POLICY WORK
Bellevue Planning Commission Citywide HOMA Letter
Bellevue stakeholders urge HOMA revisions to ensure flexibility, align with incentives, and avoid mandates that could hinder housing production citywide.
Bellevue Planning Commission Downtown HOMA Letter
Bellevue Chamber PLUSH Committee urges revisions to HOMA amendments, favoring code modernization and incentive-based solutions that expand housing and affordability.
Bellevue Planning Commission Critical Areas Ordinance Letter
PLUSH urges Bellevue to modernize Critical Areas Ordinance with flexible, science-based rules encouraging restoration, housing, and practical urban redevelopment incentives.
Bellevue City Council Building Permit Extensions Ordinance
PLUSH Committee urges Bellevue Council to approve permit extensions, supporting project viability, competitiveness, economic development, and housing amid challenging market conditions.
Eastside Housing Roundtable Wilburton LUCA Letter
The Eastside Housing Roundtable supports Bellevue’s LUCA, urging a focus on affordability, development feasibility, and practical implementation, while recommending revisions to access, open space, and affordable housing provisions for improvement.
Bellevue Planning Commission HOMA Letter
Bellevue Chamber’s PLUSH Committee urges delaying the HOMA code upzone, citing key differences from Wilburton, lack of immediate urgency, and the necessity for a more tailored and thorough analysis before proceeding with changes.
Bellevue Planning Commission Affordable Housing Letter
The Bellevue Chamber PLUSH Committee provided input on the city’s goal of 35,000 new housing units, emphasizing private sector collaboration, proportional regulations, and strategic incentives like the MFTE program to ensure affordability without hindering development.
Eastside Housing Roundtable Wilburton Letter
Our President & CEO Joe Fain, as well as Patience Malaba with the Housing Development Consortium, recently submitted the following letter to the Bellevue Planning Commission on behalf of the Eastside Housing Roundtable. (That’s a mouthful.)
Bellevue Planning Commission Wilburton LUCA Letter
The PLUSH Committee recommends adjustments to the Wilburton LUCA, emphasizing reduced development costs, refined access corridor widths, and flexible provisions for nonconforming uses to support housing and economic goals in Bellevue.
Redmond Greenlights Center Upzones, Sixplexes Citywide, Higher Affordability Requirements – The Urbanist
Last Tuesday, the Redmond City Council approved the Redmond 2050 Comprehensive Plan, which boosts housing capacity around the city’s light rail stations, allows sixplexes citywide, and ratchets up the City’s inclusionary zoning program, raising the affordable housing requirement on new development.