MBAKS Executive Director Kat Sims was selected to join Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's newly formed Affordable Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council what will identify tools to create more for-rent and for-sale homes that are affordable to Seattle’s middle-income wage earners.

The Seattle Times has published a guest editorial by MBAKS Executive Director Kat Sims, advocating for bold solutions to solve the region’s housing shortage. The op-ed calls for action on some of the key items on MBAKS’ legislative agenda.

On January 22, the Snohomish County Planning Commission was briefed on a series of potential code amendments related to the appeals process, decision type consolidation, site plan process changes, and more.

Your association recently met with Snohomish County staff to discuss the county’s code writing project, which will update certain Planned Residential Development (PRD) and Lot Size Averaging provisions, which in some cases could result in greater lot yield.

The Snohomish County Council has adopted ordinance 18-106 related to ground disturbing activities that eliminates the problematic two-foot rule. Included in the measure is an opt-in provision that allows existing applicants to take advantage of the new code.