Seattle releases full housing affordability rezone plan
Instead of specific neighborhoods, this affects ‘urban villages’ across the city
by Sarah Anne Lloyd | @sarahannelloyd Nov 9, 2017, 1:07pm PST
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Today mayor Tim Burgess and city councilor Rob Johnson released a plan to implement mandatory housing affordability (MHA) rezones throughout the city. It’s a key part of the city’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA), expected to generate about 6,000 affordable homes in the next 10 years out of HALA’s goal of 20,000.
“Whether you’re one of the 70 people moving here every day or you’ve lived here for 70 years,” said Johnson under a rain tent at Broadway Hill Park, the city “will be affordable to you and your family.”
These rezones have been implemented on smaller scales throughout the past year, first with the U District, then downtown, Chinatown International District, and a few hubs along 23rd Avenue in the Central Area.
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