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Madison reports progress toward 15,000-home goal; city highlights land banking and strategic subsidy use
Summary
PCED Director Matt Walker and staff told the Plan Commission the city is about halfway to its 15,000-home-by-2030 goal (2,800 completed; 4,739 under construction), described code changes to allow more housing types, and detailed land-banking and city-development examples used to support affordable and missing-middle housing.
City planning leaders briefed the Plan Commission on March 31 on "Housing Forward," the city's multi-pronged housing strategy, reporting progress toward the 15,000-new-homes-by-2030 goal and outlining tools the city uses to deliver affordable housing.
PCED Director Matt Walker said the 2030 target and subsidiary strategies guide the city's code and financing work. "As part of an update in 2025, we established a goal to create 15,000 new homes by 2030 using a multi-pronged approach to supporting that housing growth," Walker told commissioners.
What the city is doing: staff described three types of interventions. First, zoning and code changes in 2025 expanded allowable housing types (two-unit allowances across residential districts, expanded accessory dwelling unit rules, a new…
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