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Etech reviews growth-monitoring data: multiunit housing outpaces single-family; employment land lags
Summary
City staff told Etech that multiunit development accounted for most permit activity over the monitoring period, with about 953 dwellings built per year on average and 75% of new units in multiunit buildings; staff also flagged that employment acreage and industrial permits are well below forecasts and outlined a schedule for deeper urban growth strategies work.
Elena (staff member) opened Etech’s February meeting by presenting the city’s growth-monitoring annual report and the permit chart that, she said, shows an average of “953 dwellings per year between 2013 and 2025,” compared with an adopted forecast average of 755 dwellings.
The data show housing growth concentrated in multiunit development. "Across the monitoring period it was about 21% single unit, 4% middle housing, and 75% multi unit," Elena said, and staff noted that roughly 31% of those multiunit permits were identified as student-oriented. Staff estimated the city has met about 84% of its overall housing need, driven primarily by multiunit production (about 250% of the multiunit need met versus 32% for single-unit and 18% for middle housing).
Why single-family production lagged: staff and committee members cited several causes. Heather (staff member) said a substantial share of the single-unit forecast sits on unserved or unannexed land and that steep slopes, poor soils and geotechnical constraints make some parcels…
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