Las Cruces, NM Housing Strategy, Con Plans, and Fair Housing Studies

. In 2009, Heidi Aggeler assisted the City of Las Cruces’ Ad Hoc Committee on Affordable Housing develop recommendations for better addressing the city’s housing needs. The study involved a comprehensive analysis of best practices in other communities that covered housing trust funds, inclusionary zoning, shared equity models, land trusts, land banking, and land use and zoning reforms.

In addition, the project team has completed three Consolidated Plans and Analyses of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AIs) for Las Cruces in 2003, 2006, and 2011. Our study efforts have quantified affordable housing needs in the City by household type, income level, and special need.