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Urban Leaders Fellowship presents incremental housing policy recommendations including faith-based development and ADU changes

5453643 · July 23, 2025
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Urban Leaders Fellows presented analysis on Tulsa’s 13,000-unit housing gap and recommended incremental zoning changes: overlay incentives for faith-based organization (FBO) housing and easing ADU approvals by right in targeted zones; fellows also presented vacant-land and ADU variance data to support recommendations.

Urban Leaders Fellowship participants briefed the council on policy recommendations aimed at closing Tulsa’s estimated 13,000-unit housing gap, advocating for small, high-impact zoning changes and community-led development strategies.

Presenters summarized an analysis of vacant land, zoning and infrastructure, saying much of the city’s vacant residentially zoned acreage is in single-family zones and that fewer than 1,000 acres are favorable for "missing middle" housing without additional inputs. They…

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