Missing Middle - Austin's Making it Easier to Re-Develop SFH lots
Austin, Texas has re-vamped their Land Development Code to ease up on requirements for the redevelopment of single-family lots to multifamily units (up to 11). See the change here under the "Missing Middle" section:
Environmental Code Updates: Details | AustinTexas.gov
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- Investor
- Round Rock, TX
Austin's Watershed Department is and has been out of control for many years now. Hopefully they ease restrictions, but I would expect for anything that approaches rationality to be thwarted by the all-powerful forces in Austin that have been driving up costs and prices for end-buyers for decades.
The are some very simple changes that could be made for compatibility setbacks that would drastically change the game for many platted existing lots in the city, but politics and incompetence are likely to continue to rule in the city. After many years of brain damage most reputable sponsors move to the city's adjacent cities to invest their time and energy. Hopefully this all changes, but I'll believe it when i see it.