House Bill 1110

House Bill 1110 and Kirkland 2044

House Bill 1110, Kirkland, Middle Housing, Multi-family

June 24, 2024

The city of Kirkland is still in early stages of looking at the implications of incorporating HB1110 requirements into the zoning code. Comprehensive plan changes are in review now, but not much more than an initial comparison of middle housing requirements under HB1110 compared at face value to the current Kirkland zoning codes. See excerpts below. We followed up with Adam Weinstein, Director of Planning and Building, to get his preliminary take on the analysis work to date, and he confirmed...

House Bill 1110, Kirkland, Middle Housing

House Bill 1110 and Shoreline

by Grouparchitect

House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Shoreline

May 11, 2024

Shoreline appears to already be well on their way to incorporating middle housing. We first dove deep into a video from Shoreline from their Home Improvement Workshop Presentation in April 2024 to catch up on where they are planning to go with HB1110 compliance. The video with Elise Keim, planning manager with Shoreline, went into great detail from a number of angles with this presentation and gave a fantastic overview of how the middle housing process will work overall and...

House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Shoreline

House Bill 1110 and Everett 2044

by Grouparchitect

Everett, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family

May 11, 2024

Hello! – Everett is in phase II of their overall comprehensive plan process to create Everett 2044. We took a look at their documents to date with respect to HB1110 and middle housing and Alternative 3 appears to be our best initial reference that investigates how and where middle housing, or a comprehensive plan design that emphasizes middle housing, would evolve. Notably but not surprisingly, the areas of focus are clustered around strong transportation connectors and routes such as Highway 99,...

Everett, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing

House Bill 1110 and Bellevue

by Grouparchitect

Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family

May 10, 2024

We noted in earlier posts that some cities won’t be quick to update codes to be in compliance with HB1110, and Bellevue is living up to that projection. Looking around more at where they are, we’re seeing that Bellevue squarely in the middle of their comprehensive plan (comp plan) amendments for 2024, the first step is preparing to push forward code compliant zoning changes for HB1110. It appears that comp plan changes and other procedural activities will be ongoing through...

Bellevue, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing

House Bill 1110 and Seattle

by Grouparchitect

Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family

May 9, 2024

Checking up first on Seattle here with respect to HB1110 and the City’s plan for compliance with the middle housing legislation as discussed last month. One Seattle is the name of their plan documents, you can read more about it here. The timeline for things being updated is out quite a way as suspected, so here’s a rough breakdown of what appears to be the current trajectory: Draft One Seattle Plan (OSP) due fall 2024, then get more public comment. ...

House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Seattle

Home in Tacoma, House Bill 1110 and You

by Grouparchitect

Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma

May 7, 2024

Tacoma is hot on the heels of HB1110 so we found a lot of great progress to share for how they are proceeding with implementing middle housing legislation as discussed last month. Home in Tacoma is the name of their plan documents, you can read more about it here. The timeline for things being updated is very reasonable, far better than expected. Here’s what they are currently saying for implementation: Tacoma is already a leader here from what we can see, as...

Home in Tacoma, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Tacoma

House Bill 1110 and Expanding Residential Opportunities

by Grouparchitect

Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family

April 18, 2024

We’ve been hearing about this “middle housing” thing and the changes it will bring to Washington State. Earlier this month, State legislators adopted House Bill 1110 which formally requires jurisdictions to allow more housing typologies and housing density throughout the most densely populated areas. The map above by Makers shows where the various areas of change are concentrated. THANKS, THAT’S NICE. WHAT’S MIDDLE HOUSING? Middle housing (or “missing” middle housing) typically refers to a range of housing types that can provide...

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