A suite of development policy changes will go before Council this month
Following relatively low turnout at a recent public hearing, City Council is moving ahead with a suite of changes to theTwo proposals – a reduction in the city’s minimum lot size and an easing of rules protecting single-family homes, known as compatibility standards – seek to make homeownership more attainable for Austin’s middle class, especially in the city’s more expensive and exclusive central and western neighborhoods.
The Planning Commission will meet next week, April 23, and a week after that, April 30, to debate and amend the proposals before voting on recommendations to Council. At its May 16 meeting, Council is expected to discuss those recommendations and vote to formally adopt them.Are All These New Smaller Houses Gonna Be Airbnbs?has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene.
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