If you have questions or comments about the City of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA), mark this Monday on your calendar. The Queen Anne Community Council is hosting a Land Use Review Committee meeting on Monday, May 16th at 7pm, with the sole focus on HALA.
The meeting is open to the public, gathering city hall planners, SDOT, residents and community leaders from Queen Anne, Fremont, Wallingford, Ballard, and Magnolia. The meeting will be hosted at the Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 1st Ave W.
The Queen Anne Community Council’s statement on HALA is as follows:
“HALA is being promoted by city leaders as a lovely way to open the door to affordable housing in single-family neighborhoods. But really, it’s a tool to cater to developers’ interests to over develop and choke our quality of life. Taller height buildings with no parking are a problem already. Zero-lot line backyard micro houses and over-the-garage apartments are more likely to become Air B&B rentals than low income mother-in-law units. We need to stop this foolishness now and speak loudly that HALA guidelines to change the planning code in Seattle is not welcome.”
If you have concerns or questions about HALA and how it may or may not impact you and the neighborhood, plan on attending Monday’s meeting.