Seattle Revives MHA Fee Break of Up to 80% to Jump-Start 5,672 Stalled Housing Units

Two months after a nearly identical deal collapsed, Councilmember Dionne Foster has reintroduced a Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction — now branded the Housing Accelerator — that developers say could revive roughly 30 stalled projects as Seattle's permit pipeline slides to a fraction of its pandemic-era peak.