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Council hears housing update as planning staff weigh middle-housing zoning changes
Summary
Columbus City Common Council received a housing update from Director Jake Sipe detailing program outcomes for 2025 and learned Planning Director Jeff Bergman is exploring zoning changes to allow middle housing such as small apartment buildings and cottage clusters.
Columbus City Common Council on Feb. 17 received a detailed housing report from Jake Sipe, the city’s director of community development, and an update from Planning Director Jeff Bergman on potential zoning changes to allow more “middle housing.”
Sipe told the council that the city’s Providing Affordable Construction and Transportation (PACT) program approved eight homes for funding in 2025 and that two of those homes were completed. He said the Columbus Housing Improvement…
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