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Mayor urges 20,000‑unit housing challenge; council skeptical about pace and tools
Summary
Mayor Keith Wilson challenged council to launch 20,000 new housing units in eight years using SDC waivers, TIF, upzoning and public‑private partnerships; councilors stressed workforce and family‑sized housing, SRO activation, eviction prevention and asked for net outcomes rather than outputs.
Mayor Keith Wilson proposed an ambitious eight‑year housing production goal and urged council collaboration on code changes, financing tools and incentives to accelerate supply.
Lede: At a work session focused on the homelessness‑to‑housing continuum, the mayor challenged the council to support an eight‑year push to create 20,000 new housing units using fee waivers, zoning reforms, tax‑increment financing and public‑private partnerships; several councilors questioned whether the city can achieve that pace given current permitting rates and financing constraints.
Mayor’s framing and example
Wilson cited a visit to Atlanta and the city’s House ATL program as a comparative model and noted the SDC (Systems Development Charge)…
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