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Council directs study of single-room-occupancy units as permitted use to boost low-cost housing
Summary
Council unanimously initiated a UDO amendment to permit single-room-occupancy (SRO) residential buildings in specified districts. Sponsors and staff said SROs (small furnished units, shared kitchens/bathrooms, monthly or weekly rents) could expand lower-cost rental options; neighbors raised concerns about conversions, occupancy levels and enforcement.
The Common Council voted unanimously on Nov. 20 to ask the planning commission to prepare amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance to add single-room-occupancy (SRO) residential buildings as a permitted use.
Sponsor Council President Piedmont Smith said SROs — small furnished rooms with shared kitchen or bathroom facilities, often rented weekly or monthly — can provide very low-cost housing (the city’s Heading Home housing action plan…
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