Want to learn how King County can create more affordable housing in unincorporated communities? We’re exploring three policy tools that could improve housing affordability and stability — and we want your input. Multifamily Housing Tax Exemption (MFTE): A program that lowers property taxes for housing developers that include affordable homes. It can apply to housing like townhomes and condos. … Continue reading Help Shape Affordable Housing in Unincorporated King County
A Place to Land: How Copperleaf Northgate is Connecting Families to Stability, Transit, and Opportunity
Last week, the doors to Copperleaf Northgate opened, marking a new chapter for hundreds of residents. For residents like Grecia Guzman Carranza and her family, it’s more than housing. It’s relief. It’s stability. It’s the ability to finally exhale. Grecia with her husband and son in Copperleaf's outdoor courtyard. “My family and I struggled for … Continue reading A Place to Land: How Copperleaf Northgate is Connecting Families to Stability, Transit, and Opportunity
You know what your community needs. King County’s Equitable Development Initiative has funding to help you build it.
Across King County, communities know what they need: housing that is affordable, culturally grounded, and designed to keep people rooted in place. What’s often missing is early-stage support to turn those ideas into viable projects. King County’s Equitable Development Initiative (EDI) is addressing that gap with a new, one-time Capacity Building Grants Request for Proposals (RFP). This opportunity is designed to help community-based organizations move … Continue reading You know what your community needs. King County’s Equitable Development Initiative has funding to help you build it.
King County’s newest affordable housing community opens in SeaTac
King County recently joined several partners, including Mercy Housing Northwest and the Arc of King County, to celebrate the opening of Connection Angle Lake, a new transit-oriented community with 130 new affordable and energy-efficient homes. This will be the state's first affordable housing development designed for the intellectual and developmental disability community, with 26 homes … Continue reading King County’s newest affordable housing community opens in SeaTac
How King County is making affordable housing more resilient and sustainable in the face of climate change
Across Washington and here in King County, we’re seeing the devastating impacts of a changing climate on our communities, from wildfires to heat waves, ice storms, and polluted air. In response, we’re helping communities become more resilient by supporting affordable housing that withstands extreme weather events and environmental challenges. The Southard in Tukwila is only … Continue reading How King County is making affordable housing more resilient and sustainable in the face of climate change
So far in 2025: Five affordable housing openings and groundbreakings
Since the start of the year, five new affordable housing developments and one shelter have opened or begun construction. Vashon Island and three cities - Bellevue, Federal Way, and Seattle - all celebrated the start or opening of 841 new affordable homes, and the reopening of 25 shelter beds for adults in King County. Seniors, … Continue reading So far in 2025: Five affordable housing openings and groundbreakings
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