City of Yuma receives update on their Affordable Housing Action Plan
Eduardo Morales
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma City Council was presented with an update on the Affordable Housing Action Plan Tuesday evening.
“It’s a plan [that] will provide us guidance in identifying barriers that exist with accessing housing,” said Alyssa Linville, the Director of Community Development.
Currently, the median cost for a house in Yuma is $315,000,000 for single family homes. Meanwhile, the price range for apartment is between $800-$1800.
The update shared how the plan was to have three core objectives: Building new housing, education, and support funding for housing.
“The plan identifies the need for all types of housing, so we’re really looking at opportunities to increase diversity, single family homes are predominately what we see built in our community, we want to identify opportunities for other housing options,” Linville says.
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls shares a message to the people of Yuma in regards to housing.
“As a community, we all have a part in making it more affordable, and so, the city is trying hard to do our part to make sure the future of Yuma has housing for everybody,” said Nicholls.
Linville explains how exactly they plan to make housing more affordable.
“The plan identifies opportunities to amend zoning codes to potentially to remove development restrictions for housing as well as identifying educational opportunities,” she says.
The community development for the City of Yuma will officially present the plan to the City Council in September for it to be approved or rejected.