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Foothills & Northeast
June 24, 2026 · Pima County approved rezoning for roughly 100 houses and 210 apartments, trading an inactive recreational landscape for a substantial residential …

Tucson City
June 10, 2026 · The $2.5 million allocation is a major step toward construction, though financing, affordability terms and delivery remain to be completed.

Midtown & University
June 8, 2026 · The first phase is planned for 44 affordable and 12 market-rate apartments at a central location with transit and services nearby.

Tucson City
May 20, 2026 · The July fee schedule moves more review costs to applicants while the council considers relief for affordable housing and watches for effects on …

Tucson City
April 21, 2026 · The city manager’s recommendation begins the public phase of deciding which services expand, which costs rise and which priorities wait.

North Tucson
April 17, 2026 · The $24.4 million development adds income-restricted apartments in a corridor where housing, transit and redevelopment policy increasingly intersect.

Tucson City
April 2, 2026 · The sold-out Tucson–Indianapolis service demonstrated concentrated demand, though a special-event flight is not the same as a sustainable year-round …

South & Southwest Metro
March 13, 2026 · Federal review documents signal continued investment in an existing public-housing community rather than allowing deeply affordable homes to …

Midtown & University
March 11, 2026 · The renovation aims to preserve one of Tucson’s largest affordable-housing assets while improving conditions for seniors and residents with …

Metro-wide & Pima Countywide
March 11, 2026 · The vote continues the half-cent sales tax through 2046 and starts a new accountability clock for billions of dollars in regional commitments.

Tucson City
March 6, 2026 · The proposed code amendment would move Tucson from project-by-project reaction toward defined standards for water, power, noise and land use.

Metro-wide & Pima Countywide
February 11, 2026 · Voters were asked to extend the regional half-cent sales tax and approve another 20-year package of road, transit, safety and mobility projects.