A COALITION OF 30+ SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
Build middle housing.
Not tower homes.
We want a growth plan for Seattle that creates homes middle-income families can afford, protects our tree canopy, and keeps neighborhoods livable.
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NEW REPORT
Legislating for Luxury
How Seattle turned a middle-housing bill into a giveaway for luxury developers.
THE ISSUE IN ONE MINUTE
The state told Seattle to build middle housing. Here is what happened instead.
STEP 1
What the state asked for
Washington’s HB 1110 allows 4–6 homes per lot so cities can grow middle housing: duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, courtyard apartments and cottages, built at the scale of the houses around them.
STEP 2
What Seattle legislated
Seattle’s 2025 version also gave developers more lot coverage, taller heights and smaller setbacks. Those rules favor the one form that wasn’t on the state’s list: the large detached single-family home.
STEP 3
What’s being built
Existing duplexes and modest homes are being torn down and replaced with $1M+ “tower homes” and oversized houses. That removes affordable homes and mature trees, and pushes land prices up.
WHAT REPLACED THE TEARDOWNS
Source: Legislating for Luxury, SRTG analysis of Seattle permit records.
1,138+
new homes built after a teardown
67%
of them are luxury homes
1,700
sq ft: average size of those new homes
37%
larger than new homes built just two years ago
WHAT WE’RE ASKING FOR
Seattle can grow and stay affordable and green, if the rules ask for the housing we actually want.
01
Preserve naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH)
Stop tearing down the older homes working families can afford today.
02
Encourage low-impact conversions
Add homes inside and beside existing houses instead of demolishing them.
03
Upzone strategically, not everywhere
Tie new density to funded infrastructure and transit.
04
Convert commercial buildings to homes
Provide incentives for commercial-to-residential conversion and develop grey zones.
05
Limit hotel-like short-term rentals
Keep hotel-like short-term rentals out of residential neighborhoods.
06
Curb land speculation
Rein in the speculation that inflates land values and prices families out.
SMART CITIES LEGISLATE THE HOUSING THEY WANT
Three nearby cities, three results.
WENT BIG
Vancouver
It grew more than any city in North America, yet it is now among the world’s least affordable. Planner Patrick Condon (Broken City) traces the cause to speculation driving up land costs.
WENT SMALL
Portland
Portland only allowed smaller, attached homes in its upzoned areas. The result was affordable density, and prices went down on average.
HIT PAUSE
Bellingham
When developers chose McMansions over multifamily homes, Bellingham paused single-family permits in multifamily zones for one year.
WHO WE ARE
More than 30 Seattle organizations and neighborhood groups.
WHO WE ARE
A coalition
We represent more than 30 Seattle organizations and neighborhood groups. We support legislation that encourages smaller, more affordable market-rate homes that working- and middle-income families can buy.
MISSION
Our mission
A growth strategy for Seattle that results in housing attainable to middle-income households, protects the environment, and supports livable neighborhoods.
MEMBERS
Neighborhood groups and organizations with us
Capitol Hill · Central District · Columbia City · Green Lake · Greenwood · Haller Lake · Madison Park · Madrona · Magnolia · Maple Leaf · Montlake · Mt Baker · Phinney Ridge · Queen Anne · Tangletown · Wallingford · Washington Park · Wedgwood · W Seattle – Fauntleroy · W Seattle – Seaview/Fairmount · Whittier Heights