HOUSING THAT MEETS OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS
Our growing city needs housing of all types– for families, workers, young people and seniors on fixed incomes. The affordability crisis is real, and there is no simple solution: nearly half of Seattle renters pay more than 30% of their income to housing, and it is now found that Seattle will needs 112,000 total new homes over the next 20 years.
$2,267
SEATTLE - AVERAGE COST FOR
A 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT
53,000
HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN 2022 - KING COUNTY
TO ADDRESS THIS URGENCY, I WILL
- Protect, grow, and diversify investments into affordable housing to the scale identified by statewide-modeling efforts, including promoting zoning and comprehensive plan updates that increase housing options and affordability in every Seattle neighborhood.
- Support community-based development with goals to stop the displacement of low-income communities and communities of color out of urban areas, and increase high-density, transit-oriented development.
- Expand strategies that help people maintain their housing to prevent homelessness, including emergency rental assistance, utility shut off assistance, and small/ community based landlord engagement.
- Prioritize increasing funding for changes and expansions to homelessness services and temporary housing as identified in the Five Year Plan.
- Advocate for state-level renter protections, including
sensible caps on rent increases
and other reforms that keep people housed without slowing investment in new home construction.
Paid for by Alexis for Seattle
PO Box 20084, Seattle, WA 98102