Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed two bills Tuesday that override local zoning rules to encourage more housing development, making it the latest state to embrace zoning changes as a way to increase home building and drive down rents and home prices.
One bill requires cities with more than 75,000 residents to allow duplexes, townhomes and other so-called middle housing options near downtowns and within certain new developments. The second requires those same cities to allow up to three accessory dwelling units on single-family lots.
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