Political heavy hitters criticize Mayor Harrell's housing plan

More than 50 organizations and businesses representing a broad and influential swath of Seattle politics have called on Mayor Bruce Harrell to significantly increase housing density citywide or risk exacerbating Seattle’s affordable-housing crisis.

The letter concerning the city’s Comprehensive Plan Update was spearheaded by the Complete Communities Coalition, which includes the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity’s Seattle-area chapter, the Housing Development Consortium, NAIOP and House Our Neighbors, among others. The latter three groups represent affordable-housing developers, commercial real estate interests and social housing, respectively.

The Coalition’s letter, sent Monday, garnered signatures from nearly four dozen organizations and businesses representing real estate, hotels, restaurants, climate, urbanism, architecture, homelessness, disability rights, grassroots community advocacy and more. Click here to read the letter and see the full list of signatories.

Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan dictates what kind of housing and how much of it can be built in each neighborhood. Once adopted, it will guide how Seattle grows for the next 20-plus years.

https://crosscut.com/politics/2024/05/political-heavy-hitters-criticize-mayor-harrells-housing-plan