DPD: We Didn’t Reduce Housing Capacity, but the Reduction Was Minor
Last week Smart Growth Seattle had it’s day in court with the City’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD). Well, it wasn’t court exactly, but the Hearing Examiner. The City had tried to throw our appeal of DPD’s and Councilmember Clark’s significant reduction of housing capacity in the city’s low-rise zones (Councilmember Clark continues to […]
Why We Appealed the Low-Rise Downzone
This post originally appeared on July 1st of this year. I am reposting it because today we get to make our case before the City’s Hearing Examiner. We think we have a good case that shows that the Department of Planning and Development failed to adequately address the environmental impacts of what amounts to a […]
Stepping Forward: We Need More Housing
The Seattle Housing Authority is proposing a new plan called Stepping Forward that aims to free up existing housing capacity to relieve growing wait lists for housing. The problem is that there is no housing for people even if the program is successful. This is because the Council has been relentlessly trying to solve the […]
