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Developers and residents press council committee to advance 'Let's Build More Housing' zoning reforms

Detroit City Council Planning & Economic Development Standing Committee · October 23, 2025
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Multiple developers and neighborhood organizations urged the Planning & Economic Development committee to advance the "Let's Build More Housing" zoning amendments (item 6.4), saying the changes would reduce costs and make duplexes, fourplexes and small multifamily units easier to build; some residents warned the code rewrite is large and called for more time to review.

Speakers representing neighborhood developers and housing groups pressed the committee Thursday to support proposed zoning reforms known as the "Let's Build More Housing" package.

Jason Jones, principal of TechTown Development and a REED cofounder, said the draft amendments under item 6.4 would allow small local builders to deliver more dwelling units by right, reduce the need for costly zoning consultants and speed production of neighborhood…

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