The Housing Options Project will determine where and how additional housing types, including accessory dwelling units, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, sixplexes, townhomes, cottage clusters and small courtyard apartments, will be allowed in Beaverton’s residential areas.

We’ll have a lot of housing questions for you soon

Beaverton wants to provide housing choices to meet the needs of a lot of different people who live in Beaverton or want to live in Beaverton.

A new state law also requires that cities like Beaverton allow more different kinds of housing in neighborhoods where we allow only one house per lot now. Some background information:

• State law fact sheet provides more information about legal requirements.
• Development history summary provides more information about Beaverton’s residential neighborhoods.

In March, we provided the City Council a preview of different ways to allow housing variety. Watch the video and see our alternatives explanation on the more info page.

Our next step is to ask you and your neighbors to help us figure out what new city rules regarding housing variety should look like.

Look for more opportunities to share your ideas in May and June.

Project Description

The project is considering where and how these additional housing types could be allowed to:

• Provide more places to live for people with different housing needs, preferences and income levels.
• Encourage diverse housing options so people can stay in their neighborhoods as their needs change.
• Give property owners more choices and flexibility over what types of housing they can build on their land.
• Assist with affordability by allowing more units and smaller units in existing neighborhoods.