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6TH AVE NEAVE6TH (usually one story) townhouses, rowhouses, or apartments of 240-300 ft. NE31STAVE 32ND AVE NE32NDAVE (M1) a payment of $20.00 per sq. ft NE AVE BROOKLYN NE 62ND ST Á! Light rail max height 30 ft. HILLMAN NE PL NC2-40 | Lowrise 1 (LR1) Hatched areas have a Seattle 2035 29TH AVE 10% of homes must be affordable Lowrise 2 (LR2) max height 40 ft. Seattle Mixed (SM) Industrial Commercial (IC) larger increase in zoning NC2-55 (M) buildings with a mix of Bus stop or a payment of $22.25 per sq. ft MHA applies only toNE commercial 61ST ST uses 10-minute walkshedAVE NE28TH or a change in zone type. (M2) SF 5000 | Lowrise 3 (LR3) max height 50 ft. offices, retail, and homes NE 61ST ST RSL (M) NE 61ST ST AVE NE30TH

NE 60TH ST NE a 4TH AVE NE Recognizing the high access to opportunity and The draft map included exclusively (M) changes I5 SB RAVENNA OFF RP NE 60TH ST NE outside the U District rezone area. Changes BV low risk of displacement in this community, we NE 59TH ST NE 59TH ST LR3 |

LR3 (M) AVE NE20TH propose more (M1) and (M2) zone changes where in the final map include applying NC zoning in NE 58TH ST COWEN PL NE NE 58TH ST NE 58TH ST they align with principles. some current C zones along 25th at the (M1) NE 58TH ST

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12THAVE NE (M1) NC2-75 (M) is to share the diversity of opinions expressed. NE 47TH ST outside the area rezoned through the U District 33RD NE 47TH ST UNION BAY PL NE NE 47TH ST C1-65 | AVE NE C2-40 | LR1 RC C1-75 (M) planning process C2-55 | LR1 C2-65 | 22ND MIO-50-C1-40 (M) RC (M) NC2-40 | NEAVE C2-75 (M) 8TH AVE NEAVE8TH • Safety for people walking and biking near U NC2-55 (M) | NC2-75 Citywide themes most discussed NC3P-40 | (M1) NE 46TH ST NC3P-55 (M) Village C1-40 NC2P-40 | • Housing near transit and infrastructure NC3-40 5THAVENE | NE 45TH ST | NC2-75 NC2P-55 (M) • Preservation of historic quality of The Ave NC3-55 (M1) • Displacement (M)

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UNIVERSITY WAYNE RD NE 7THAVE NE • Urban design quality • Several property owners in multifamily zones NE 43RD ST WALLA WALLA RD NE NE 43RD ST • Historic resources north of the U District rezone area desire larger zoning changes than (M) capacity increases.

8TH AVE NEAVE 8TH NE 42ND ST • Comments reference proximity to future light rail. 9TH AVE NEAVE 9TH • Some cite proximity to I-5 and its noise and traffic NE 42ND ST as good reasons for more density rather than NE 41ST ST preserving low-density development, much of 5TH AVENE5TH which is old and not high quality. EASTLAKE NE CAMPUS PKWY LR3 | NE 40TH ST • Some also describe an inappropriate transition LR3AVE NE (M) 6TH NE 40TH ST

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BROADWAY Implementing Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Citywide

Requiring development to contribute to affordable housing as Seattle grows

Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) ensures that new commercial and multifamily residential development contributes to affordable housing. MHA will provide at least 6,000 new rent- restricted, income-restricted homes for low-income people. Affordable housing requirements take effect when the Seattle City Council adopts new zoning that adds development capacity. By enacting affordable housing requirements and increasing development capacity at the same time, MHA is consistent with a state-approved approach used in other Washington cities.

After putting MHA in place in six Seattle neighborhoods in 2017, the City is proposing to implement MHA citywide. Our proposal targets more housing choices close to community assets, such as frequent transit, parks, and jobs. We are proposing less intensive changes in areas with higher risk of displacement, environmentally sensitive areas, and areas with fewer community assets. The maps of proposed zoning changes necessary to implement MHA across Seattle are available at www.seattle.gov/hala.

This proposal is the product of over two years of engagement and reflects many of the themes we heard from the community:

• Create more affordable housing that is rent- restricted for low-income people.

• Minimize displacement of existing residents.

• Support more housing choices, including home ownership and family-size housing.

• Develop more opportunities for people to live near parks, schools, and transit.

• Minimize the impacts of new development on existing neighborhood character.

• Coordinate growth with infrastructure investments.

MHA is part of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) that strives to create 50,000 homes by 2025, including 20,000 affordable homes. The development of both affordable housing and market-rate housing is an important strategy for slowing housing cost increases and providing a wider range of housing choices. Crafting Our Proposal

Community engagement and a commitment to racial and social equity shapes our proposal to implement MHA. Key elements of the proposal include:

• Apply affordable housing requirements in all multifamily Seattle’s Urban Villages and commercial zones, and all urban villages, consistent with the In 1994, Seattle implemented an urban village strategy to Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan guide growth and investments to designated communities adopted by the City Council. across the city. The Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan’s Growth and Equity Analysis examined demographic, • Increase housing choices economic, and physical factors to understand current throughout Seattle, with more displacement risk and access to opportunity in Seattle’s housing in areas with low risk of urban villages. displacement and high access to opportunity (transit, parks, jobs Risk of Displacement and other critical resources). LOW HIGH • Admiral • 23rd & Union-Jackson • In areas with high risk of • Ballard • Columbia City displacement of low-income HIGH • Crown Hill • First Hill-Capitol Hill people and communities of color, • Eastlake • Lake City focus increased housing choices • Fremont • North Beacon Hill • Green Lake • North Rainier and jobs within a 5-minute walk • Greenwood-Phinney Ridge • Northgate of frequent transit. • Madison-Miller • Ravenna • Expand 10 urban villages to • Roosevelt provide more housing options • Upper Queen Anne within a 10-minute walk of • Wallingford • West Seattle Junction frequent transit.

• Minimize impacts in Opportunity to Access • Aurora-Licton Springs • Bitter Lake Village • Morgan Junction • Othello environmentally sensitive areas • Rainier Beach and propose less intensive • South Park

changes within 500 feet of major LOW • Westwood-Highland Park freeways.

• Incorporate new design standards for buildings to reduce impacts on neighborhood character.

• Improve Green Factor and tree requirements to support environmental goals.

• Make no zoning changes in federally designated historic districts and critical shorelines. Affordable housing Where would MHA apply? requirements on development

With MHA, new buildings must include affordable housing (performance option) or contribute to the Seattle Office of Housing fund to support the development of affordable housing (payment option).

MHA requirements vary based on housing costs in each area of the city and the scale of the zoning change. Higher MHA requirements apply in areas with higher housing costs and larger zoning changes. With the performance option, between 5 percent and 11 percent Zoning changes to Implement of homes in new multifamily Mandatory Housing Affordability Areas proposed for residential buildings are reserved MHA Implementation for low-income households. With MHA already in place the payment option, development MHA does not apply, will contribute between $5.00 and no zoning changes $32.75 per square foot.

Like the Seattle Housing Levy, MHA payments are leveraged to produce more high-quality affordable housing located throughout Seattle. This also supports other benefits, including serving people with lower incomes, providing family-sized homes, and offering opportunities for community-oriented ground floor spaces and services.

Who qualifies for affordable housing created through MHA 2017 Income and Rent Limits

Individual Family of Four Making less than $40,320 Making less than $57,600 will pay no more than will pay no more than $1,008 for a one bedroom $1,296 for a two bedroom. Two years of community engagement

MHA has been shaped by nearly two years of community engagement led by the Department of Neighborhoods (DON). Community-generated principles, like creating better transitions between areas of higher and lower densities, guided our initial draft proposal released in October 2016. Since then, additional engagement and environmental review shaped the final proposal. Our traditional and innovative approaches to community engagement have included:

• Interactive online conversation at hala.consider.it with more than 2000 community members

• Telephone town halls that reached more than 70,000 Seattle households

• A mailer to 90,000 households to share information and invite residents to public meetings

• Door belling more than 10,000 homes where zoning changes are proposed

• An email newsletter to 4,700 people

Next Steps

From 2015-2017, City Council voted unanimously to establish MHA requirements and rezones in the following communities: University District, Downtown, South Lake Union, Chinatown-International District, along 23rd Ave in the Central Area, and Uptown.

In 2018, the Council, supported by City staff, will continue to engage communities as it considers MHA implementation citywide. The Council has announced a slate of open houses and hearings across the city through August 2018 so that more community voices can shape the proposal.

Learn more about the City Council process for Citywide MHA at www.seattle.gov/council