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Senate bill 5587 would require county housing-gap reporting and limit local permit denials for affordable projects
Summary
Senate Bill 5587 would require biennial county-level analysis of estimated housing units and needs by income level and would constrain local denials or conditioning of affordable housing developments where county gaps persist.
Senate Bill 5587, sponsored by Sen. Annette Cleveland, would expand state housing reporting and impose constraints aimed at speeding and protecting affordable housing development in counties identified as having gaps between existing housing units and estimated needs.
At a Feb. 7 public hearing before the Washington State Senate Housing Committee, committee staff summarized the bill’s core elements: the Washington Center for Real Estate Research would be required to include in its biennial report an analysis, by county and income band, of estimated existing units versus housing needs; the report would also assess progress on emergency shelter and permanent supportive housing capacity. Where a county’s gap has not decreased from the prior year,…
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