Principles

The Coalition for More Housing Choices is built on the regional leadership of its participating members. The Coalition has adopted five guiding principles for addressing the housing crisis by drawing on proven policies and the experiences of those confronting it.

Duplex photo courtesy Sightline Institute Modest Middle Homes Library, CC by 4.0.jpg — More Housing Options

More housing options and supply through thoughtful planning and execution of identified housing strategies in the urban environment.
*Duplex photo courtesy Sightline Institute Modest Middle Homes Library, CC by 4.0.*

Our region is forecast to add 1.8 million more people by 2050. That’s like adding 2.5 more Seattles in 30 years’ time. Learn more.

Source: Puget Sound Regional Council.

Sound Transit light rail at Angle Lake — Environmental Stewardship

Increase quality housing choices that are well-designed and developed as part of a whole community through sustainable practices and promoting economic sustainability.

Angle Lake Transit Station in SeaTac features local and rapid transit service to the airport, downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. Photo by Andrea Reay.

Replacing three detached houses with a duplex, a triplex, and a fourplex can make a city block 20% more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of carbon put into the atmosphere.

Source: Sightline Institute

Three pre-teen girls playing in street on scooters and bike — Equity

Promote social and financial equity through greater access, diversity, and inclusion that comes with a strong jobs/housing/transportation/schools and public amenities balance inherent in great communities of opportunity.

A white household is twice as likely to own a home than a Black household, regardless of income.

Source: Puget Sound Regional Council

Midrise apartment buildings — Public Finance & Public/Private Partnerships

Ensure the substantial resources necessary to support the most affordable housing and the infrastructure critical to all housing at all income levels.

64% say government agencies should do more to provide housing not being delivered by the market.

Source: Survey by Department of Commerce and Puget Sound Regional Council

Man gardening behind his DADU — Regulatory Reforms

Align regulations with the need for more housing in our urban growth areas—without compromising existing environmental values—by promoting regulations that allow for more housing and resisting regulations that limit housing supply or diverse housing choices.

For every $1,000 increase in the price of a home in the Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma market, 856 people are priced out.

Source: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

Principles

The Coalition for More Housing Choices is built on the regional leadership of its participating members. The Coalition has adopted five guiding principles for addressing the housing crisis by drawing on proven policies and the experiences of those confronting it.

More Housing Options

Our region is forecast to add 1.8 million more people by 2050. That’s like adding 2.5 more Seattles in 30 years’ time. Learn more.

Environmental Stewardship

Replacing three detached houses with a duplex, a triplex, and a fourplex can make a city block 20% more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of carbon put into the atmosphere.

Equity

A white household is twice as likely to own a home than a Black household, regardless of income.

Public Finance & Public/Private Partnerships

64% say government agencies should do more to provide housing not being delivered by the market.

Regulatory Reforms

For every $1,000 increase in the price of a home in the Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma market, 856 people are priced out.

Coalition for More Housing Choices

Replacing three detached houses with a duplex, a triplex, and a fourplex can make a city block 20% more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of carbon put into the atmosphere.