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Seattle
Urban Development InstituteSamuel Assefa, Director Vancouver, BC I May 16, 2019
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Managing growth, affordability & livability
Seattle
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Seattle’s Boom & Bust
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People Jobs
120,000 more people by 2035(70,000 units of housing)
115,000 more jobs by 2035
Today Seattle is Growing Fast
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• 20% of anticipated 20-year employment in just one year
• 22% of anticipated housing growth in first 2 years
2018 Urban Growth Monitoring
Today Seattle is Growing Fast
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Today Seattle is Growing FastOur fastest growing neighborhoods are clustered around Downtow
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Today Seattle is Growing Fast
Downtown• 82,000 residents• 301,000 jobs• $1.6 billion in retail sale
& $4.8B in construction activity in 2018
Over 32,000 housing units under construction or in predevelopment!
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Net New Units Demo
Residential units reported in the year the construction permit was issued(69,000 gross units in last 7 years)
Today Seattle is Growing Fast
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Permit Intake Value & Volume
2018Permit Count: 11,046 Intake Value: $4.6 billion Issuance Value: $3.9 billion
2017Permit Count: 10,459 Intake Value: $4.3 billion Issuance Value: $5.1 billion
Today Seattle is Growing Fast
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What’s Driving Seattle’s Growth?
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2005 - 2016
Source: VIA Architecture
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In permitting &development
Potential in the near future
Source: VIA Architecture
2005 - 2016
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More than 45,000 Seattle households pay more than half of their income on housing.
Approx. 11,600 individuals experience homelessness, 47% of which are unsheltered.
Average rent in Seattle increased 35-37% in last 5years
Seattle is not Growing Affordably
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Seattle is not Growing Affordably
A 5% average rent increase adds 258people to Seattle’s homeless population
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Redlining (1936 – 1960s) Current Racial Distribution
Legacy of Racism
Seattle is not Growing Equitably
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Ballard/Sunset Hills
"No part of said property hereby conveyed shall ever be used or occupied by any Hebrew or by any person of the Ethiopian, Malay or any Asiatic Race."
Source: UW Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project
Seattle is not Growing Equitably
Legacy of Racism
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Queen Anne Neighborhood
"No person or persons of Asiatic, African or Negro blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of said property."Source: UW Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project
Legacy of Racism
Seattle is not Growing Equitably
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Black Non-Hispanic White Other
Ethnicity Percentage in the Central District
Seattle is not Growing Equitably
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Washington State Growth Management Act
Managing Seattle’s Growth
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• Urban Growth Boundaries• Urban Village & Center Strategy• Grow around existing or planned
infrastructure
1994 Comprehensive Plan
18% of land target for 75% of projected growth
Managing Seattle’s Growth
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2016 Update Primary themes• Affordability• Race and Social Equity• Livability & Sustainability
Managing Seattle’s Growth
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30,000 new market-rate homes
20,000 affordable homes
• Incentives for family-sized housing
• Reduce permitting barriers
• More efficient construction methods
• Rent- and income-restricted homes
• Funding programs primarily for ≤ 60% AMI
• About 3x current production
Growth with Affordability
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Voluntary Incentive Zoning for affordable housing (IZ)
Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA)
Growth with AffordabilityMandatory Housing Affordability
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Mandatory Housing Affordability• All new development must build or pay for affordable housing• Provides additional development capacity to partially offset the cost of
these requirements • Increases housing choices
Growth with Affordability
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Displacement Index• Vulnerability• Amenities• Development capacity &
rentAccess to Opportunity Index• Education• Economic Opportunity• Transit Access• Civic Infrastructure
Displacement Risk Index Access to Opportunity Index
Growth with Equity
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• Distribute the benefits of growth equitably
• Prioritize marginalized populations• Race and social equity lens• Address displacement• Increase opportunities for low-
income households
Equitable Development Initiative
Growth with Equity
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Move Seattle Levy - $930 Million
Growth with Livability
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Growth with LivabilitySound Transit Levy - $54 Billion
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• West Seattle/Ballard: 14 new stations by 2035
• Opportunities for equitable transit-oriented development
• Housing and other changes near future stations
Growth with LivabilitySound Transit Levy - $54 Billion
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Growth with Livability Demolishing the Viaduct
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Growth with LivabilityDemolishing the Viaduct
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OVERLOOK WALKPIKE PLACE MARKET WATERFRONT ENTRANCE
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Growth with Livability Lidding I-5
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Renderings by Studio 216 for Lid I-5
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• $1.7 billion project • 1.2 million sq. ft. of
new space• 409-unit residential tower • 16-story office tower• $83 million public benefit
Growth with LivabilityPublic/Private Partnership –
Convention Center Expansion
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• $900 million Seattle Center Arena rebuild• $100 million Space Needle renovation• Seattle Opera facilities improvements• Uptown neighborhood rezone• Light rail transit station
Growth with LivabilityPublic/Private Partnership –Seattle Center Investments
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Growth with Livability
• Established in 1958, DSA is a nonprofit membership organization
• Manages programs focused on the public realm
• Metropolitan Improvement District (MID) services a 285-block area with cleaning, programming, hospitality/safety and homelessness outreach
Public/Private Partnership –Seattle Center Investments
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Seattle
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