The Seattle City Council is considering amendments that would make it more difficult to build Accessory Dwelling Units, including:

- Prohibiting short-term rental use in ADUs. Short term rentals are often used by homeowners to offset the costs of building. In addition, other regulations already limit short-term rentals to one rental per owner.

- Requiring one-year ownership of the property before building a second ADU

- Requiring one parking space for a second ADU

In our dual climate and housing crises, making housing more difficult to build means less housing will be built, fewer people will be able to live low-carbon lifestyles in our city, and future affordable housing will be more difficult to construct. Please encourage Council to limit regulations on building ADUs!