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Wellington trustees accept housing-needs study and adopt code changes to expand smaller, diverse housing
Summary
Trustees acknowledged a final housing needs and affordability assessment that found shortages of lower-cost rentals and entry-level for-sale homes, then adopted land-use code amendments to increase housing types and modestly raise allowed density in some zones, with a new limit of six units per building in the R‑4 downtown neighborhood.
The Wellington Board of Trustees on April 8 accepted a final Housing Needs and Affordability Assessment and then adopted amendments to Chapter 15 of the town’s Land Use Code aimed at increasing housing diversity and reducing regulatory barriers for smaller and infill housing.
The study, contracted with Matrix Design Group and presented by Planning Director Cody Byrd and Matrix consultants Dr. Christian Karen and Lainie Corey, found that Wellington’s housing stock is overwhelmingly single‑family detached housing and that rents and home prices have risen faster than local incomes. "We do have some housing shortfalls in our community," Cody Byrd said, calling the issue “bigger … and possibly of more concern than we initially thought.” Dr. Christian…
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