The Seattle Weekly explores the question of how Seattle, a quickly growing and desirable city, is working to ensure housing options for its low-income residents.
Chetanya Robinson writes to explain the ongoing efforts in the city of Seattle to make sure that the city's affordable housing stock continues to serve those most in need of support.
Set against the policy backdrop of the Murray Administration, which aims to increase the number of new housing units in the city to 50,000 within 10 years, with 20,000 of these units set aside for affordable housing,"Robinson doesn't just focus the discussion of the article on housing targets and inclusionary zoning. The article also focuses on the work of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA), "which provides about half the city’s subsidized housing and also administers vouchers for low-income people to find affordable market-rate housing…"
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