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Council delays consideration of fee‑in‑lieu option for town center affordable housing until 2026
Summary
Following staff briefing and a consultant nexus study, the Mercer Island City Council voted to defer work on a fee-in-lieu policy for town center affordable housing and to coordinate it with comprehensive plan and code amendments in 2026.
City staff briefed the Mercer Island City Council on Oct. 7 about work to evaluate a fee‑in‑lieu option that would allow developers to pay into a local affordable housing fund instead of building required income‑restricted units in town center projects. After questions from council members, the council voted to defer detailed consideration of a fee‑in‑lieu policy until 2026 and to coordinate it with comprehensive plan and development‑code…
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