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City planners propose ADU, home‑repair and data steps to limit displacement; committee asks staff for vulnerability analysis
Summary
Planning staff proposed changes to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules, described a regional home‑repair partnership (ARCHER) funded by bond dollars and shared permit and project data; the committee directed staff to prepare a displacement‑vulnerability framework and follow up on a legacy‑neighborhood overlay proposal.
Planning and housing staff on Sept. 16 presented a policy overview and data briefing on anti‑displacement strategies, proposed text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and the city’s current investments in home‑repair partnerships.
Steph Muncedahl, the city’s planning and urban design director, opened with definitions used in the city’s affordable housing plan: physical displacement (loss of housing or eviction), economic displacement (households priced out), cultural/social displacement (residents feeling they no longer belong), and environmental displacement (loss due to a disaster). Muncedahl said the city intends to pair growth-encouraging policies with protections that help residents remain in place.
On ADUs, staff proposed increasing the maximum allowed ADU size from 800 square feet to 1,000 square feet to better accommodate families and align with building standards, and…
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