To Incentivize Investment, Shoreline Expands Property Tax Exemption To Station Areas
Shoreline is expanding the city's multi-family tax exemption (MFTE) program to guarantee rent- and income-restricted units and incentivize multi-family development. The program expansion will...
Oops: Seattle Finds $3.7 Million In Incentive Zoning Couch Cushions
Seattle Councilmember Mike O'Brien revealed today that Seattle's incentive zoning program has been shortchanged by $3.4 million due to inaccurate reporting, discovered via an investigation by...
Council Passes Downtown Rezones, SEPA Infill Modifications
Two major land use bills were passed by the Seattle City Council on Monday. Large swaths of Downtown and South Lake Union will receive...
PLUZ Talks Amendments To Downtown And South Lake Union Rezone
Later this month, the Seattle City Council will take up a vote on the Downtown and South Lake Union rezones, which would help further...
How Housing Markets Aren’t Like Musical Chairs
That The Urbanist disagrees with Sightline Institute about Seattle's Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program is hardly news. I'll try not to beat a dead horse....
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...
PLUZ Considers Refinements To The Downtown/SLU Rezones
The rezone proposals for Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union (SLU) could be getting a handful of refinements. The Seattle Planning, Land Use, and...
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...