Housing Now Nashville

Together with a statewide coalition of tenant organizers, homelessness advocates, faith organizations and affordable housing leaders, we are returning this February to the Tennessee General Assembly. Led by @housingforalltn we expect to advance key legislation fighting for the dignity of all Tennesseans by cultivating relationships with state house and state senate members of all stripes. This is…

Send a quick email to the Planning Commissioners and/or come on Thursday to show your support! Email the planning commission at planning.commissioners@nashville.gov include 2025Z-047PR-001 in the subject line.

Please share! Housing in Nashville is at a breaking point. Email planning.commissioners@nashville.gov by noon Monday April 21 to support rezoning 2025Z-036PR-001 & UDO 2025UD-001-001. Every email counts!

Are you a Metro Creature and like watching Metro Council Meetings? Did you get priced out of seeing NSC because of some dorks from Miami? Come join us for a Metro Council Watch party that transitions into an NSC watch party. Cheer on your favorite Metro Council members as they shoot for game winning resolutions. Watch the boys in gold craft expert legislation on beating Miami. Come enjoy a few bev…

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When the weather gets hectic, access to opportunity is highlighted in Nashville. Those who live in unwalkable, car oriented parts of town may experience even more isolation. People who require the care of others have a lifeline in community, but only if the community can reach them. Personally, I had an abundance of neighbors to ask for spare maple syrup for my French toast breakfast. 😋 Others ha…

Pictured: One Bellevue Place near Ford Ice Center Bellevue Often the busiest day of the year is Black Friday. That makes Black Friday a good time to look for missed housing opportunities. Last year, we reformed our city ordinances such that new developments from East Nash to Hillwood, North Nashville to parts of South Nashville (the Urban Zoning Overlay) no longer had to meet minimum requirements…

Cities across the nation are working to fight the housing crisis by building our way out of this housing shortage. In Nashville, the construction of our inner ring suburbs like 12 South took place before the wave of housing bans took place in the mid 20th century. As a result, these areas have a much higher portion of duplexes, townhomes, quadplexes, and courtyard cottages which today offer much l…

Every Monday, we’re meeting at Dicey’s Tavern for a social hour. Come chat about Metro Nashville, pro-housing efforts, or just community building. There will be pizza. Walking distance from WeGo 75, 55, and 52. Bike parking available across the street at the Warehouse, with vehicle parking throughout the neighborhood as well.

You know what’s messy for Wall Street investors? Trying to bundle all of the various types of multi family housing into a single financial product. Nashville housing laws should aim to keep supply of units abundant. Today, only a small portion of Davidson County residential lots are eligible for duplexes, triplexes, or backyard cottages, and unlike luxury apartment developers, those building affor…

Legalize housing. https://t.co/rIJqzdANmH