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Council hears housing study update: demolition, rehab and tiny‑home subdivision among ongoing tools

5750651 · September 8, 2025
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Summary

Staff reviewed the 2022 housing needs assessment and recent progress: 466 units permitted between 2015–2024, continuing demolition and rehabilitation efforts, and the Dogwood (tiny‑home) subdivision project as a priority. Council members asked staff to set concrete housing production goals for future budgets.

City planning staff reviewed the city’s housing needs assessment and recent actions the council and staff have taken to address housing supply and blight.

City planning staff summarized building permit history over the last decade: from 2015 through 2024 the city permitted 466 new housing units (199 single‑family, 51 duplexes and 165 units in multiplexes). Since the study closed, the city permitted an additional 42 single‑family homes, 16 duplexes and 48 multiplex units.

What staff said: planning staff said the housing study recommended establishing housing…

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