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Tucson council asks staff to draft housing and homelessness emergency declaration, return in 45 days
Summary
Vice Mayor Santa Cruz secured council approval to direct staff to return with a housing and homelessness emergency declaration and UDC amendments to remove zoning barriers for shelter care; council favored a hybrid approach (zoning relief plus case‑by‑case review for R‑1) and emphasized neighborhood notice and measurable metrics.
Vice Mayor (and item sponsor) Santa Cruz framed a proposed housing and homelessness emergency declaration as an urgent, temporary tool to cut zoning red tape and speed delivery of micro‑shelters, tiny‑home clusters, motel conversions and modular shelter care.
City staff summarized examples from other jurisdictions — Los Angeles (2023), Pueblo, Colo., and Portland, Ore. — that used emergency declarations to streamline approvals and…
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