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Planning commission reviews outcomes of Affordable Housing Demonstration Program as city eyes a development‑agreement process
Summary
Staff told the commission that Burien’s Affordable Housing Demonstration Program (created 2019) produced three council‑approved projects that together would yield 162 affordable units — including 95 permanent supportive units — and that staff will use lessons from the program to design a future development‑agreement process.
The Burien Planning Commission on Feb. 26 received a recap of the city’s Affordable Housing Demonstration Program and heard that staff will use lessons from the program to shape a permanent process for development agreements.
Senior planner Chaney Skadsen said the demonstration program, created in 2019, produced three council‑approved projects that together were intended to yield 162 income‑restricted housing units; staff said 95 of those are permanent supportive housing units and that roughly 67 units were proposed as homeownership opportunities. Two projects are in construction or permitting and one has completed building permits or construction stages at varying levels.
Why it matters: The demonstration program allowed Council to approve departures from prescriptive zoning standards (density, setbacks, allowed housing types, parking…
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