Roosevelt Reservoir: Broad Consensus on City Owned Land for Housing.
The debate over how to address housing issues in Seattle is a contentious one, right? It’s even hard sometimes to agree on what the problem is and of course that means differences on what to do. But there doesn’t seem to be anyone, developers, non-profit affordable housing advocates, Councilmemeber Sawant, and neighborhoods who disagree about […]
New Directors Rule Will Restore Some Parking Exemptions
In response to a Hearing Examiner’s decision that eliminated using a GIS map and an averaging of headways to determining frequent transit, the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has issued a new clarifying rule about parking exemptions in those area. The decision by the Examiner in December had cast doubt over many housing projects […]
City Council Poised to Make Damaging Changes to MFTE
Once again the Seattle City Council has ignored the math and concerns from builders and is ready to substantially chance the voluntary Multifamily Tax Exemption program in a way that will reduce participation. Councilmember Sally Clark will propose legislation to the full Council later this morning that will lower the threshold for affordability to 40 […]
