The City of Yes rezoning text amendment is a series of tweaks designed to incentivize developers to produce between 58,000 and 109,000 new homes over 15 years, a major step in the mayor’s ambitious goal of adding 500,000 new housing units in the city over a decade.

The City of Yes proposal faces a crucial test Wednesday, July 7th as the City Planning Commission hears 12 hours of testimony on the plan. It continues to face strong opposition from residents in low-density neighborhoods, where additional housing is very unpopular. But its also clear that the plan has amassed far more support than previous efforts to use zoning to increase housing.

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“Success or failure will be determined by whether we give people more options that they actually use to build more housing in all neighborhoods,” said Howard Slatkin, executive director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. “We can’t get away with building more housing here and there and not everywhere.”

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