Despite hearing your concerns about a proposed “Livable Places” ordinance last week, your City Council opted to proceed with granting a $400,000 contract for an outside consultant to develop this ordinance for our city.
This ordinance would transform our neighborhoods by “allow[ing] more than two dwelling units per residential lot to encourage a variety of housing types in Houston.”
I am concerned that this ordinance will permit developers to construct dense, so-called “missing middle,” housing in residential neighborhoods where it may not currently be allowed – or wanted. The term “missing middle” refers to housing that includes duplexes, quadruplexes, town homes, and condo complexes.
