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Board raises housing affordability trade-offs as comp-plan planners weigh environmental standards
Summary
Board members discussed tensions between stronger environmental standards and housing affordability, including who bears costs (owners vs renters), density versus neighborhood character, and potential incentives or trade-offs to support both climate goals and housing production.
Board members told city planners that environmental policies can increase building costs and that the comp-plan update should explicitly consider trade-offs between higher environmental standards and housing affordability. Speakers noted that stronger requirements (for energy, materials, stormwater, and resilience) can raise…
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