City Council and Planning Commission meet Thursday
that represent the most sweeping changes to the rules that regulate housing development seen in decades. These changes are intended to address Austin's affordability crisis by increasing housing supply throughout the city. The proposed LDC changes under public review are:Revising site regulations for duplexes, including reducing the minimum lot size for those housing types from 7,000 square feet to 5,750 square feet.
Council will not vote on any of the proposed ordinance changes at the meeting – that will happen in December, after two additional public hearings – but the hearing will serve as the first opportunity for residents to provide comment to both bodies.
Who attends the public hearing will be interesting to observe. In the past, individuals and groups who have opposed such policies – mostly older, whiter homeowners – have dominated the conversation. But that dynamic has shifted over the past year with a younger, more diverse crowd showing up to public meetings to plead for policies that would allow for more housing development.against).
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