The Site Analysis: Housing

The City’s 2018 Housing Plan estimates that 163,067 new units are needed, of which 99,581 are to be designated affordable or subsidized. The City calls for new developments to be designed on vacant land in a sustainable fashion, meaning a variety of multifamily housing types including townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, condominiums, and courtyard. Units should be affordable by design to a variety of potential residents, including maintenance workers, families, young couples, single parents, and retirees living on a fixed income. Members of the Greater Phoenix Urban League suggested that community members in the South Central area, Phoenix’s historically Black neighborhood (now predominantly Latinx) that has seen both disinvestment in the 1960s-80s and rising costs in recent years, suggested that the community is interested in smaller infill development such a granny flats or additional dwelling units (ADUs) that stabilize multi-generational families and builds wealth for low-income home-owners.

Percentage of cost burdened households map

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1. Housing needs assessment; Source: City of Phoenix, “Housing Phoenix Plan,” 2018. Housing Needs Assessment, p. 8. Site: https://www.phoenix.gov/housing/plan https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/ us/az/phoenix/