In addition to what City Staff presented today, there are many other facets to the housing crisis that need to be addressed along with building new and preserving existing affordable houses, namely: adopting policies allowing for ADUs, building more duplexes and townhomes, developing incentive programs for developers to build actual workforce housing (instead of luxury apartments) and ending exclusionary zoning. What the City has done to date is take step one in a marathon. More has to be done.
I fully support more aggressive measures to add more affordable housing, including legalizing ADUs, incentivizing the construction of affordable housing, as well as implementing a broad Community Land Trust program
The efforts of the city department leaders and staff toward addressing our housing shortage is recognized and appreciated. However, it is equally important to recognize that our trajectory is grossly insufficient and the necessity of Council prioritizing key actions. Specifically, bonus programs for affordable housing as well as necessary zoning amendments to permit ADUs, duplex/triplex/townhome development, mobile home parks and denser single-family neighborhoods. We are nowhere near on track.
With a deficit of over 160,000 units, Phoenix needs a large amount of housing. While I applaud the city for securing 26,000 units, I wish they would follow their promises they originally made, such as legalizing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allowing for more duplexes, triplexes, and town homes, and actually creating a bonus program to encourage affordable housing. All things that would improve housing supply and affordability, all things the city has promised and failed to deliver.
In addition to what City Staff presented today, there are many other facets to the housing crisis that need to be addressed along with building new and preserving existing affordable houses, namely: adopting policies allowing for ADUs, building more duplexes and townhomes, developing incentive programs for developers to build actual workforce housing (instead of luxury apartments) and ending exclusionary zoning. What the City has done to date is take step one in a marathon. More has to be done.
I fully support more aggressive measures to add more affordable housing, including legalizing ADUs, incentivizing the construction of affordable housing, as well as implementing a broad Community Land Trust program
The efforts of the city department leaders and staff toward addressing our housing shortage is recognized and appreciated. However, it is equally important to recognize that our trajectory is grossly insufficient and the necessity of Council prioritizing key actions. Specifically, bonus programs for affordable housing as well as necessary zoning amendments to permit ADUs, duplex/triplex/townhome development, mobile home parks and denser single-family neighborhoods. We are nowhere near on track.
With a deficit of over 160,000 units, Phoenix needs a large amount of housing. While I applaud the city for securing 26,000 units, I wish they would follow their promises they originally made, such as legalizing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allowing for more duplexes, triplexes, and town homes, and actually creating a bonus program to encourage affordable housing. All things that would improve housing supply and affordability, all things the city has promised and failed to deliver.