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Council approves rezoning for Houses for Healing expansion to add medical respite and transplant-support units
Summary
Council approved rezoning about 1 acre from RS-6 to medium density for Houses for Healing to add four units for NICU/medical crisis housing and four units to support transplant candidates; applicant said the units will complement Hendrick's services.
The Abilene City Council voted to rezone approximately one acre at 3073 Hickory Street from RS-6 (single-family residential) to medium density to allow an expansion of Houses for Healing.
Tim Littlejohn, director of Planning and Development, said the request (Zoning case 2025-06) would permit an extension of the existing Houses for Healing development and that notifications to nearby property owners resulted in four in favor and none opposed. Brian Massey, representing Houses for Healing, told the council the expansion would add four units to serve NICU and youth-related medical crisis needs and another four units to house people on transplant waiting lists who need local lodging while receiving care. Massey said the organization partners with faith communities to complement Hendrick Medical Center's services.
NZ (the recommending planning body) recommended approval and staff said the request meets the criteria in the city's land development code. The council approved the rezoning on a unanimous vote.
The rezoning enables Houses for Healing to proceed with site planning and follow standard permitting and development-review steps for construction and occupancy.
