Seale Housing Afordability and Livability Agenda

Final Advisory Commiee Recommendaons To Mayor Edward B. Murray and the Seale City Council

July 13, 2015

 

Acknowledgments

HALA Steering Committee

Mayor Ed Murray Councilmember Mike O’Brien Councilmember Sally Clark, replaced by Councilmember John Okamoto in April 2015 State House Speaker Frank Chopp Robert Feldstein, Director of Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation Diane Sugimura, Director of the Department of Planning and Development Steve Walker, Director of the Office of Housing Andrew Lofton, Executive Director of the Seattle Housing Authority David Wertheimer, HALA Co-Chair Faith Li Pettis, HALA Co-Chair

HALA Advisory Committee

Faith Li Pettis, Co-Chair Pacifica Law Group David Wertheimer, Co-Chair Leader in the philanthropic sector Alan Durning Sightline Institute Betsy Braun Virginia Mason Medical Center Bill Rumpf Mercy Housing Northwest Catherine Benotto Seattle Planning Commission Cindi Barker City Neighborhood Council David Moseley Former public administrator David Neiman Neiman Taber Architects Don Mar Marpac Construction Estela Ortega El Centro de la Raza Gabriel Grant HAL Real Estate Investments Hal Ferris Spectrum Development Jon Scholes Downtown Seattle Association Jonathan Grant Tenants Union Kristin Ryan Jonathan Rose Companies Lisa Picard Skanska USA MA Leonard Enterprise Community Partners Maiko Winkler-Chin SCIDpda Maria Barrientos Barrientos Marty Kooistra Housing Development Consortium Merf Ehman Columbia Legal Services Mitch Brown ASUW Representative Monty Anderson Seattle Building Trades & Construction Trades Council Paul Lambros Plymouth Housing Group Sean Flynn Rental Housing Association Sylvester Cann IV The Road Map Project, CCER Ubax Gardheere Puget Sound Sage

HALA Staff

Leslie Brinson Price, Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation Emily Alvarado and Lindsay Masters, Office of Housing Geoff Wentlandt, Brennon Staley, Laura Hewitt Walker, Department of Planning and Development Diana Canzoneri, Seattle Planning Commission John Howell, Cedar River Group, HALA Facilitator

 

Rhonda Peterson, Cedar River Group HALA RECOMMENDATIONS | PAGE 1

 

 

Table of Contents

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Highest Impact Recommendations ........................................................................................................................... 7 Background .................................................................................................................................................................. 10 HALA Resolution ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Goals and Values ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 The HALA Process .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Mayor Murray’s Housing Goal: 50,000 Homes in 10 years ........................................................................................ 13 HALA Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Implementation ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 I. MORE RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ................................................................................................ 15 New and Expanded Resources ................................................................................................................................ 15 Land Utilization Opportunities ................................................................................................................................ 19 Financing Options to Lower Costs of Building Affordable Housing ......................................................................... 20 II. MORE HOUSING .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Increase Opportunities for Multifamily Housing ..................................................................................................... 21 Maximize Housing Opportunities in Existing Multifamily Areas ............................................................................. 23 Increase Access, Diversity and Inclusion within Single Family Areas ...................................................................... 24 Promoting Family Friendly Housing ........................................................................................................................ 28 Reduce Housing Costs by Reforming Off-street Parking Policies ............................................................................ 29 III. MORE SUPPORTS FOR COMMUNITIES ........................................................................................................... 31 Launch a Proactive Preservation Effort ................................................................................................................... 31 Increase Tenant Supports ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Promote Sustainable Homeownership ................................................................................................................... 35 IV. MORE INNOVATION ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Reform the Review Processes ................................................................................................................................. 37 Create Efficiencies in Construction ......................................................................................................................... 39 Explore Comprehensive Reform to On-street Parking Regulations ........................................................................ 40

 APPENDICES

Appendix A: Resolution 31546 Appendix B: Foundational Data Appendix C: HALA Public Outreach Summary Appendix D: Additional Participants in Strategy Work Groups Appendix E: Strategy for Housing Affordability through New Development Appendix F: HALA Strategy Voting Process Appendix G: Concepts Explored for which there was not Consensus Appendix H: Glossary of Acronyms HALA RECOMMENDATIONS | PAGE 2