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"author_name": "Seattle YIMBY",
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"title": "Save the Holman Road Neighborhood Center in Crown Hill",
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"description": "We support a more affordable, inclusive, and sustainable Seattle. We strongly support the Holman Road Neighborhood Center in the One Seattle Growth Plan to make our neighborhood more affordable, more sustainable, and more inclusive. Background: The housing crisis is real. An additional 112,000 homes will be needed in Seattle by the year 2044. The current rate of building is not enough to accommodate what is needed, which is why housing is so unaffordable in Seattle. State law requires the City of Seattle to develop a new growth strategy, also known as the Comprehensive Plan or One Seattle Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a roadmap for growing and investing in our city over the next 20 years and beyond. The plan allows for additional types of housing in all parts of Seattle. When cities are allowed to build more homes, housing costs come down. The One Seattle Plan will help make Seattle more affordable by making it easier to build the housing we need. The current proposal includes 30 Neighborhood Centers, where more housing would be allowed. These Neighborhood Centers are located in areas with shops, transit, and other amenities, allowing more people to live close to their daily needs and jobs. The diversity of housing types would make these centers more affordable for the average Seattleite. The proposed Holman Road Neighborhood Center is located along Holman Road to the south of Carkeek Park. It is centered on the stretch from 7th Avenue NW eastward past 3rd Avenue NW, stopping just short of Greenwood Avenue N. This area already has commercial properties including the shopping center anchored by QFC, local restaurants and shops, medical offices, retirement homes, and other amenities. There are already many apartments and townhomes in this area. It is well served by transit, including Metro routes 28 and 40 and Rapid Ride D. Current zoning in this neighborhood means there aren’t enough homes for most people to afford to buy our rent today. In December 2024, the median sale price of a home in Crown Hill was $854,000. The median monthly rent for available apartments was nearly $2,000/month. The few apartments that exist do not meet the needs of older people who want to sell their homes and remain in the neighborhood, adult children who grew up here but can’t afford to buy a home, or people who want to move here to be close to work or schools. Anti-housing activists are lobbying to prevent this much needed housing from being planned in our neighborhood. Your voice is key to fighting back by affirming our commitment to affordability, sustainability, and welcoming our neighbors. Seattle is for all of us. Sign our petition to let your representative know that you support the proposed Holman Road Neighborhood Center (Council District 5). In addition to signing this petition, please consider sending an email to your councilmembers: Cathy.Moore@seattle.gov, AlexisMercedes.Rinck@seattle.gov, and Sara.Nelson@seattle.gov. Councilmember Cathy Moore represents District 5. Councilmembers Sara Nelson and Alexis Mercedes-Rinck both represent all of Seattle. Please also consider attending and speaking at upcoming opportunities for public comment. The Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan, made up of all 9 Councilmembers, began meeting on Jan. 6, 2025. The committee is expected to cast final votes on the proposed Comprehensive Plan package in May or June 2025.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-the-holman-road-neighborhood-center-in-crown-hill"
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