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Buckeye adopts housing needs assessment and action plan to guide affordable and varied housing
Summary
Council adopted a housing needs assessment and action plan that staff said meets state requirements and recommends tools including incentives, ADUs, fee waivers and down-payment assistance to diversify housing types and address affordability pressures.
On Dec. 16 the Buckeye City Council adopted the city’s housing needs assessment and action plan, a staff-led report designed to analyze local demographics, housing supply and affordability and to propose implementation tools.
Senior planner Andrea Marquez told the council the study fulfills state requirements (referencing Senate Bill 1162) and noted that Buckeye’s household incomes have risen largely through combined households rather than individual wage growth, leaving single-income households, seniors and entry-level workers at risk of cost burden. Marquez said multifamily construction has increased and that Buckeye’s median asking rent in 2025 is roughly $1,600.
Key recommendations in the action plan include targeted density incentives in catalytic areas such as Downtown Buckeye and the Landing, preapproved accessory dwelling unit (ADU) designs to reduce review time, development fee waivers and reimbursements for qualifying affordable projects, down-payment assistance partnerships with state programs and strengthened eviction prevention and rental-assistance programs.
Council members had no substantive questions and voted unanimously to adopt the plan. Staff said implementation will be staff-led with council setting policy priorities; next steps include pursuing incentives, updating the development code, and coordinating with regional partners and nonprofits.
What happens next: staff will pursue implementation tools identified in the action plan, evaluate incentives and coordinate outreach; the housing needs assessment is subject to state update schedules (annual assessment note referenced) and the action plan is scheduled for periodic review every five years.
