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In lieu of the November Wallingford Community Council General Meeting, the community is invited to a free event sponsored and hosted by Seattle Residents for Thoughtful Growth (SRTG). Their mission is a growth strategy for Seattle that results in housing that is attainable to middle-income households, protects the environment, and supports livable neighborhoods. They represent more than 30 Seattle organizations and neighborhood groups, supporting legislation that encourages smaller, more affordable market-rate homes that working-class and middle-income families can afford.

Concerned about Seattle’s growth and densification? Want to learn more about the One Seattle Plan and its impacts on Seattle’s urban tree canopy, property taxes, and housing affordability? Join us for a community event on Seattle’s growth history and current planning, and some insights on how this might affect you.

💬 ReVision Seattle 2.0
📅 Monday, November 9th
🕒 7–8:30 pm
📍 Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd Avenue NE
🔗 Find out more and RSVP here. It’s free.

Over 30 Seattle organizations and neighborhood groups, including Wallingford, agree: Seattle can do better. The City’s HB1110 Permanent Legislation, which applies to every single-family lot in the city, unnecessarily shrinks setbacks, raises roof heights, and expands lot coverage—changes that will fast-track demolition and large-scale redevelopment across neighborhoods to the benefit of developers and investors and to the detriment of affordable Middle Housing, current residents, and the environment. There are many examples of middle housing in Seattle today that respect the scale, character, and tree canopies of their neighborhoods—the true intent of HB1110. Let’s do more of that!

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 | West Seattle – Fauntleroy | West Seattle – Seaview/Fairmount | Whittier Heights

Seattle’s growth strategy must prevent displacement, protect the environment, preserve livability, and ensure growth is supported by funded infrastructure. We also advocate for upzoning strategically, rather than blanket upzoning, and taking steps to reduce inflating land values and land speculation.

Empirical evidence shows that upzoning and land speculation increase land values, making new market-rate housing out of reach for working- and middle-income families. The One Seattle Plan is legislating upzoning that encourages larger luxury homes and demolition of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH), with the belief that trickle-down economics will make that housing affordable, eventually, to middle-income families. SRTG believes we can create affordable housing while we grow through legislation that preserves NOAH, encourages low-impact conversion development (LID Conversions), develops grey zones, limits hotel-like short-term rentals in neighborhoods, and incentivizes commercial-to-residential conversions.

Take action today:

• Write to your Council Member (email list here), as well as at-large Council Members.
• Ask a question? [email protected]