It may take months until 100 families can secure housing through the voucher program, more commonly known as Section 8.

City Council made the “redo” after a lawsuit from homeowners challenged how the city gave public notice about the proposal.

City Council is still expected to decide on Sept. 16 whether to reapprove the zoning package.

City Council is expected in September to again consider recently approved reforms that end exclusively single-family zoning.

City Council voted to begin the process of repealing and replacing in “similar substance” a raft of zoning changes the city adopted in March.

A mayoral candidate and a former city attorney are among the dozen plaintiffs asking a Roanoke judge to invalidate the law.

Roanoke joins cities in Virginia and across the country that are rolling back single-family-only zoning in favor of more dense housing.

City Council is expected to vote Monday on reforms staff say is aimed at increasing housing and decreasing racial and economic inequities.

Effort to end single-family-only zoning is meant to spur more housing, decrease inequities, city officials say.

“So your recommendation is, essentially, ‘Do this as quickly as you can,’” the commission's chairman told a consultant.

Roanoke's housing authority is beginning to explore a shift that would allow it to more easily retrofit, demolish and expand housing.