The Greeley City Council will vote Tuesday on a strategic housing plan, which outlines the steps officials would take to meet a goal of building 5,557 homes in the next five years.The big picture: The strategic housing plan includes nine major strategies:
- Amend the city’s development code to promote more housing choices by correcting zoning mismatches and initiating rezoning areas
- Develop financial strategies to minimize infrastructure costs for new workforce housing
- Engage alternative housing providers
- Improve the housing product mix
- Address the impact of raw water costs on housing affordability
- Complete subarea and neighborhood plans to allow for complete neighborhoods that feature affordable and market housing
- Create more options for ownership, move-up and executive housing
- Encourage vocational training and apprentice programs
- Facilitate the development of manufactured home parks
The city’s goal is to encourage a wide range of housing, from affordable to executive homes, to meet the city’s growing need. City officials estimate that more than a decade after the Great Recession started, the city is short 1,100 homes that would have otherwise been built between 2008 and 2013. The population hasn’t stopped climbing since, making the city’s housing need even greater.https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/a-look-at-the-ambitious-housing-plan-greeley-is-considering/What’s next: If the council votes to approve the housing plan, city officials will begin researching the strategies, creating new policies, engaging with residents and conducting public hearings to implement each strategy.Check it out: The Greeley City Council will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Center South, 1001 11th Ave. Meetings are also broadcast on the city’s government access channel, GTV8.Dig deeper: Click here to take a look at the city council’s meeting agenda, which includes the report and the steps city officials plan to take to implement the plan.
