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Mayor Durkan’s Affordable Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council Delivers Recommendations to Increase Housing Options throughout Seattle

January 22, 2020

Three High-Impact Recommendations Identified to Promote Affordable Housing Choices for Workers Who Comprise the Majority of the City’s Workforce but Mostly Live Outside of City Limits Weeks after announcing a record $110 million City of Seattle investment in low-income affordable housing development, Mayor Durkan’s Affordable Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council, delivered a suite of strategies that together, government, the private sector and community organizations can act… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Equitable Development Initiative, Neighborhood Planning

City Seeks Designs for Backyard Cottages to be Pre-approved for Permits

December 19, 2019

To help more residents own and rent detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs), the City is seeking submissions from architects, designers, and builders for plans that will be pre-approved for construction permits. Mayor Jenny A. Durkan directed City staff to select plans for pre-approval to make the process to design and permit DADUs — often called backyard… [ Keep reading ]

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City Life at Street Level

December 9, 2019

Active street life — both day and night — is a defining feature of great cities. In City Life at Street Level, the City of Seattle describes and illustrates successful strategies that architects and designers have used to create sidewalk environments that support vibrant, safe and attractive street life. As… [ Keep reading ]

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Census Ethnic and Minority Media Funding Opportunity

December 3, 2019

As part of the City of Seattle’s plan for the 2020 Census, we recognize the critical role that ethnic media organizations play in engaging historically undercounted communities. Based on this fact and through community feedback, the City of Seattle will make grants available to these organizations to promote and publicize… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Neighborhood Planning, Population and Demographics

Mayor Durkan Announces Industrial and Maritime Strategy Council to Help Develop Comprehensive Plan for Supporting Industrial and Maritime Jobs and Innovation

November 8, 2019

Seattle Has Opportunity to Develop a Comprehensive Strategy for the Future of the Industrial and Maritime Sectors Citywide Panel and Neighborhood-based Groups in Ballard, SODO, Interbay/Armory, and Georgetown/South Park to Advise Strategy Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today announced the creation of the City’s Industrial and Maritime Strategy Council to develop… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Equitable Development Initiative, Neighborhood Planning

Urban Innovations: How Are Cities Fighting Displacement?

November 1, 2019

Fast-growing cities continue to grapple with displacement of historically disadvantaged communities. Affordable housing, support for cultural organizations, funding for social service networks, and services for vulnerable small businesses all play a role in combating displacement. What unique local and national approaches are successfully responding to displacement pressures and supporting communities… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Neighborhood Planning

City Launches Effort to Develop Pre-approved Plans for Accessory Dwelling Units

September 30, 2019

Today, the Seattle Department of Constructions and Inspections (SDCI) and Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) together are launching a survey to help guide our effort to select designs for pre-approved plans for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Small, secondary homes located on the same lot as an existing residence,… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: City Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood PlanningTagged With: ,

A Message From Our Director: 2020 Proposed Budget

September 23, 2019

Dear Neighbors, Today, Mayor Jenny Durkan is releasing her 2020 Proposed Budget. In the second year of the two-year budget biennium, this budget maintains core services while at the same time increasing investments in priorities like public safety, affordable housing, homelessness, transit and transportation safety, and opportunity and jobs for… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Neighborhood Planning

Mayor Durkan Announces $5 million to Community Organizations Through the Equitable Development Initiative

September 13, 2019

Mayor’s “Housing Seattle Now” Establishes New $15 million EDI Revolving Loan Program Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced $5 million in awards through the Equitable Development Initiative (EDI), part of the City’s effort to support Seattle’s existing residents and businesses in high displacement risk neighborhoods. Mayor Durkan announced the awards in… [ Keep reading ]

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Housing Choices Initiative Aimed at Expanding Options

August 8, 2019

Seattle aspires to be a welcoming city where people of all backgrounds feel they belong and can build a stable and fulfilling life. Our current housing affordability crisis represents a major challenge to this vision. The City of Seattle and its partners have a long history of addressing housing affordability… [ Keep reading ]

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