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Sedro‑Woolley reviews housing element draft; consultants propose density bonuses tied to affordability and protections for manufactured‑home parks
Summary
At a May 6 meeting, consultants presented a heavily revised housing element draft that adds policies for density bonuses linked to affordability covenants, displacement mitigation, protections for manufactured‑home parks, and a shift toward actions listed with specific implementation steps.
Consultants from Facet presented a revised housing element draft to the Sedro‑Woolley planning commission on May 6, framing changes as policy and action language to meet Growth Management Act requirements and local housing goals.
Matt, a planning consultant with Facet, said the draft contains extensive edits to the inventory and analysis sections and urged commissioners to focus on goals and policies because "that's really where the rubber meets the road." He described the document as having "a lot of red" in the current markup and said the team intends to reorganize the element so that goals, policies and specific actions crosswalk to each other.
Key policy proposals outlined…
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