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Spokane steering committee to hold May hearing after confusion over state housing‑allocation tool
Summary
After weeks of confusion about whether the state HAPT tool should use population or housing inputs, the Spokane steering committee voted to schedule a public hearing in May to consider a corrected housing‑allocation table and related resolution so jurisdictions can proceed with comp plans and EIS work.
Steering committee members for Spokane County voted to place an item on the committee's May agenda for a public hearing after lengthy debate over inputs to the state HAPT (Housing Allocation Planning Tool) and an attachment to a county resolution that used outdated numbers.
The move came after planners, city officials and public commenters described how a mid‑process change from population to housing‑share inputs in the HAPT outputs produced numbers some jurisdictions have already used in comprehensive planning. "What the board adopted was the methodology itself," a staff summary to the group said. "What changed were what were the numbers you put into the machine." (staff member)
Why it matters: Counties and cities have used HAPT outputs in environmental impact statements and comp‑plan…
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