Roosevelt Community Feedback On Draft MHA Rezones
In early December last year, community members of the Roosevelt neighborhood met for a community workshop to discuss the draft Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones for...
Chinatown-International District Rezone May Get Committee Vote
An ordinance to rezone and revise development regulations for Chinatown-International District could move out of committee today. The Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee...
Seattle Council Considers Residential Mandatory Housing Affordability
Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council's Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee deliberated on the details of the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability-Residential...
How We Got Here: A (Brief) History of Mandatory Housing Affordability in Seattle
Today Seattle City Council is voting on "citywide" implementation of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), a form of inclusionary zoning from which single family zones...
Extreme Heat and the Legacy of Racist Housing Policies in Seattle
A hot summer day in Seattle may be scorching in the Central District, a historically Black neighborhood, while North Capitol Hill, home to many...
Predictable Disagreement And Surprising Agreements Where Single-Family Zoning Meets Multi-Family
If you take the Route 44 bus all the way to the end of the line in Ballard, you'll find yourself at the intersection...
Contract Rezone Will Bring MHA Units To Lower Queen Anne
Lower Queen Anne is poised to see construction of a new multi-family residential development (203 W Republican St) on the corner of W Republican St and...
International District Development Wave Comes with Growing Pains and Opportunities
More than 4,500 homes have been constructed, permitted, or proposed in the Chinatown-International District since 2019 -- 1,240 units of them affordable, based on...