Tea With Taz
Listen as Taz L Khatri interviews industry experts on the local architecture in Arizona
Displaying 2 items of Tea With Taz with the tag "affordable housing".
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Episode 36: Why Ashley Harder Wants Your Vote for Phoenix City Council and Her Vision for our Built Environment
June 24th, 2026 | 36 mins 56 secs
affordable housing, architecture, developer, historic preservation, phoenix city council
Historic Preservation advocate and Developer Ashley Harder is running to be the councilperson for District 4 in Phoenix. She tells us about her vision for our city. She believes that historic preservation and affordable housing are not at odds but in fact can make sense together. She wants to see equitable development along the light rail lines and wants to strengthen our public transportation options like Bus Rapid Transit. Find out what else she is advocating for in her bid for Phoenix City Council.
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Episode 33: Equitable Neighborhoods, Arizona ADU and Missing Middle Laws
February 11th, 2026 | 52 mins 34 secs
accessory dwelling units, adu standard plans, affordable housing, arizona, christian solorio, city of phoenix, equitable neighborhoods, missing middle housing
Listen to my conversation with former State House representative, housing advocate and architect Christian Solorio about equitable neighborhoods and the recently passed state laws mandating fewer restrictions on accessory dwelling units and missing middle housing. Christian was heavily involved in the passing of these laws and he tells us why he thinks they're so important. He also introduces a new City of Phoenix program where homeowners can choose from approved standard ADU plans instead of creating plans from scratch and how this program will make it that much easier to make affordable housing and equitable neighborhoods in Phoenix a reality.