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Seattle’s Housing Freeze Meets Ballard Link’s Funding Gap
Sunday, June 14, 2026 · 10 min
Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability is under pressure as home permitting drops to a third of its recent pace, while Sound Transit says Ballard Link still has a path if it can close a $7 billion to $9 billion gap.
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Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability is under pressure as home permitting drops to a third of its recent pace, while Sound Transit says Ballard Link still has a path if it can close a $7 billion to $9 billion gap.
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- Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It — The Urbanist
# Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It Published: 2026-06-12T18:15:40+00:00 Source: theurbanist.org (theurbanist.org) Language: en ## Story Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It 📰 Support nonprofit journalism Donate # Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It By Patience Malaba- June 12,…
- Sound Transit Says Reports of Ballard Link's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — The Urbanist
Sound Transit Says Reports of Ballard Link's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated 📰 Support nonprofit journalism Donate # Sound Transit Says Reports of Ballard Link's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated By Ryan Packer- June 12, 2026 Share Though a May 28 board vote ultimately moved the northern half of the Ballard Link into the "unaffordable" column, Sound Transit's top leadership wants to…
- [PDF] Updating Seattle's Neighborhood Residential zoning
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
- [PDF] HB 1110 - Seattle.gov — 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).…