Wins / Texas, May 2024

Austin cuts its minimum residential lot size by two-thirds

Austin's HOME Phase 2 ordinance reduced the city's minimum residential lot size from 5,750 square feet to 1,800, allowing more — and smaller, more attainable — homes on land previously restricted to a single house.

Where: Texas
When: May 2024
What kind: Local ordinance
Issue: Housing
Work by: AURA

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Austin enacts sweeping reforms to cut down housing costsTexas Tribune

Austin cuts minimum residential lot size by more than two-thirds under HOME Phase 2Community Impact

HOME Phase 2 adopted ordinanceCity of Austin

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