Hearing Examiner: Design review “would tend to discourage new development.”
Erica Barnett at Publicola reported today on City action on an appeal to last year’s legislation on microhousing. Smart Growth Seattle weighed in on that proposal pointing out that the design review process would add needless costs, time, and process to microhousing development, costs ultimately born by renters who are currently getting good deal from […]
2014: The Year of Housing Supply
As part of announcing our new partnership supporting the work of Smart Growth Seattle, I was asked to speak at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Community Development Round Table (CDRT). I spoke to the CDRT about 15 years ago about neighborhood development and how private development could be leveraged to support implementation of Seattle’s […]
Councilmember O’Brien: No Changes to LR3
An effort is underway to “fix” or “clean up” one of the model zones in Seattle’s land use code for growing smart: LR3. The LR3 zone is a mix of many different types of multifamily housing (including microhousing) that is meeting the growing demand for housing in Seattle. The LR3 zone is doing what it […]
