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Providence staff presents annual moderate‑income housing report; inventory shows 343 entitled residential units and rising ADU counts
Summary
City planner Scarlett Connor presented Providence’s annual moderate‑income housing report, reporting 343 entitled residential units as of May 1, 2025 (183 recorded final‑plat vacant lots plus 160 vacant parcels), an estimated eight active internal ADUs and ten detached ADUs, and a land inventory tied to the city general plan and recent rezonings.
Providence City staff presented the city’s annual moderate‑income housing report to the Planning Commission on Aug. 26, summarizing an inventory of entitled units, accessory dwelling unit activity and zoning maps used to meet state reporting requirements.
Scarlett Connor, the city planner, told the commission the state requested data as of May 1, 2025; that cut‑off produced an inventory of 183 recorded final‑plat vacant lots plus 160 vacant parcels in residential zones that had not requested building permits, for a total of 343 entitled units. Connor noted the distinction between "entitled" units (lots with recorded plats or legal parcels able to receive a permit) and parcels still in preliminary stages: "The way Providence City interpreted that... at that point in time, Providence City had a 183 recorded final plat vacant lots... and a 160 vacant parcels with various residential zoning that have not requested a building permit for a total of 343 units."
Connor summarized accessory dwelling unit (ADU)…
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