El Paso City Council votes on housing, urban development policies. Here's what happened.

City planners in El Paso proposed a couple of policies at the most recent city council meeting that were designed to increase the number of housing units in the city and reduce parking requirements, The big, overarching goal is to increase the supply of housing so affordability here improves, and also increase the density of the historic core of El Paso, make it more walkable and ultimately slow the trend of urban sprawl in the city. El Paso Matters Senior Reporter Elida Perez joins the El Paso Matters Podcast to discuss the policies and how city council representatives voted. You can read Elida's reporting at elpasomatters.org.