Arizona lawmakers advanced a bill to revise city zoning regulations in an effort to increase home inventory and combat housing affordability issues in the state.The Arizona Starter Homes Act passed on a bipartisan basis in early March by a vote of 16 to 13 and comes after the state’s House moved forward on its own version of the legislation in January. The 2025 act is an update from a similar bill politicians put forth last year that failed after a veto by Gov. Katie Hobbs. The legislation’s major provisions would circumvent potential zoning restrictions from local government officials that might impede efforts to create starter-home inventory aimed to support new and first-time buyers. Cities with populations of more than 70,000 would be obligated to allow for single-family construction on lot sizes of a minimum of 3,000 square feet on any new developments covering more than than five acres of land. The minimum mandated lot size is an increase from 1,500 square feet in a previous iteration of the bill.If passed into law, new regulations would likewise prevent local jurisdictions from putting onerous standards on the types of materials, features and designs in new-home construction as long as they do not supersede building, fire or public health rules. Also included is a provision that prohibits local municipalities from requiring services and maintenance be provided from a shared entity, as found in homeowner and condominium association agreements.”Both Senate Republicans and Democrats agree that the Arizona Starter Homes Act is a common-sense solution to help Arizona families, teachers, first responders, young professionals and other working-class citizens who’ve been priced …
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