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Kirkland planners update housing dashboard, staff to expand permit-level tracking
Summary
Senior planner Scott Guder presented an updated housing dashboard showing citywide counts, regulated affordable units and permit histories; staff said totals shown are net new units and promised more granular permit-level tracking (demolitions, lot splits, AMI) in response to commission requests.
Senior planner Scott Guder delivered an updated version of Kirkland’s housing dashboard to the Planning Commission, describing it as “a long overdue update to the housing dashboard.” The dashboard aggregates data from the Office of Financial Management population estimates, King County assessor records, Arch (for regulated affordable housing) and legacy Esri/census layers to show total housing stock, regulated affordable units and permit activity going back to 2017.
Guder told commissioners the dashboard highlights permit statuses for major developments, the city’s tracked regulated affordable housing (about 1,600 units…
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