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Public hearings held on Bothell affordable- and middle-housing code amendments

Bothell City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The council held public hearings on proposed affordable housing and middle housing code amendments. Developers urged changes to multifamily tax-exemption rules to keep projects viable, while local housing advocates supported incentives to increase affordable units.

Bothell held public hearings Nov. 18 on two related code-amendment packages: one on affordable-housing incentives and one on middle-housing code allowing up to six units on certain residential lots.

Ray Sosa, senior long-range planner, explained the affordable-housing code amendments and the middle-housing proposal, which would allow more-than-four-unit buildings on residential lots in specified zones. The…

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