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Council adopts interim housing ordinance to meet state co‑living and step‑housing deadlines
Summary
To comply with a state deadline, Monroe Council adopted an interim housing ordinance (Ordinance 030/2025) to allow co‑living and to ensure step housing is permitted where residential or hotel uses are allowed; council waived a second reading and adopted the interim measure unanimously.
Monroe City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 18 to adopt an interim housing ordinance to implement state mandates requiring jurisdictions to permit step housing (emergency, transitional and permanent supportive housing) and co‑living housing in specified zones.
Planning staff told the council that House Bill 1998 (cited in staff remarks) requires permissive regulations for co‑living housing — residential developments with independently locked sleeping units and shared living facilities — on lots that allow at least six multifamily units or mixed‑use development. Staff said the interim ordinance adds a co‑living definition, permits co‑living in multifamily and mixed‑use zones, and allows step housing in zones where hotels and multifamily are permitted to satisfy statutory requirements. Because the permanent code updates remain in process, staff used the interim ordinance process to meet the Dec. 31 statutory deadline; a post‑adoption public hearing will be scheduled within 60 days.
Council members asked clarifying questions about where co‑living would be allowed and whether the changes expand beyond zones where hotels are already permitted; staff confirmed the interim ordinance restricts changes to the zones required under state law. Council then waived the council rule requiring two readings and adopted Ordinance 030/2025 by unanimous vote.
