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Mountlake Terrace council reviews draft 10-year housing action plan; public hearing set Dec. 4
Summary
Council heard a staff presentation on a draft 10-year Housing Action Plan that lays out near-, mid- and long-term actions including ADU permitting changes, MFTE options, tenant protections and partnerships with community land trusts; staff and planning commission recommended a minor addition and a Dec. 4 public hearing.
Mountlake Terrace City Council on Monday reviewed a draft 10-year Housing Action Plan designed to translate the city’s housing element into concrete actions for increasing housing options and affordability.
Staff presented the plan’s priorities — supporting housing production, investing in centers, incentivizing affordable units, increasing housing diversity and preventing displacement — and described how actions are organized by implementation timeframe: completed, in progress, near term (1–3 years), midterm (3–5 years), long term and ongoing. Mackenzie, a planning staff presenter, said the plan is meant as a roadmap rather than a binding directive and includes appendices on community engagement, a development-feasibility memo and a crosswalk to comprehensive plan policies.
The plan proposes several…
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