Cheney is mostly multifamily

Single-family accounts for just over 35 percent of housing options in the city

Cheney single-family to multifamily housing ratio has undergone some significant changes in the past decade, as evidenced by a staff report presented to the city’s Planning Commission at its Feb. 13 meeting.

According to information from Public Works Director Todd Ableman, the city’s housing mixture has shifted over the past 20 years, with multifamily construction accounting for 64.4 percent of the total housing units in 2016. In 1996, the percentage of multifamily to single family was 51 percent — 1,284 total single-family units compared to 1,338 multifamily.

The percentage declined over the...

 

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