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By Ahwatukee Foothills News
The Ahwatukee Village Planning Committee next week will get an update on how Phoenix is preparing to bend the knee to the last of the Legislature’s 2024 efforts to increase affordable housing in the city.
The Legislature passed House Bill 2721 in 2024, mandating that cities with populations over 75,000 must allow “middle housing” – duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and townhomes – on single-family lots, particularly within one mile of central business districts and on new subdivisions of 10 or more acres.
Phoenix must adapt its regulations to comply with the law by Jan. 1 and so the proposed changes will be explained to the VPC when it meets at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in the Pecos Park Community center.
