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Seattle’s Housing Plan Hits the Zoning-Test Phase
Monday, June 8, 2026 · 10 min
Seattle’s One Seattle Plan is moving from growth vision to zoning votes, with HB 1110 middle-housing rules and Centers and Corridors legislation determining whether promises become buildable homes. Bellevue’s Wilburton surge shows what calibrated transit-oriented zoning can unlock.
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Seattle’s One Seattle Plan is moving from growth vision to zoning votes, with HB 1110 middle-housing rules and Centers and Corridors legislation determining whether promises become buildable homes. Bellevue’s Wilburton surge shows what calibrated transit-oriented zoning can unlock.
In this episode
- [PDF] Updating Seattle's Neighborhood Residential zoning — City of Seattle
UPDATED OCTOBER 2024 Updating Seattle’s Neighborhood Residential zoning A proposal to increase housing choice and fulfill requirements of House Bill 1110 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Purpose 3 Updating Seattle’s Neighborhood Residential zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
- Step Back — Seattle leaders keep calling the One Seattle Plan a blueprint for growth, but what does a comprehensive plan actually control — zoning, permits, infrastructure money, school or transit capacity — and what parts are still just promises until later votes?
Background sources
- One Seattle Plan - OPCD | seattle.gov — seattle.gov
- City Council passes final Comprehensive Plan legislation - Seattle City Council Blog — City Council News Releases
- Addressing Seattle Housing Shortage: Mayor Wilson Releases Final Centers and Corridors Zoning Proposal - Office of the Mayor — Seferiana Day-Hasegawa
- Addressing Seattle Housing Shortage: Mayor Wilson Releases Final Centers and Corridors Zoning Proposal - The Daily Plan It Blog — iand
- [PDF] HB 1110 - Seattle.gov
What is HB 1110? In 2023, the Washington State Legislature adopted House Bill 1110, often referred to as the “middle housing” bill. HB 1110 requires many cities in the state to allow a broader range of housing types in areas that have allowed predominantly detached homes. In Seattle, these requirements would apply in areas zoned Neighborhood Residential (NR) or Residential Small Lot (RSL).…
- One Seattle Plan - OPCD | seattle.gov
# One Seattle Plan ## What is the Seattle Comprehensive Plan? The Comprehensive Plan is a 20 year vision and roadmap for Seattle’s future. Our Plan guides City decisions on where to build new jobs and houses, how to improve our transportation system, and where to make capital investments such as utilities, sidewalks, and libraries. The Plan is the framework for most of Seattle’s big-picture…
- Op-Ed: Bellevue’s Wilburton Housing Policy Actually Builds Housing — The Urbanist
Op-Ed: Bellevue’s Wilburton Housing Policy Actually Builds Housing 📰 Support nonprofit journalism Donate # Op-Ed: Bellevue’s Wilburton Housing Policy Actually Builds Housing By Joe Fain (Guest Contributor)- June 07, 2026 Share Shortly after 2 Line light rail arrived in Bellevue's Wilburton neighborhood, so too did a zoning overhaul bringing applications for more than 2,300 homes. (Doug…