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DeBary staff outlines housing stock, assisted housing inventory and buildability limits
Summary
City planning staff told the DeBary City Council that most homes in the city date to the 1990s–2000s, the housing stock is predominantly single-family and owner-occupied, and the city has hundreds of platted but unbuilt infill lots though many are likely unbuildable.
City planning staff presented housing and affordability data at the May 21 City Council workshop, showing the city’s housing stock largely dates to the 1990s and 2000s, is dominated by single-family detached homes, and is primarily owner-occupied.
Staff said roughly 85 percent of housing units are owner-occupied and about 14 percent are renter-occupied. The presentation used U.S. Census Bureau data to show owner-occupied median household income at $84,840 and renter median household income at $57,169, and displayed the distribution of households by mortgage status and cost burden.
On supply, staff reported there are 577 platted infill lots that have not been built and that the current pipeline includes a little over 1,800 dwelling units with approved zoning or development orders. In total, staff presented a figure of 2,725 units anticipated to be built within the next decade; staff cautioned that some of those lots are unlikely to be buildable because of wetlands, floodplains, nonconforming lot dimensions, and lack of direct paved roadway access in older subdivisions.
The presentation named three assisted-housing developments on the city’s north side as part of the affordable/assisted inventory: Saxon Cove, DeBary Villas and Ridgecrest Manor. Staff noted that some properties identified as “affordable” in datasets (the presentation used an identifier rendered in the slides as “Integra 289”) require further verification to confirm eligibility or classification in the city’s inventory.
Council members asked staff for a follow-up evaluation of which platted lots are realistically buildable. Staff agreed to provide a more detailed, parcel-level assessment to exclude lots constrained by wetlands, access or other obstacles and to report a refined buildability figure at a future meeting.
Council member Carmen Sowell said she found the pipeline numbers “eye opening” and expressed concern about affordability for future generations as neighborhoods turnover. Staff also flagged an aging homeowner population and the policy implication that the city should consider housing availability for older residents as part of the comprehensive-plan update.
