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Mayor Bruce Harrell Signs Legislation Sending 2023 Housing Levy to Seattle Voters 

Levy will create over 3,100 new affordable homes, stabilize supportive housing workforce, and fund other tools to prevent homelessness and ensure housing stability for more than 9,000 low-income households Seattle – Immediately following a unanimous vote by Seattle City Council to approve the proposed 2023 Housing Levy, Mayor Bruce Harrell signed… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Harrell and Office of Planning and Community Development Unveil Competition Winners Advancing Innovative Office Space Conversion Ideas Focused on Sustainable Downtown Activation

Bold proposals will inform future legislative and regulatory efforts to advance conversion projects, optimize urban assets, and meet unique neighborhood needs Mayor Bruce Harrell and The Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) announced the winners of the City’s design competition seeking innovative ideas for downtown office space conversions. The winning proposals exemplified imaginative and achievable… Filed Under: Economic Development, Housing and Homelessness, Office of the MayorTagged With:

City of Seattle and King County Partner with Biden-Harris Administration to Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness

Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Executive Dow Constantine joined the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to announce that the City of Seattle, King County, and the King County Regional Housing Authority (KCRHA) are participating in ALL INside, a first-of-its kind White House initiative… [ Keep reading ]

Joint Statement from KCRHA Governing Committee Chairs Mayor Harrell and Executive Constantine on KCRHA Leadership Changes 

Seattle – Today, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Executive Dow Constantine, who serve as Chairs of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) Governing Committee, released the following statement after CEO Marc Dones announced they will resign from their position in June: “We thank KCRHA CEO Marc Dones… Filed Under: City Administration, Housing and Homelessness

City of Seattle announces $147M in funding for affordable housing 

Yearly funding awards from the City of Seattle expand investments into growing housing needs. SEATTLE, WA – Mayor Bruce Harrell announced on Friday the City’s 2022 yearly funding awards for affordable housing providers, totaling $147 million for the construction and preservation of 1,150 affordable homes in neighborhoods across Seattle. The… Filed Under: Housing and Homelessness

One Seattle Homelessness Action Plan Posts Q1 Data Updates, plus 2022 totals for referrals and site resolutions

Seattle – Today, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell released the updated data sets from the first quarter of 2023 for the City’s One Seattle Homelessness Action Plan and public-facing dashboard. The release also includes new year-over-year comparisons for unauthorized encampment site removals and referrals to shelter that detail meaningful progress as… Filed Under: Housing and HomelessnessTagged With:

Mayor Bruce Harrell Announces Proposal for $970 Million Housing Levy to Address Seattle’s Growing Affordable Housing Needs 

Levy will fund critical investments toward 3000 new units of affordable housing, workforce stabilization, and other tools to address housing and homelessness crises. Seattle (March 30, 2023) – Speaking to a gathering of over 800 affordable housing developers, operators, funders, and community partners from across King County, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced… Filed Under: Housing and Homelessness

HDC Annual Luncheon Remarks – Announcement of 2023 Housing Levy 

Thank you, Patience, for that introduction, and good afternoon and congrats on 35 years Housing Development Consortium! It’s fitting that one of the key themes in today’s event is partnership and collaboration. Because that’s exactly the kind of One Seattle approach we need if we’re going to make transformative progress… Filed Under: Housing and Homelessness, Office of the Mayor

One Seattle Homelessness Action Plan Posts Q4 Data Updates  

New data shows progress in key areas of bringing people indoors, new housing units, reduction in some public safety incidents   Seattle – Today, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell released the updated data sets from the fourth quarter of 2022 for the City’s One Seattle Homelessness Action Plan and public-facing dashboard. In… Filed Under: Housing and Homelessness

Mayor Harrell proposes legislation to support swift affordable housing production; exempt affordable rental housing projects from design review

Seattle – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has put forward legislation to support faster development of needed affordable housing by exempting affordable rental housing projects from design review. Developed in partnership with Councilmembers Dan Strauss and Teresa Mosqueda, the bill would continue a process change first developed under the COVID-19 State… [ Keep reading ]