# Dallas zoning reform plan aims to expand multi-family housing options

> Dallas plans zoning changes to boost multi-family housing and mixed-use developments.
- Title: Dallas zoning reform plan aims to expand multi-family housing…
- Summary: Dallas plans zoning changes to boost multi-family housing and mixed-use developments. Dallas city planners propose zoning reforms to allow more multi-family…
- Keywords: dallas, zoning reform, multi-family housing, mixed-use developments, dallas city council, affordable housing, dallas city plan commission, news, local, zoning, reform, plan
- Source: FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth — https://fox4news.com/news/dallas-zoning-reform-plan-aims-expand-multi-family-housing-options
- Author: Lori Brown
- Published: 2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: dallas, zoning reform, multi-family housing, mixed-use developments, dallas city council, affordable housing, dallas city plan commission, news, local
## Dallas zoning overhaul
Dallas city planners are unveiling a plan to reform zoning rules to allow more multi-family and mixed-use developments to keep pace with regional growth.
## State law alignment
Planners propose allowing smaller homes on smaller lots to align with a new state law while updating outdated zoning standards.
## Council division
City Council members remain divided over balancing affordable housing options for millennials with single-family neighborhood preservation.
## Councilman Chad West
We are in a housing affordability crisis. If we want to be an economic leader, we must provide housing for our workforce both for sale and rent.

> We are in a housing affordability crisis, if we want to be an economic leader in this country, we've got to provide housing for our workforce both for sale and for rent, it's at our doorstep, people will keep moving here, we have to make sure our zoning follows modern trends. That doesn't mean mow down single-family neighborhoods. We've got a lot of great single-family neighborhoods in my district. But it does mean considering what families in the next 5, 10, 20, 30 years are going to be looking for.
## Economic Development Chair
We need to ensure we are not building 3.5-story duplexes next to single-family homes.

> We need to ensure we are not building 3.5-story duplex next to single family, when we start allowing one duplex and another then triplex and quadplex and dissolve character of neighborhood, want planners to visit neighborhood and not just rely on photos from developer.
## Key takeaway

Dallas city planners propose zoning reforms to allow more multi-family housing and mixed-use developments by 2027, balancing affordable options with neighborhood preservation.