Seattle, WA
Affordable housing plan to go before Seattle voters
SEATTLE (AP) — Subsequent yr individuals in Seattle will resolve whether or not town ought to arrange a public developer to create inexpensive housing.
The Seattle Occasions experiences the Seattle Metropolis Council unanimously handed a decision Tuesday to permit King County Elections to place the proposed Initiative 135 on the poll of a particular election on Feb. 14, 2023.
If I-135 passes it could create a public growth authority, referred to as the Seattle Social Housing Developer, to assemble houses and take over present properties utilizing authorities and philanthropic funding to create renter-governed housing.
Those that favor the initiative say housing could be protected against rental market forces in one of many nation’s most costly cities.