Mandatory Housing Affordability
Seattle Proposes 10.7% Permit Fee Hike, Third Straight Year of Above-Inflation Increases
Mayor Katie Wilson's 2027-2028 budget would stack a 7 percent increase on Seattle building and land use permit fees atop a 3.7 percent...
Seattle Apartment Market ‘Treading Water’ as Deputy Mayor Calls JumpStart Tax a ‘Slush Fund’
At the Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team's fall investor forum, Kidder Mathews' Dylan Simon described a Puget Sound apartment market stuck between flat...
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...
Fully Permitted 111-Unit Development Site Hits Market in Columbia City
As Seattle's multifamily deliveries fell 53 percent year over year, a triangular Rainier Avenue South parcel entitled for 111 units and ground-floor retail...
Seattle Mayor Wilson Orders Permitting Overhaul, Launches Housing Task Force Amid Building Slowdown
Mayor Katie Wilson's Executive Order 2026-4 streamlines Seattle permitting and launches a task force as housing applications plunge.
Seattle Shelves 80% MHA Fee Cut as Builders Say 30 Stalled Projects and 6,000 Homes Hang in the Balance
A nonprofit coalition's abrupt reversal killed the summer timeline for Seattle's proposed two-year Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction, stranding a compromise that market-rate...
Urban Renaissance Group’s 83-Unit 800 Alaskan Way Project Gets Green Light for Residential Conversion
Seattle approves pathway to transform waterfront office complex into a housing development timed for World Cup preparations A mixed-use development project in Seattle's...
Seattle Microhousing Market 2024: Key Trends and Opportunities for Investors
Seattle’s micro-housing market is undergoing a transformation in 2024, fueled by progressive legislation, growing demand for affordable urban living, and evolving neighborhood dynamics....
Seattle Mayor Harrell Proposes Legislation to Support Affordable Housing Production
Seattle – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has put forward legislation to support faster development of needed affordable housing by exempting affordable rental housing...
Local Affordable Housing Developer Mt. Baker Housing Announces Plans for More Than 160 New Affordable Housing Units, New Home for Rainier Valley Food Bank and Innovative ‘Community Food Center’
New Apartment Homes Within One-Quarter Mile of Rainier Beach Light Rail Station to House Individuals/Families at 50-60% Area Median Income and Feature 2-3...
8-Parcel Redevelopment Opportunity in Seattle’s U-District Looks to Transform Neighborhood Landscape
https://player.vimeo.com/video/263574888 By Jack Stubbs A little more than a year ago, in February 2017, Seattle’s U-District was one of several neighborhoods in the...
Seattle’s Mayor and City Council Propose Implementation Changes to Mandatory Housing Affordability Program
SEATTLE (Oct. 17, 2016) – Today, Mayor Murray and seven Councilmembers announced two proposed changes to implementation of the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program,...
