Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Westwood homeownership scores victory

The downzoning of several Westwood properties for single-family homes was approved unanimously by City Council.

The properties, at 2163 Harrison Avenue and at 2722-2728 Faber Avenue, were formerly occupied by nuisance multi-family buildings that were later purchased and razed by the City.

All of the sites could support multiple single-family homes of medium density, which would help the neighborhood reach its goal of a 60 percent homeownership rate.

The Westwood Civic Association is currently looking into establishing a land bank to make properties such as these more attractive to developers.

Previous reading on BC:
EDC to consider Westwood downzoning (1/15/07)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is great news. Thanks for the west side coverage, Kevin -- it is always appreciated. Hope all is well!

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