Fox and Valdez Agree: Greatest Housing Need is Among the Poor
Proposed linkages taxes on every new square foot of new housing built in the city are premised on the idea that Seattle faces a “workforce housing” shortage; we don’t have enough housing for people who earn 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI) and above. We’ve been saying that the need isn’t at that level […]
Parking Exemption in Transit Areas Under Threat
There is yet another challenge to housing supply and affordability in the city: the collapse of the City’s reduction of parking requirements in areas that have frequent transit. The letter below is in response to a serious impact on many, many housing projects in the city. Until now, builders of housing could use the City’s […]
What the HALA?: Council Considers More Bad Housing Legislation
As we pointed out last week, it appears that the Council is not taking the work of the Mayor’ s Housing Affordability and Livability (HALA) Committee seriously. Not only is the Council pushing to pass damaging low-rise legislation but now they’re pushing to short circuit affordability created through the City’s Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program. […]
