Frisco returned to conversations surrounding the lack of affordable housing in the area last week, hoping to improve on older tools in the town’s arsenal and come up with new ideas to combat the growing need for attainable units to house the town’s workforce.
The Frisco Town Council held a wide-ranging discussion on housing issues during a work session meeting Tuesday, June 8, meant to identify the biggest barriers to solving the problem and the foundational steps officials need to take to find remedies.
Frisco’s housing coordinator Eva Henson provided council members with a presentation on the current state of housing in Frisco to help contextualize what officials are up against, in particular with regard to short-term rentals. Henson said Frisco currently has a population of over 3,100 people, and there are about 3,600 total housing units. But the rapid increase in short-term rentals over the past decade has created considerable issues with regard to the housing stock.