Share Aurora’s housing strategy appears to place significant emphasis on affordability and housing for lower-income households, which is certainly an important part of a healthy community. However, what is the City doing to ensure that Aurora also attracts and retains college-educated professionals and other upper-middle-class households with high earning potential?
I’m concerned that by focusing so heavily on lower-income housing needs, the City may inadvertently under-serve or exclude households earning well above the area median income—particularly professionals who are looking for high-quality housing, strong amenities, attractive neighborhoods, and a community where they would want to establish long-term roots.
What specific policies, development strategies, zoning changes, or incentives is Aurora pursuing to encourage the construction of housing that appeals to these higher-earning households? And does the City have any measurable goal for increasing the number of college-educated, high-income residents who choose to live in Aurora? on Facebook
Share Aurora’s housing strategy appears to place significant emphasis on affordability and housing for lower-income households, which is certainly an important part of a healthy community. However, what is the City doing to ensure that Aurora also attracts and retains college-educated professionals and other upper-middle-class households with high earning potential?
I’m concerned that by focusing so heavily on lower-income housing needs, the City may inadvertently under-serve or exclude households earning well above the area median income—particularly professionals who are looking for high-quality housing, strong amenities, attractive neighborhoods, and a community where they would want to establish long-term roots.
What specific policies, development strategies, zoning changes, or incentives is Aurora pursuing to encourage the construction of housing that appeals to these higher-earning households? And does the City have any measurable goal for increasing the number of college-educated, high-income residents who choose to live in Aurora? on X (formerly Twitter)
Share Aurora’s housing strategy appears to place significant emphasis on affordability and housing for lower-income households, which is certainly an important part of a healthy community. However, what is the City doing to ensure that Aurora also attracts and retains college-educated professionals and other upper-middle-class households with high earning potential?
I’m concerned that by focusing so heavily on lower-income housing needs, the City may inadvertently under-serve or exclude households earning well above the area median income—particularly professionals who are looking for high-quality housing, strong amenities, attractive neighborhoods, and a community where they would want to establish long-term roots.
What specific policies, development strategies, zoning changes, or incentives is Aurora pursuing to encourage the construction of housing that appeals to these higher-earning households? And does the City have any measurable goal for increasing the number of college-educated, high-income residents who choose to live in Aurora? on Linkedin
Email Aurora’s housing strategy appears to place significant emphasis on affordability and housing for lower-income households, which is certainly an important part of a healthy community. However, what is the City doing to ensure that Aurora also attracts and retains college-educated professionals and other upper-middle-class households with high earning potential?
I’m concerned that by focusing so heavily on lower-income housing needs, the City may inadvertently under-serve or exclude households earning well above the area median income—particularly professionals who are looking for high-quality housing, strong amenities, attractive neighborhoods, and a community where they would want to establish long-term roots.
What specific policies, development strategies, zoning changes, or incentives is Aurora pursuing to encourage the construction of housing that appeals to these higher-earning households? And does the City have any measurable goal for increasing the number of college-educated, high-income residents who choose to live in Aurora? link
Aurora’s housing strategy appears to place significant emphasis on affordability and housing for lower-income households, which is certainly an important part of a healthy community. However, what is the City doing to ensure that Aurora also attracts and retains college-educated professionals and other upper-middle-class households with high earning potential?
I’m concerned that by focusing so heavily on lower-income housing needs, the City may inadvertently under-serve or exclude households earning well above the area median income—particularly professionals who are looking for high-quality housing, strong amenities, attractive neighborhoods, and a community where they would want to establish long-term roots.
What specific policies, development strategies, zoning changes, or incentives is Aurora pursuing to encourage the construction of housing that appeals to these higher-earning households? And does the City have any measurable goal for increasing the number of college-educated, high-income residents who choose to live in Aurora?
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Aurora’s housing strategy is intended to support quality housing and housing choice across the income spectrum. The city does not approach housing development as a choice between serving lower-income households and attracting moderate- or higher-income households.
Market-rate development generally serves households at higher income levels without the need for public subsidy, and Aurora continues to attract that investment through available land, a range of development opportunities, infrastructure investment, and a predictable planning and development review process. The city’s housing programs and resources are more heavily targeted toward lower- and moderate-income households because those are the areas where the private market is less likely to meet housing needs on its own and where federal, state, and local housing funding is typically directed.
At the same time, the city’s broader objective is to support high-quality housing and neighborhoods for residents regardless of income. Housing quality, neighborhood amenities, parks and open space, transportation access, proximity to employment and services, and a range of housing types all contribute to making Aurora a community where households at different income levels can establish long-term roots.
The Housing Strategy does not establish a specific goal for increasing the number of college-educated or high-income residents. Questions about broader demographic, workforce, and economic-development objectives would need to be considered within the context of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and other citywide planning efforts rather than the Housing Strategy alone.
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