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Housing Choices Toolkit Released to Assist With Local Planning

Toolkit offers proven policies to help create more housing choices so current residents, 新来的人, and future generations can find a home that best fits their lives

BELLEVUE, Wash—August 19, 2020—今天, the Master 建筑商 Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) released a toolkit designed to help local communities create more housing choices.

As the Puget Sound region advances its collective response to the health, 经济, and social crises created by the 新型冠状病毒肺炎 pandemic, those in the local homebuilding industry stand with their fellow community members. In creating and distributing this Housing Toolkit, MBAKS continues its collaborative approach to encourage the creation of more housing and more variety.

“Our region has for years been grappling with a housing crisis, and the pandemic and related 经济 crisis have significantly amplified the need for solutions that create more diverse and affordable housing choices for all,” said MBAKS Executive Director Kat Sims.

“We are often asked by local governments and community leaders for actionable ideas and solutions to plan for and enable more housing choices that fit the unique needs of each community. We are providing this toolkit in a spirit of partnership so cities and counties may more easily find a spectrum of proven housing policies and see which of their neighboring communities are already implementing these ideas.”

The MBAKS住房工具包 contains 37 specific code updates and process improvements jurisdictions can take to help provide more diverse, more affordable housing for our growing population. The toolkit is intended to serve the unique local needs of individual communities, help protect what current residents already love about our region and support the broader regional effort to plan for more housing choices.

Regulations and long permit timelines can create significant obstacles for those seeking housing by driving up costs and pushing new homes even further out of reach for many buyers and renters. 有, 然而, simple steps cities and counties can take today to help ease some of these regulatory burdens and reduce certain cost pressures on new housing without compromising environmental protections or other important policy goals.

All the tools featured in the toolkit can be adopted locally. None of them require state-enabling legislation. Included throughout the toolkit are examples of local jurisdictions already utilizing these tools and model codes that cities can reference. Some examples include policies that support accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single-family zones, reduced parking requirements near transit, planning tools that facilitate infill development, 视频检查, more transparency in permit timeline data, 构建绿色 incentives, and affordable housing levies.

The MBAKS住房工具包 also includes a chart indicating the effectiveness of each measure to facilitate housing.

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关于MBAKS

Founded in 1909 and headquartered in Bellevue, 华盛顿, the Master 建筑商 Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) is the nation’s oldest and largest local homebuilders association. 像我们的创始人, our members continue to take a leading role in all facets of homebuilding and support the planning for a growing region. From new technology to advances in sustainability and from collaborative public policy efforts to investing in our communities, our commitment to a thriving, 包容, and well-planned region never wavers. We are the professional homebuilders, 架构师, remodelers, 商人(木匠, 制宪者, 盖屋顶, 水管工, 电工), 规划师和工程师, 供应商, 制造商, and sales and marketing professionals in your community who believe everyone deserves access to a healthy and productive place to call home.