]
San Carlos
The Daily Journal: San Carlos adopts changes to home sizes [10/24/2018]
The Daily Journal: Debate surrounding home-size rules wearing on in San Carlos [10/10/2018]
San Francisco
KQED: SF Supervisor Wants to Limit 'McMansions,' Allow Fourplexes Where Single Family Homes Roam [2/1/2021]
San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. supervisor’s creative proposal: Make it hard to build McMansions, easier to build small apartments [1/30/2021]
Planetizen: Property Owner Who Tore Down Neutra-Designed House Ordered to Build Exact Replica [12/21/2018]
SFBay.ca: Proposed law would limit conversion of rentals to ‘monster’ homes [12/11/2018]
San Francisco Chronicle: SF supervisor’s bill takes aim at illegal home demolitions [12/11/2018]
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Daily Press: City Council limits “mansionization” of single-family neighborhoods [10/24/2019]
Santa Monica Daily Press: Size and parking rules to incentivize remodels over new construction [8/9/2019]
Colorado
Aspen
Aspen Times: Buildout projection, recent trends drive Pitkin County’s downzoning push [11/15/2020]
Aspen Times: Aspen real estate: Billions sold and a billionaire’s hold [2/21/2020]
Aspen Times: ‘Rural and Remote,’ the zoning that saved the back of Aspen Mountain from monster homes, turns 25 [10/10/2019]
Aspen Times: Paul Andersen: Are land developers shedding bitter tears? [6/30/2019]
Aspen Daily News: When is enough, enough? [6/16/2019]
Aspen Times: Tony Vagneur: Bigger isn’t always better for houses; it’s time to downsize [5/31/2019]
Green Building Advisor: Colorado County Ponders Lower Limit on House Size [3/12/2019]
Aspen Times: Pitkin County’s max home size may be reduced [3/4/2019]
Aspen Times: Super-size my house: County's homes twice average size; development rush causes big impact [8/6/2006]
Aspen Times: New house-size caps for Aspen [5/8/2003]
Boulder
The Daily Camera: Boulder City Council to provide feedback on large homes, lots project [5/25/2019]
The Daily Camera: Boulder abandons McMansion ban - for now [10/17/2018]
The Daily Camera: From the Editorial Advisory Board: McMansions [9/29/2018]
The Daily Camera: Boulder council has 'appetite' for limiting home size in bid to rid Boulder of McMansions [9/25/2018]
The Daily Camera: Boulder compatible development rules take effect for houses Monday [12/31/2009]
San Juan County
Silverton Standard: County poised to ban trophy homes [2/2/2012]
Delaware
Dewey Beach
Cape Gazette: Dewey commissioners table decision on zoning changes [11/27/2020]
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware Online: Rehoboth cinches large homes with tightened zoning law [7/17/2015]
Florida
Anna Maria
ABC Tampa Bay: Anna Maria leaders worried about "McMansions" on the island [6/5/2019]
Bradenton Herald: Anna Maria Island’s beach bungalows, and a way of life, giving way to ‘McMansions’ [5/29/2019]
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Times: St. Petersburg eyes zoning changes after explosion of large homes [2/9/2017]
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaii News Now: In Kaimuki, residents worry monster homes are taking over the community [1/24/2021]
Hawaii Public Radio: City Council Unanimously Passes 'Monster Home' Permit Measure [1/29/2021]
Hawaii News Now: Honolulu City Council takes aim at new regulations against monster homes [6/20/2020]
Star Advertiser: Mayor Kirk Caldwell allows bill regulating ‘monster’ homes to become law [7/5/2019]
Hawaii News Now: Neighbors at odds over years-long construction of Kaneohe mega-home [10/23/2018]
Honolulu Civil Beat: Denby Fawcett: Time To Cut Honolulu’s Monster Houses Down To Size [10/2/2018]
Hawaii News Now: Monster homes are gobbling up Oahu neighborhoods—and it's all legal [8/3/2018]
Hawaii News Now: The fix to illegal monster homes? Councilman says tear them down [5/1/2018]
Star Advertiser: Mayor signs bill temporarily banning permits for new 'monster houses' [3/13/2018]
Star Advertiser: Kaimuki resident documents 'monster' houses [2/11/2018]
Hawaii Public Radio: Honolulu City Council Committee advances "monster homes" bill [1/23/2018]
KHON 2: What's with all the big houses? Some are apartment buildings in disguise [2/7/2017]
Oahu
Star Advertiser: ‘Monster houses’ bill is criticized as not addressing the cause of the problem [10/15/2018]
Star Advertiser: ‘Monster’ homes continue with total impunity [9/7/2018]
Hawaii News Now: City orders 'monster homes' builder to stop work on 17 projects [5/31/2018]
Illinois
Champaign
CU-Citizen Access: In-Town residents successfully alter zoning regulations [5/6/2019]
CU-Citizen Access: Clark Park continues to fight against building of giant houses [11/12/2019]
Chicago
Loop North News: Are Chicago home buyers starting to believe less house is more? [3/24/2019]
Hinsdale
Chicago Tribune: The McMansion's day has come and gone [9/7/2016]
Iowa
Des Moines
Business Record: Des Moines City Council Approves New Zoning Code [10/17/2019]
13WHOTV: City Council Approves New Zoning Codes With Changes Still Coming [10/16/2019]
Des Moines Register: Des Moines lowers size requirements for new homes in contentious zoning code [8/26/2019]
Kansas
Prairie Village
KCUR 89.3: Prairie Village City Council Approves Home Building Guidelines [10/1/2018]
The Kansas City Star: Prairie Village council sends home construction guidelines to planning commissioners [8/7/2018]
The Kansas City Star: Prairie Village residents focus on teardowns, new construction at first of 3 meetings [7/10/2018]
The Kansas City Star: Mayor Laura Wassmer speaks with the Kansas City Star [7/5/2018]
KCUR 89.3: Prairie Village home teardowns rankle residents [6/13/2018]
KCUR 89.3: Big homes, small lots: new rules for tearing down old houses in Prairie Village [6/13/2018]
The Kansas City Star: Teardowns have divided Prairie Village. Now residents have a chance to weigh in [6/6/2018]
The Kansas City Star: Prairie Village is tearing down homes. Is it progress or problem for neighborhoods? [10/25/2017]
The Kansas City Star: ‘We don’t want to be Olathe’: Prairie Village planners pass tear-down rules [6/9/2016]
Maryland
Bethesda
Washington Post: In Bethesda, a small enclave holds back the McMansions [4/16/2020]
Washington Post: These neighbors spent $2 million to block a McMansion. Will their bet pay off? [12/20/2015]
Frederick
The Frederick News Post: Neighbors rallying against 'McMansion' on Magnolia Avenue in Frederick [7/11/2017]
Massachusetts
Belmont
Wicked Local Belmont: Neighbors [show] support for permit for home in Kendall Gardens [10/10/2017]
Boston
Boston Globe: Boston’s new luxury towers appear to house few local residents [9/10/2018]
Bourne
The Bourne Enterprise: Scale Of New Patuisset Home Irks Neighbors [8/22/2019]
Braintree
The Patriot Ledger: Braintree Zoning Changes Have Whole Town Talking [3/23/2019]
Chatham
The Cape Cod Chronicle: Plan Board Explores Limiting Size Of Residential Structures [2/27/2019]
Chilmark
Vineyard Gazette: Chilmark overwhelmingly passes bylaw to limit home size [4/23/2013]
Edgartown
Vineyard Gazette: Edgartown planning board faces dilemma on size of mansions [10/24/2002]
Falmouth
The Falmouth Enterprise: Accessory Apartment Unravels Plan For Mega-Mansion In Falmouth [11/22/2018]
Hyannis
Cape Cod Times: Housing report: Cape on precipice [10/25/2018]
Martha’s Vineyard
Vineyard Gazette: MVC Proposed Checklist Would Include Review of Large Houses [1/23/2020]
Nantucket
The Inquirer and Mirror: Judge upholds approval of Hither Creek home [7/10/2017]
Needham
Needham Wicked Local: ‘McMansions’ force downsizers and young families out of Needham [2/6/2019]
Provincetown
Cape Cod Times: Considering character [9/1/2018]
Cape Cod Times: Provincetown zoning bylaw decision faces SJC appeal [7/1/2018]
Sandwich
The Sandwich Enterprise: Sandwich ConCom Looks At Limiting Beach Development [5/30/2019]
Sharon
Boston Globe: As houses get bigger, Sharon may regulate large dwellings [2/23/2012]
Truro
Wicked Local Wellfleet: Truro ZBA grants Solomont variance while Letendre withdraws [12/3/2018]
Wicked Local Provincetown: Truro limits giant houses — just in time [11/29/2018]
Wicked Local Wellfleet: Truro OKs house size limits, pot regulations [11/15/2018]
Wicked Local Wellfleet: Holt blasts ZBA over big house dispute [11/8/2018]
Wicked Local Wellfleet: STM to vote on house size limits and pot bylaws [11/8/2018]
Cape Cod Times: Truro to consider limits on house size [8/14/2018]
Wicked Local Truro: Truro house size limit designed to prevent ‘viagratecture’ [8/9/2018]
Cape Cod Times: Truro town meeting approves restriction on house sizes in Seashore [4/25/2017]
UMass Law Review: Cape Cod town rebels against "starter castles" [10/29/2016]
Wicked Local Truro: Truro planning board votes to limit Seashore house size [10/7/2016]
Wicked Local Wellfleet: Truro opens a debate on limiting the size of houses [8/17/2016]
Boston.com: Mansion demolition order has Truro residents debating: Building rises over site favored by Edward Hopper [2/3/2012]
Wellfleet
Cape Cod Times: Building restrictions on Seashore land approved [10/28/2008]
The New York Times: In Cape Cod’s Dunes, Something’s Growing Besides Scrub Pine [11/9/2006]
Minnesota
Eagan
Star Tribune: With zoning change, Eagan tries to encourage building of smaller homes [3/18/2019]
Excelsior
Star Tribune: In fight to preserve character, Excelsior considers strictest zoning rules in state [4/27/2020]
Minneapolis
Star Tribune: Tighter limits on new home sizes clear initial hurdle [7/29/2014]
New Jersey
Chatham
Tap Into Chatham: Chatham Township Committee Asks Planning Board to Look at Existing Limits on House Size in Relation to Lot Size; 3-2 Vote [3/5/2019]
Long Beach Island
The Philadelphia Inquirer: As McMansions rise down the Shore, long gone are the humble surf shacks [5/26/2019]
Madison
Madison Eagle: Zoning changes for the greater good [7/7/2018]
Montclair
NorthJersey.com: If this Montclair mansion gets built, it will be bigger than the White House [3/20/2019]
New York
Brooklyn
CityLimits.org: Bushwick Community Plan Calls for Changes in Zoning—and in the Process [9/26/2018]
Bronxville
Patch: Mayor: Bronxville Talks Zoning Code Changes [1/26/2021]
The Hamptons
Bloomberg: Hamptons buyers battle over cheaper homes—that is, under $3.3 million [10/26/2017]
Bloomberg: Rich Hamptons buyers don't want mega-mansions [8/11/2017]
New York Times: Razing the Hamptons [4/14/2017]
Newsday: Oversized mansions targeted in new laws restricting home size in Hamptons villages [6/7/2015]
New York Times: Hamptons McMansions herald a return of excess [8/26/2013]
Manhattan
The Wall Street Journal: New York’s Mansion Tax Could Explain Blitz of Big-Ticket Sales [6/13/2019]
Scarsdale
The Scarsdale Inquirer: ‘McMansion’ rules will go to planning board [11/18/2020]
Scarsdale10583: BOT Refers Recommendations to Reduce Home Bulk to the Planning Board [11/11/2020]
Scarsdale10583: Village Considers Best Diet to Reduce Bulk [10/10/2019]
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor Express: East End effort pops up to counter "not in my backyard" mindset [1/10/2018]
Washington Post: Historically black beach enclaves are fighting to save their history and identity [7/27/2017]
New York Times: Investors move next door, unsettling a black beachside enclave [8/25/2016]
Vanity Fair: The battle of Sag Harbor: historic homes, pricey penthouses, and scores of subpoenas [7/13/2016]
27East: Sag Harbor Village Board Adopts Law Limiting House Sizes [4/26/2016]
Sag Harbor Express: Call for Sag Harbor moratorium as neighbors cry foul over reconstruction of Main Street house [5/6/2015]
Shelter Island
Shelter Island Reporter: Neighbors speak out on mega house [10/02/2019]
Southampton
Newsday: Southampton may alter code to limit size of new homes in village [2/25/2018]
New York Post: Hamptons’ largest home hits the market for $35 million [7/10/2017]
27East: Southampton Village proposes new limits on house height [6/28/2015]
Newsday: Oversized mansions targeted in new laws restricting home size in Hamptons villages [6/7/2015]
Southold
The Suffolk Times: Civic groups ask Town Board to take action on large houses [2/24/2021]
The Suffolk Times: Equal Time: McMansions should not be our future [5/26/2019]
North Carolina
Dare County
Coastal Review Online: Dare County Towns Look to Manage ‘Mega-Houses’ [11/15/2018]
Kill Devil Hills
The Outer Banks Voice: KDH seeks new designation for large homes [11/14/2019]
The Outer Banks Voice: New bid to limit house sizes in KDH faces an uphill battle [6/27/2017]
Southern Shores
The Outer Banks Voice: Southern Shores sets 6,000-square-foot limit on new houses [1/25/2016]
The Outer Banks Voice: Southern Shores will look at changes to address mega-houses [12/1/2015]
Oregon
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Sustainable Life: Columbia Gorge commission reviewing future of scenic area [5/31/2018]
Portland
Schwabe: OP-ED: Portland Seeks to Cross Threshold with Strict House Size Limits [5/22/2018]
Koin6: Density vs. livability: public comments on Portland Infill [5/15/2018]
CNU Public Square: Portland considers anti-McMansion measures [11/23/2016]
Sightline Institute: The Portland Plan: down with McMansions, up with abundant housing options [11/15/2016]
Portland Tribune: Goodbye McMansions, hello more density? [6/9/2016]
Wallowa County
Wallowa County Chieftain: Battle brewing over ridge top 'trophy homes' [8/14/2002]
Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg
Financial Post: Millions of Americans are still trapped in debt-logged homes 10 years after the housing crisis brought the nation to its knees [9/15/2018]
Rhode Island
Block Island
Block Island Times: New laws to stop mega houses [2/12/2008]
Charlestown
EcoRI: Planners concerned new rules could McMansion R.I.'s coast [6/14/2018]
Middletown
Newport Daily News: Middletown Town Council scraps house height limit proposal [2/6/2018]
Newport Daily News: House size limits now up to Middletown council [10/18/2017]
Newport Daily News: Proposed change would place limits on size of houses in Middletown [8/2/2016]
Newport
The Providence Journal: Newport neighbors object to proposed chateau-like home [12/11/2018]
US News: Neighbors Object to Planned Chateau House in Newport [12/11/2018]
The Providence Journal: Newport house is a pariah, a ‘horror’ to some [1/15/2017]
New York Times: Newport, a city that loves its mansions, shudders at its newest one [12/4/2016]
Texas
Spring
Houston Chronicle: In The Woodlands, a four-year renovation has created a 'monster' house, neighbors say [5/15/2018]
West Lake Hills
Community Impact Newspaper: West Lake Hills city officials grapple with large homes, look at options to limit house sizes [4/10/2019]
Utah
Zion National Park
The Salt Lake Tribune: Zion National Park will acquire a private land parcel to fend off any development — but 3,400 acres remain at risk [10/8/2018]
Washington
Bainbridge Island
Kitsap Sun: Bainbridge man's yearlong 'McMansion' protest gets a national stage [8/5/2019]
The New York Times: "McMansion Blight, Thats My Brand” [7/28/2019]
Mercer Island
My Northwest: Mercer Island limits size of single-family homes [9/20/2017]
Seattle Times: Mercer Island, land of the luxury home, cracks down on building mansions [9/20/2017]
Seattle
Deseret News: As Seattle cracks down on McMansions, a question lingers: Are huge homes morally wrong? [7/7/2019]
The Seattle Times: Seattle City Council okays more and larger backyard cottages; Restricts McMansions [7/1/2019]
My Northwest: Seattle council approves ‘McMansion’ ban, backyard cottage proposal [7/1/2019]
My Northwest: ‘McMansion’ ban, new rules for backyard cottages enter home stretch [6/19/2019]
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: ‘Smaller homes, and more of them per lot’ [6/18/2019]
KUOW: Seattle bill pits McMansions against backyard cottages [6/13/2019]
Reason.com: Seattle Doesn't Want You To Have A Big House [5/31/2019]
Northwest News: Proposed ban on 'McMansions' would dramatically change Seattle's house-building rules [5/30/2019]
KIRO-TV: Seattle could ban building big houses with new ordinance [5/29/2019]
The Seattle Times: New ban on ‘McMansions’ would dramatically change Seattle’s house-building rules [5/29/2019]
Curbed Seattle: How ADU legislation could rein in Seattle’s McMansions [5/7/2019]
Seattle Pi: 'Cursed McMansions' of King County get featured on popular blog [11/1/2018]
Sightline Institute: Where Seattle’s Environmental Impact Statement Has Landed For Backyard Cottages [10/5/2018]
The Seattle Times: New review could pave way for more backyard cottages in Seattle while restricting ‘McMansions’ [10/4/2018]
Washington, D.C.
Washingtonian: Here are the floor plans for Jeff Bezos’s $23 million DC home [4/22/2018]
Wisconsin
Bay View
Journal Sentinel: 'It's hideous': Bay View residents bristle at towering three-story mansion being built by Ald. Tony Zielinski [1/14/2019]
Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole News & Guide: Changing East Jackson: Council grapples with character, zoning [3/24/2021]
Jackson Hole News & Guide: What size houses are too big, and who should care? [6/26/2019]
Canada
British Columbia
BC Gov News: New legislation makes it clear: Farmland is for farming [11/5/2018]
Abbotsford
The Abbotsford News: Most homes being built on Abbotsford farmland exceed new size limits [11/8/2018]
Coquitlam
Vancouver Courier: Coquitlam battles 'illegal apartment buildings' [2/14/2019]
Delta
Delta Optimist: Province finally catches up to Delta on farm mansions [11/14/2018]
Delta Optimist: Province to limit house sizes on farmland [8/29/2018]
Vancouver Courier: Delta solution to farm mansions should be followed, says Steves [4/11/2018]
Vancouver Courier: Get ready for the North Delta monster house debate [3/24/2018]
Surrey Now Leader: Amended Delta zoning bylaw moves forward [2/20/2018]
Port Moody
Tricity News: Monster homes or just big houses on Port Moody's Alderside Road? [1/20/2020]
Reddendale
The Kingston Whig Standard: New Reddendale planning rules concern house designer [3/15/2019]
The Kingston Whig Standard: Zoning changes will end Reddendale developments, builder says [3/6/2019]
Richmond
Vancouver Is Awesome: Public meetings to address mega-mansions and money laundering in B.C. [10/22/2019]
Western Investor: Province follows Richmond's lead in limiting ALR homes sizes [2/26/2019]
Vancouver Courier: Province limits homes sizes in ALR [2/25/2019]
CBC News: New Agricultural Land Reserve regulations take effect [2/23/2019]
Richmond News: Year in review: ALR home sizes shrink [12/24/2018]
Richmond News: Richmond council limits ALR homes to 400 square metres [12/19/2018]
Richmond News: Richmond council hears from public on farmhouse size [12/16/2018]
Richmond News: Richmond council votes to cut ALR home sizes even further [11/14/2018]
CBC News: City of Richmond votes in favour of limiting mega-mansions on ALR land [11/7/2018]
Richmond News: Richmond council unanimously in favour of bylaw to further limit ALR home sizes [11/6/2018]
News 1130: Province, Richmond move to restrict 'mega-homes' on farmland [11/5/2018]
Richmond News: RITE Richmond and Richmond Citizens' Association slates join forces in coalition [9/21/2018]
Richmond News: Upcoming legislation will kill Richmond's farm mega-mansions [8/15/2018]
Vancouver Is Awesome: Richmond is growing McMansions instead of crops on “protected” farmland [6/27/2018]
The Star: Small-scale farmers drawn into land-use debate in Richmond [5/27/2018]
Global News: Richmond votes to continue to allow so-called 'megahomes' on farmland [5/15/2018]
The Globe and Mail: In West Vancouver, ‘monster house’ debate a vicious circle [5/12/2018]
Vancouver Sun: Richmond set to consider more limits on farmland mansions [3/25/2018]
Business In Vancouver: Richmond MLAs want city to act on farmland mega-mansions [1/23/2018]
Global News: Giant monster house under construction in Richmond [1/4/2018]
News 1130: Mixed reaction after Richmond approves new home size limits [5/17/2017]
Saanich
Times Colonist: Farmers applaud new restrictions on mega-homes [11/7/2018]
Vancouver Courier: Saanich councillors call to stop monster homes being built on farmland [6/24/2018]
Surrey
CBC News: Big families raise concerns over provincial plan to limit size of ALR houses [11/26/2018]
CBC News: House-size limit provokes angry reaction [12/6/2006]
Vancouver
North Shore News: This is West Vancouver's plan to prevent new out-of-place monster homes [12/10/2020']
Global News: As dreams of home ownership fade, B.C. startup offers shares in Vancouver homes for as little as $1 [9/25/2018]
Price Tags: Province says they are going to stop the private estating of agricultural lands [8/17/2018]
The Star: In one of West Vancouver’s nicest neighbourhoods, nobody’s home except dust bunnies and raccoons [6/24/2018]
ThinkPol: Dilapidated homes, leaky condos, and crumbling mansions: Skilled trades shortage paints a bleak picture in Vancouver [5/23/2018]
CTV News: 'There is a problem': Will B.C. try to block mega-mansions on protected farmland? [5/15/2018]
CBC News: 'We have no alternative': White paper warns lost B.C. farmland could be catastrophic [3/7/2018]
The Lynda Steele Show: Breton Crellin vs. the luxury housing market [2/20/2018]
The Tyee: Mega-mansions threat to farmland, says critic [5/24/2017]
Vancouver Sun: Metro Vancouver monster home debate springs back to life [2/25/2015]
Victoria
Vancouver Sun: Legislation would restrict size of mansions on B.C. farmland [11/15/2018]
Ontario
Ancaster
Hamilton News: 'Monster homes' changing the face of Ancaster neighbourhoods, says resident [12/9/2019]
Hamilton News: Ancaster Coun. Lloyd Ferguson says "monster" home bylaw will preserve existing neighbourhoods [8/9/2019]
Hamilton News: Ancaster's new "monster" home bylaw could be scary for neighbourhoods, says resident [8/1/2019]
Balmy Beach
Beach Metro: Decision on plan for first of two Balmy Beach monster homes deferred by city’s Committee of Adjustment [11/23/2019]
Beach Metro: Proposals for pair of monster homes on the waterfront in Balmy Beach have residents concerned [11/13/2019]
Milton
InsideHalton: 'A tragedy': Milton residents say neighbourhoods are being negatively impacted by 'monster homes' and they're calling for action [9/21/2020]
InsideHalton: Frustration mounts over Milton monster homes in old neighbourhoods [8/10/2020]
InsideHalton: Study to address ‘monster homes’ in Milton nears completion [1/13/2020]
Newmarket
NewmarketToday: Newmarket's new rules for building, renovation won't ban 'individuality, unique design' [9/23/2020]
NewmarketToday: Bigger not better in Newmarket as building ban takes effect [2/25/2019]
NewmarketToday: Residents' plight tests Newmarket's temporary monster home ban [3/20/2019]
NewmarketToday: Newmarket's building ban on 'monster homes' extended [9/24/2019]
Thorold
Thorold News: Council, staff clash over zoning issues [5/8/2019]
Toronto
CBC: Torontonians sick and tired of 'McMansions' look to protect historic cottages from redevelopment [2/1/2021]
United Kingdom
England
Blackburn
The Times: Anger over billionaires' 'McMansion' homes plan in Blackburn [5/31/2018]
London
Spear’s Magazine: Ban on Mayfair ‘mega-homes’ [11/14/2018]
The Telegraph: 'Mega homes' to be banned in central London as Westminster council sets limit on size of new builds [11/13/2018]
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
ABC Radio Focus: The real cost of McMansions - is it time for a rethink? [4/7/2019]
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
The Canberra Times: The new plan to turn Canberra's McMansions into mini unit complexes [5/28/2018]