Project

EPS has supported the City of Austin’s efforts to develop a 208-acre parcel of publicly owned land to provide workforce housing, commercial development, and public facilities and services to address longstanding unmet needs of the surrounding lower-income, largely minority community. With EPS’s assistance, the City has successfully attracted a major national development corporation to serve as partner, approved a tax increment financing program, and a deal to deliver a much-needed healthcare facility for the community. With significant ongoing involvement and leadership from community organizations, EPS is currently helping to refine the community-led plan to improve feasibility while maintaining desired public benefits.

EPS led a multidisciplinary team in preparing a comprehensive housing strategy to address current and future housing needs in the City of Vacaville. EPS assessed the City’s socioeconomic context and residential market dynamics, and engaged the City and community for input. The City Council unanimously approved the housing strategy in June 2022.Housing demand in the city has continued to outpace supply over the last several decades and is expected to remain strong. The EPS team prepared a proposed housing strategy to meet three overarching goals: encourage a diversity of housing choices; address regulatory and financial barriers to needed housing production; and implement new initiatives and programs to achieve housing needs. The goals and associated strategies and implementation actions guide the City in proactively and effectively addressing identified housing needs over the next decade.