College Station city council members received an update at their last meeting (August 8) from a 13 member housing action plan committee.
The group, which began its work in November 2023, is scheduled to present final recommendations to the council in September.
During the update, committee member Fred Dupriest said one reason for a shortage of affordable housing in College Station is Texas A&M’s decision to increase enrollment by an average of 1,800 each year for the last decade. Dupriest called on A&M and the city to work together to develop a student housing center, possibly on city owned property at Post Oak Mall.
David Brower at the city’s community development office says in six years, College Station is projected to be short 4,000 housing units. Brower said the city needed more duplexes and townhomes.
The committee has learned among other things, that 40,000 people commute into College Station for work, and the average price of a home in College Station has risen 73 percent since 2015 while the median family income is increased by 26 percent.
The committee’s two goals are creating more housing units and diverse housing types, and to produce and preserve housing that is affordable to current and future community members.
The committee continues to ask residents to participate in an online survey.
Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan’s draft report to the city council.
Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan’s existing conditions report.
Click below to hear comments from the August 8, 2024 College Station city council meeting.