Morgan Welcome & Agenda Community M o C A M o C A Association � Mandatory Housing Affordability “Cliffs Notes” version � Mandatory Housing Affordability overview � How to read the maps � Additional Observations � The Grand Bargain � Neighborhood Plans � Maps on the tables We are volunteers who want to help our neighbors understand what is being proposed. Please do not shoot the messengers. 1
City of Seattle Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) a program of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda November 29, 2016
The HALA goal In the next 10 years: 30,000 20,000 new market-rate homes affordable homes • Critical to expand • Net new rent- and income- housing options to meet restricted homes growing demand • Includes new construction and • Continue growth in acquisition rehab urban centers • About 3x current production • Reduce permitting • New and expanded public and barriers private resources • Maximize efficient • Funding programs primarily construction methods serve ≤ 60% AMI households • Provide incentives for • Incentive programs primarily family-sized housing serve 60% to 80% AMI households
See handout “Mandatory Housing Affordablity (MHA)” AKA ”the Grand Mandatory Housing Bargain” Affordability (MHA) What is MHA and how does it work?
What is MHA? AKA ”the Grand Bargain” Growth with affordability •All new multifamily and commercial development must either build or pay into a fund for affordable housing •Provides additional development capacity to partially offset the cost of these requirements (zoning changes) •Increases housing choices •A state-approved approach other local cities have used 5
MHA and affordability Market Rents and Affordable MHA Rents See handout one-bedroom unit “AMI & $1,989 = average rent (new construction) Affordable Housing” $1,641 = average rent (all units) defined” $1,009 = rent for an MHA home 60% of Area Median Income (AMI) Affordable for: •Administrative assistant •A couple earning minimum wage •Elementary school teacher Sources: Dupre+Scott Apartment Advisors, Apartment Vacancy Report, 20+ unit buildings, Fall 2016, Seattle-14 market areas; 6 WA Employment Security Department, Occupational Employment & Wage Estimates, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA MD, 2014.
A citywide program EXISTING PROPOSED Voluntary Incentive Zoning for Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) affordable housing (IZ) Proposed Existing Mandatory Housing Voluntary Incentive Affordability area Zoning area Potential Manufacturing & Urban Village Industrial Center Expansion area 7
See handout “Principles for MHA Implementation” Principles to Guide MHA Implementation How the MHA Principles inform the draft zoning maps 8
Core principles • MHA goal is at least 6,000 affordable homes in the next 10 years • Create affordable housing opportunities throughout the city • Expand housing options in existing single-family zones within urban villages • Expand the boundaries or urban villages to allow more homes near good transit • Evaluate MHA implementation using a social and racial equity lens 9
Principles that guided zoning changes • Encourage a wide variety of housing sizes, including family- sized homes. • Plan for transitions between higher- and lower-scale zones as additional development capacity is accommodated. • Consider locating more housing near neighborhood assets and infrastructure such as parks, schools, and transit. • Consider local urban design priorities when making zoning changes • Urban Village Expansion 10-minute walk to transit 10
Putting MHA into effect Zoning and urban village boundary changes 11
What is zoning? Lowrise (LR1) Residential Small Lot (RSL) Neighborhood Lowrise (LR3) Commercial (NC-75) 12
MHA zone changes – typical See handout “Guide to Housing Options” Details at the tables with the maps 13
See handout “How to Read the Maps” See the handout map for your area Reading the MHA maps Zoning changes to implement MHA 14
Draft MHA zoning maps 15
Map legend at the top of the draft zoning map 16
Where MHA applies 17
existing zoning | draft zoning 18
Hatched areas • Change from one zoning type to another (e.g., Multifamily to Neighborhood Commercial) • A change other than a typical amount (e.g., Single Family to Lowrise 1) 19
Draft MHA zoning maps 20
What do zoning changes mean? Zoning does not require someone to change or develop their property Residential Small Lot (RSL) • Cottages, townhouses, duplexes/triplexes similar in scale to single family zones • More flexibility for wider range of households • 1 dwelling unit per 2,000 sq ft of lot area • Allowed to reconfigure an existing home into multiple units • Owners may also choose ADUs/DADUs (not subject to MHA) 21
Residential Small Lot (RSL) 5,000 sq ft lot 1 existing home plus 1 new home 1 unit or $22K for aff. housing 22
Residential Small Lot (RSL) 5,000 sq ft lot 1 existing home plus 1 new home X 1 unit or $22K for aff. Housing {.07 unit or $22K for aff. Housing} 23
Morgan Welcome & Agenda Community M o C A M o C A Association � Mandatory Housing Affordability “Cliffs Notes” version � Mandatory Housing Affordability overview � How to read the maps � Additional Observations � The Grand Bargain � Neighborhood Plans � Maps on the tables We are volunteers who want to help our neighbors understand what is being proposed. Please do not shoot the messengers. 2 4
Additional Observations Morgan Community M o C A M o C A Grand Bargain Questions Association � We need affordable housing, but it is not clear if the Grand Bargain is the “best bargain”. � Can the 6,000 goal be reached without double-plus upzones? 2 5
Additional Observations Morgan Community M o C A M o C A Grand Bargain Questions Association This map shows the areas which dictate amounts of See handout contribution “MHA Payment and Performance Requirements” 2 6
Additional Observations Morgan Community M o C A M o C A Grand Bargain Questions Association Just posted on HALA website: 2 7
Additional Observations Morgan Community M o C A M o C A Neighborhood Plans Association � Neighborhood Plans were created through extensive public involvement in 1998-9 to guide the “livability” of growth anticipated in the new Urban Villages. � Alaska Junction was updated in 2010 � Each Neighborhood Plan provides the Goals and Polices the City committed to, in support of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. � In Morgan Junction, the additional zoning changes are in direct conflict with our Neighborhood Plan. 2 8
Morgan Welcome & Agenda Community M o C A M o C A Association � Mandatory Housing Affordability “Cliffs Notes” version � Mandatory Housing Affordability overview � How to read the maps � Additional Observations � The Grand Bargain � Neighborhood Plans � Maps on the tables We are volunteers who want to help our neighbors understand what is being proposed. Please do not shoot the messengers. 2 9
Morgan Maps on the tables Community M o C A M o C A Association � Look at existing and proposed zoning maps, talk with table folks to make sure you are comfortable reading them. � Pay attention to density changes, as well as height changes (crosshatch areas) � Use your “My Notes” page to � Capture questions for staff � Prepare any comments for Dec 7 open house � notes to take back to your neighborhood organization. 3 0
Morgan How to Give Input Community M o C A M o C A Association � The City Open House will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Shelby’s Bistro and Ice Creamery, 4752 California Ave SW. � You can respond to 10 specific questions in the “ConsiderIt” survey on line (see link on “My Notes handout”) 3 1
Other ways to participate Online dialogue 5 community meetings 9 Neighborhood Urban Design Workshops 12/3 Bitter Lake (10 HALA.Consider.It • • 10/20 N. Beacon Hill a.m.-12 p.m.) All urban village draft 12/7 W. Seattle (6-8 zoning maps online for • • 10/29 Roosevelt comment and dialogue. p.m.) • 11/9 Westwood–Highland 12/13 Roosevelt / • Park Ravenna (6-8 p.m.) • 11/15 Crown Hill 1/10 First Hill (6-8 p.m.) Citywide mailing • 1/21 Columbia City (10 • 11/29 Aurora–Licton • ~ December 2016 a.m.-12 p.m.) Springs EIS process •Othello Local meetings & • Feb. 2017 Draft EIS: 45- group discussions •Rainier Beach day comment period •South Park City staff will attend to • May 2017 Final EIS the extent possible. •Wallingford 32
Morgan Community M o C A M o C A Association � Thank you for coming! � Thank you to the Highland Park Improvement Club! 3 3
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