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Consultants tell Auburn council city needs about 1,300–1,400 more homes by 2030
Summary
HR&A presented a commissioned housing study showing Auburn will need roughly 1,300–1,400 homes through 2030 to address historic underproduction and household/stock mismatches; consultants and councilors discussed policy levers, permitting, and an interactive online portal for the full data and analysis.
Phil Cash, a partner at consulting firm HR&A, told the Auburn City Council on Aug. 4 that a local deep-dive of a state housing analysis found Auburn will need roughly 1,300 to 1,400 additional housing units by 2030 to address historic underproduction.
“The state did a report for the region, and when we apportioned that down we came to just over 1,300 homes,” Cash said, explaining the firm used county- and city-level projections for jobs, population aging and vacancy rates to arrive at the target. He told the council the county-level range of…
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