Per Cedar Homes Newsletter: Texas State Govt SB840 update: Austin, TX unlocks more housing with code changes + Texas statewide calculator launcher
Designed and permitted by Cedar . Townhomes like these just got a lot easier to build across Texas with SB 840! Greetings from Cedar! Back with an important update on Texas Senate Bill 840 (SB840) which is now being adopted across (most) of the cities in Texas it applies to. SB840 sets a statewide minimum for housing density across large cities by overriding local commercial and multifamily zoning requirements, while also streamlining approvals to accelerate design & permitting. This is a generational reform that unlocks countless opportunities to build a lot more housing, a lot faster, across Texas. Dallas has been at the forefront of implementation so far, and projects there are already moving forward with the allowances below. Austin has not issued an opinion, and from what we’re hearing... is not likely to. Regardless, these changes will go into effect on September 1st, and apply to Commercial AND Multifamily zoned properties: ...