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Walker plans housing-focused 'Book 5' and a 1,500-unit planning target through 2040
Summary
City staff and McKenna consultants presented a housing needs assessment recommending Walker plan for roughly 1,500 new housing units by 2040, based on local building permit and entitlement data that suggest faster growth than recent Census counts indicate. The team presented five scenarios and will return in January to refine a preferred path.
City of Walker planning staff and consultants from McKenna presented a housing needs assessment and five development scenarios at a joint working-group roundtable, concluding the city should plan for about 1,500 new housing units by 2040.
Paula Privy, Walker’s planning director, opened the meeting by describing the effort to create “Book 5” of the city’s master plan focused on housing and to align local zoning, incentives and infrastructure with projected demand. Privy said the effort responds both to a recent state law requiring housing elements in municipal plans and to local boards’ desire for Walker-specific data rather than broader regional analyses.
Chris Corey of McKenna described the study’s methods and key findings. Using a cohort-component population model adjusted for local migration and headship rates, McKenna estimated Walker could exceed 31,000 people by 2040. Corey said the firm’s review of building permits, entitled projects and units under construction produced higher unit counts than the U.S. Census and the American…
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