Your diligent reporter hustled over to City Hall from Union Station for the #HousingForAll public meeting. You can follow along on . seattlechannel.org/watch-live
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"This is a manufactured crisis." Alison Eisinger of Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness said. We needed to invest more in affordable housing in past decades and now we must play catchup. #HousingForAll
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We need $50 million annually in ongoing revenue to pay for the bonding to build housing on the scale Seattle needs, Councilmember said.
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"We need to get comfortable with much bigger numbers," State Rep. Nicole Macri said. Macri pointed to massive investment in transit via ST3 to illustrated it's doable. #HousingForAll
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Rep. Macri said we need more land zoned for dense multifamily housing to permit a social housing building spree. #HousingForAll
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"We need rent control" said. Rep. Macri did propose a bill to lift the Washington State's ban on rent control, but that bill didn't make the cut this session. #HousingForAll
"We shouldn't be limited by the current capacity of our nonprofit developers," Rep. Macri said, adding we need build expand capacity of affordable developers and also build bigger projects. #HousingForAll
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. said 5 over 2 (seven story) buildings alone aren't going to cut it to address the housing need. This is particularly true if we want low-income housing in the downtown core and adjacent to light rail stations. #HousingForAll
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One promising sign is the 13-story tower proposed by and . It would be the first affordable highrise built in Seattle in more than 50 years. #HousingForAll
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. proposes an employee hours tax that would raise $200 million per year, which she says is enough to build 1,000 affordable homes per year. #HousingForAll
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Here's a snippet of the press release from Councilmember Sawant who wants more money than the $75 million the task force is looking to find. #HousingForAll
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Full chambers for tonight's Public Meeting. Lots of providers and formerly homeless folks testifying to the great need and urgency. Lots of yellow shirts too. #HousingForAll
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"Tax Amazon."
A Socialist Alternative member named Thomas cuts to the chase. "Tax big business" chant briefly starts. #HousingForAll
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