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King County committee forwards Skyway housing cooperation agreement to full council
Summary
The Local Services and Land Use Committee voted 3-0 to forward and expedite a proposed housing cooperation agreement with the King County Housing Authority to facilitate a 30-unit manufactured-home community in Skyway West Hill affordable to households at or below 80% of area median income; staff said waivers are limited to design standards and not to water-quality or life-safety rules.
The King County Local Services and Land Use Committee voted 3-0 on Feb. 18 to forward a proposed housing cooperation agreement with the King County Housing Authority to the full King County Council and to expedite consideration to the Feb. 24 council meeting.
Council member Lewis, the item sponsor and vice chair of the committee, said the agreement "is my baby," describing roughly nine months of work to shape an agreement intended to help create homeownership and affordable housing in the Skyway West Hill subarea. Erin Ozzens, council staff, told the committee the agreement would facilitate an affordable manufactured-home community proposed for the site: a 30-unit development intended for households at or below 80% of area median income (AMI).
The staff report laid out four principal elements of the agreement.…
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