Comprehensive Plans
Back to News Center In 2023, the Legislature passed numerous new laws imposing new housing-related mandates on cities. In the four-county Central Puget Sound Region (King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties) cities were required to modify their comprehensive plans, and to modify their development regulations which implement the comprehensive plans.…
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Back to News Center Seattle King County REALTORS® has been supportive of, and working with, the city of Black Diamond even before the Legislature passed the plethora of new local government housing mandates in 2023. The City’s progress over the last several years has been impeded significantly by multiple unsuccessful…
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Back to News Center Seattle King County REALTORS® continues to work throughout the region to encourage cities to adopt flexible and bold comprehensive plan policies and related development regulations to encourage ADUs and middle housing in their cities. We are encouraging policy makers to view increased housing supply through zoned…
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Back to News Center Seattle King County REALTORS® worked with Burien’s Planning Commission and staff, and later with the City Council, on amendments to Burien’s Critical Areas Ordinance, including changes to meet state mandates by: Encouraging housing developments in residential areas across the city. Expanding the number, and type, of…
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Back to News Center Seattle King County REALTORS® advocacy in Federal Way during Q2 of 2025 focused on support for two proposed ordinances for Middle Housing (MH) and Unit Lot Subdivision (ULS). In addition SKCR connected city councilmembers with home builders and representatives of the Master Builders Association to identify…
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Back to News Center The city of Kent has undertaken its own distinctive and timely two-phase “HOUSING RE-CODE” approach in order to complete the major periodic update to its comprehensive plan, incorporate the 2023 housing-related mandates into its planning, and update its development code and regulations in time to meet…
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Back to News Center Watch the Public Hearing Hear Craig Walker (31:00), Sol Villarreal (35:00), Cheyenne Gillooly (39:00), and Garrett Nelson (46:00) testify at Seattle’s Select Committee for the Comprehensive Plan. The Issue Washington continues to face a housing crisis. There are not enough housing units for the people who…
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Back to News Center On April 25, representatives from Seattle King County REALTORS® (SKCR) attended the campaign kick-off breakfast for Claudia Balducci, whom SKCR has endorsed for King County Executive in this year’s election. Balducci, a long-time REALTOR® Champion, currently serves on the King County Council for District 6 and…
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Back to News Center Background During the last 5 years, the Legislature has tried several different approaches to address our state’s housing crisis: Incentives Beginning in 2019, with support from REALTORS®, the Legislature provided financial incentives to cities if they made specific modifications to development regulations to quickly accommodate more…
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Back to News Center At an annual joint meeting of the City of Black Diamond, The City of Enumclaw and the Enumclaw School District, Black Diamond Mayor Carol Benson disclosed that her city had to reduce the amount of housing it planned in its Comprehensive Plan because of pressure from…
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